• Events

    Full-Bodied Fellatio

    Thursday, September 27th — 7:30 p.m. — $20 What do you do when your partner lacks blowjob skills? Where do you go for training when you wish to improve your own? Here! M. Makael Newby is a relationship coach and dance instructor with a particular skill for breaking physical action into components and…

  • Events

    Exploring Burlesque: Striptease Salon

    Wednesday, September 19th — 7:30 p.m. — $15 Have you ever wanted to rock your boa? Peel your stocking? Shimmy your hips? Get your glamour puss on because this class is for you! Join Portland’s Queen of the Tease, Madison Moone, for Striptease Salon, a flirty evening of classic bump and grind perfect…

  • Events

    Sexy On the Page: Writing & Publishing Erotica

    Monday, September 10th — 7:30 p.m. — $20 Always wanted to write sexy stories for money? Unsure how to start sending out those steamy tales to publishers? Award-winning writer and editor Shanna Germain will give you her hottest tips for writing and submitting erotic stories and novels. Shanna Germain is a writer, editor,…

  • Guides,  Musings

    Sexy tips for surviving a hot day

    With summer comes heatwaves, and sometimes hot days can feel unbearable and not at all conducive to sexy times. But with a little creativity, sex and masturbation don’t have to be uncomfortable at all — in fact, they can be super fun. Here are some tips for making the best of a hot…

  • Musings

    Kickstart Tobi Hill-Meyer’s next project

    Tobi Hill-Meyer, winner of the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2010 Feminist Porn Awards and director of Doing It Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project, now has an even bigger project in her sights: an epic two-volume follow-up movie called Doing it Again: In Depth. Doing it Again: In Depth will be partially funded by a…

  • Community

    10% Tuesdays in August for Bitch Media

    10% Tuesdays are back! Throughout the month of August, 10% of our sales on Tuesdays will go to the non-profit organization Bitch Media. Bitch’s mission is to provide and encourage an engaged, thoughtful feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture. We are big fans of Bitch, and we believe they are an invaluable voice…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for July

    We are pleased to introduce the Pocket Toyfriends! These new additions to the Toyfriends line are cute, small, and inexpensive. We love that they come in such a nice array of colors — to match anyone’s preference and style.   Speaking of colors, it’s always exciting to see Fun Factory’s new releases because…

  • Events

    Strap On Play

    Thursday, August 30th — 7:30 p.m. — $20 Are you curious about strap on play? Wondering how on earth to pick out a harness or dildo? Or have you been “strapping it on” for a while now and are looking for some sexy new tips and tricks? We’ll be covering it all, from…

  • Community,  Musings

    Finding empowerment at Madison Moone’s burlesque class

    When Madison Moone approached us in 2010 about teaching burlesque classes at the shop, we loved her immediately. Madison is a very busy lady; when she’s not strutting her stuff on stage, she runs a private music lesson studio and volunteer teaches for the nonprofit organization Street Yoga. She is also the co-producer of Orchestre…