• Musings

    Senior erotica anthology call for submissions

    Joan Price, blogger at Better Than I Ever Expected and author of two books about senior sex, is putting together a collection of erotica from writers over the age of 50, with stories featuring characters also over the age of 50. This senior erotica anthology will be published in Spring 2013 by Seal…

  • Q&A

    Does the G-spot exist?

    The G-spot gets a lot of attention in the media. From a glance at the headlines or even a flick of the TV remote, one might assume that the G-spot is nothing more than an imaginary pleasure center invented by Cosmo. And many are understandably put off by the way the G-spot is…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for October

    After much anticipation, we’re now carrying luxury brand LELO’s three newest toys: Tiani, a U-shaped couples’ vibe; Lyla, an egg-shaped vibe; and Oden, a vibrating cock ring. These rechargeable toys come with remotes and are equipped with SenseMotion technology — the vibes respond to the movement of the remote. Really cool! We also picked up the…

  • Giveaways

    Win tickets to HUMP! porn film festival

    HUMP!, the Pacific Northwest’s lovable amateur porn film festival, is approaching fast! Showings are Thursday, November 17th through Saturday, November 19th at Cinema 21 in Northwest Portland. We want to help you experience the hot, laugh-out-loud fun of HUMP!, so like last year, we have some tickets to give away. Unlike last year, we have…

  • She Bop's Picks

    She Bop’s Picks: Halloween

    Halloween is almost upon us! Here are our picks for celebrating this night of frights. Our sex toys themselves are not scary (okay, maybe scary good), but they do come in festive colors! Fun orange toys include Ina and Pop Vibe. Black is a much more common sex toy color, but the Ella, Captain, Harmony,…

  • Musings

    Today is International Fisting Day!

    Queer porn revolutionaries Jiz Lee and Courtney Trouble have declared today International Fisting Day — and who are we to argue? Fisting doesn’t get nearly enough attention; in fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find any porn DVD that includes fisting because distributors are afraid of being sent to jail on obscenity charges. The…

  • Events

    Exploring Burlesque: Striptease Salon

    Wednesday, November 16th — 7:15 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…

  • Industry spotlight,  Musings

    Steve Jobs and the lesbian erotic revolution

    It was 1984 when On Our Backs, the first ever women-run erotica magazine — and geared toward a lesbian audience, to boot — debuted. The magazine was groundbreaking in many ways, and it played a major role in the development of sex-positive feminism. What does this have to do with Steve Jobs? Well,…