• Events

    Say Please reading with Sinclair Sexsmith + local authors!

    Sunday, July 8th — 7:30 p.m. — FREE In Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica, editor Sinclair Sexsmith presents a cornucopia of queer kink: tantalizing tales rich in variety and saucy details of girls put in their place — and held there firmly. Whether readers dream of surrendering to a lover or of taking…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for June

    We are super excited about the release of Spareparts Hardwear’s Tomboi, a true game-changer for comfortable and versatile harnesses. The Tomboi performs valiantly however you use it — as underwear, for packing, for pack and play, and of course, for straight-up awesome sex. Its signature elastic O-ring can hold a variety of sizes…

  • Guides

    How to choose a rabbit or dual vibe

    When rabbit vibes first hit the scene, they all followed a familiar formula: long shaft, rotating beads, and, per their name, an animal-shaped clitoral stimulator. Now, though, increasingly creative manufacturers have taken the general idea of the rabbit and revolutionized it, creating new shapes and new sensations. The result is a greater selection…

  • Events

    Great Sex, Erections or Not!

    Wednesday, July 18th — 7:30 p.m. — $20 Staying soft or going soft when you’d rather be hard is something that happens to all penises at some point. But great sex does not depend on a hard erection! Whether you are soft some of the time or all of the time you can…

  • Events

    Boudoir Burlesque

    Wednesday, July 11th — 7:30 p.m. — $15 Acclaimed Big Time! Burlesque producer Madison Moone is back to bring you Boudoir Burlesque, a burlesque movement class designed to get you in touch with your feminine wiles! This tantalizing class begins with a brief overview of some burlesque basics such as bumps, grinds, and…

  • Musings

    iPhone apps to improve your life!

    It seems like there’s an app for everything these days, but sometimes that can be a good thing when the app serves a useful purpose! That’s why these two really cool — and functional — iPhone apps caught our eye. We wrote about how doing kegels can help improve your sex life, but…

  • Industry spotlight,  Musings

    Jimmyjane and sophisticated sex toy design

    Jimmyjane is one of the most recognizable names in luxury sex toys, and that certainly didn’t happen by accident. In a great article from The Atlantic, the author peels back the curtain on the Jimmyjane enterprise, using it as a springboard to muse about the influence that thoughtful sex toy technology and design…

  • Musings

    Art depicts the true shape of the clitoris

    The clitoris looks a bit like a penguin. But most people don’t know that. Outside of the body, the clitoris is just a small nub with a hood. Internally, it turns out, it has two wishbone-like arms and a pair of extended bulbs. Until recently, those bulbs were thought to belong to the…

  • Community

    10% Tuesdays in June for the Q Center

    On each Tuesday in June, 10% of our sales will go to the Q Center, the wonderful LGBTQ community center just around the corner from us in North Portland. The Q Center is an absolute gem of an organization; here’s their description of what they do: Q Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization…

  • News

    Find us at Pride 2012!

    The annual Pride festival is coming up on June 15th through 17th, and we will be involved all weekend! At our festive booth in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, we’ll be representing pStyle, so we’ll have tons of pStyles in every color for all your stand-to-pee needs — plus other queertastic items such as Rainbow Wristbands, Queer…