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    • Welcome!
  • Guides
    • How to choose your first vibrator
    • How to choose a rabbit or dual vibe
    • How to choose and enjoy a G-spot toy
    • Lube 101
    • Toy cleaning guide
    • How to choose an anal toy
    • Guide to masturbation sleeves
    • How to do kegels
    • How to use a cock ring
    • How to choose a harness
    • How to find and stimulate the prostate
    • How to pick out porn
    • Guide to STP (stand-to-pee) devices
    • Guide to sex toys during menopause
    • Traveling with toys guide
  • Q&A
  • She Bop’s Picks
    • Vibrators under $30
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Mother’s Day
    • Halloween
    • Holiday Gifts
  • Materials
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    • Tristan Taormino
    • Erika Lust
    • Courtney Trouble
    • Shine Louise Houston
    • Candida Royalle
    • Carlos Batts
    • Joanna Angel
    • Madison Young
    • Buck Angel
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  • Polyamory Community Night at She Bop! (FREE in-person event)

    Polyamory Community Nights

    Come celebrate Portland’s polyamory community at She Bop! This is a FREE, private event by polyamorous people, for polyamorous people! Guests will have the opportunity to mingle, ask questions, and enter to win some vibrators and local goodies in our free raffle.

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  • Is There a Secret Handshake?: Navigating Alternative Lifestyles

    Dirty Lola

    Many people are drawn to alternative lifestyles such as BDSM, ethical non-monogamy (ENM), polyamory, and swinging because they are seeking to explore a different side of themselves. In this session, Dirty Lola will share ways to find your place within the alternative community that mesh with your needs and desires.

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  • (Anti) Racism & Ethical Non-Monogamy: Not Just WPS (White People Sh*t)

    Sexology Bae

    Those of us who are both non-monogamous and non-white often play double duty as ambassadors for non-monogamy in our personal communities and ambassadors for BIPOC people in non-monogamous ones. This workshop with Sexology Bae is an opportunity to educate across communities, because clear language and definitions help reduce stigma.

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  • Making Open Relationships Work

    Tristan Taormino

    How do people create nontraditional partnerships that are loving and satisfying? In this class, Tristan Taormino will share some of the key principles that can help your open relationship(s) succeed. She'll discuss common issues and problems — from "new relationship energy" and time management to jealousy, power dynamics, and agreement violations — and…

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  • Am I Doing This Right?: Navigating Communication and Relational Trauma in Ethical Non-Monogamy

    Tuck Malloy

    Are you intellectually on board with non-monogamy but struggling to get your body and heart on the same page? Does the phrase "I want this but I feel like I'm going to die" (from Clementine Morrigan's zine Love Without Emergency) resonate with you? This is a class for the folks who really want…

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  • Here, There, Everywhere: Navigating Long-Distance Relationships (AKA Surviving The Relationship Apocalypse)

    Long-distance relationships can be difficult to manage, but they don’t have to be impossible! Join Dirty Lola as she discusses ways to create sustainable long-distance relationships with multiple partners. Learn how to stay connected, set realistic expectations, and manage conflict from a distance.

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    Am I Doing This Right?: Navigating Communication and Relational Trauma in Ethical Non-Monogamy

    Tuck Malloy

    Wednesday, May 6th — 5:30 p.m. PST — $15-25 This class will be held online via Zoom — you will receive an email prior to class with a link. Are you intellectually on board with non-monogamy but struggling to get your body and heart on the same page? Does the phrase “I want this but…

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    New Horizons in Kink & Polyamory: An Evening with Authors Kevin Patterson & Dr. Liz Powell

    Monday, December 16th — 7: 30 pm — $10-25 (sliding scale) Are you looking for some new takes on non-monogamy? What about more progressive ways of approaching kink? Have you read “that book” on polyamory or BDSM, but want some new perspectives? Authors, polyamorists, and educators Dr. Liz Powell and Kevin Patterson, MEd…

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    Polyam Dating 201

    Thursday, November 7th — 7:30 pm — $25 Do you find yourself anxious and scared when your sweetie is on a date with someone else? Have you hurt a sweetie’s feelings with how you came back to them after a date you were on with someone else? Time to take your multiamorous dating…

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    This Heart Holds Many Book Reading & Event with Koe Creation

    Sunday, June 2nd — 7:30 pm — FREE (with option to pre-order This Heart Holds Many at 10% off) As polyamory becomes ever more present in our society, the question blooming in people’s minds is: what about the children!? Fortunately, Koe Creation is here with an answer. This Heart Holds Many: My Life…

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February is around the corner and love is in the a February is around the corner and love is in the air 🥰 Let cupid's arrow find you and make your way over to our Valentine's Gift Guide. 🏹❣️ Whether you're looking to splurge on something luxurious and artisanal or seeking budget-friendly ideas to build intimacy, there's something for everyone on our blog. Link in our bio🌹

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February is almost here and ~seduction~ is in the February is almost here and ~seduction~ is in the air. 😈 This highly interactive workshop from Marla Renee Stewart will teach you how to know if someone's interested in you, how you can be a better communicator in everyday life and ultimately, how you can get what you want when you want it through the recognition of your own sexual power. 💚 Click the link in our bio to sign up.

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Have you seen what's new and improved by We-Vibe?! Have you seen what's new and improved by We-Vibe?! 😱 Everyone's favorite panty vibrator, the Moxie+, has returned with a new velvety finish and improved remote.👙 Looking for hands-free prostate pleasure? 🍑 Try the improved Vector+ to stimulate the p-spot and perineum simultaneously. Swipe to see how to use them. 👉

#sheboptheshop #wevibe #dualstim #moreorgasms #betterorgasms
Looking for a unique way to spend Valentine’s Ni Looking for a unique way to spend Valentine’s Night with your sweetie(s), a group of friends, or your sexy self? 😏 Then join s3x educators and HUMP! Film Fest winners Amory Jane and Gretchen Leigh for this workshop, Carnal Creativity, at the Jupiter NEXT hotel. 🛏️✨

This collaboration between She Bop and @jupiterhotel offers food and drink specials, discounts on rooms and romance packages at the Jupiter or Jupiter Next on 2/14, plus the interactive 2 hour workshop.

❣️If you want to attend JUST the workshop, sign up on our website! Link in our bio.

❣️If you want to book the full package (includes 2 tickets to the Carnal Creativity workshop at Jupiter Next, in-room dessert and a room at the hotel), visit the Jupiter hotel website!

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Words are powerful: they can be kinky, romantic, s Words are powerful: they can be kinky, romantic, sensual, naughty, playful and oh so arousing! 😈 Join Amory Jane for this workshop all about talking dirty. Get ready to explore the edges of desire, and learn how to spit out all the dirty things you've been dying to say, hear, and share. 🫦 Sign up via the link in our bio!

#sheboptheshop #sexed #sexeducation #bedroomtips #couplesadvice #dirtytalking
Take notice, grinders and humpers: we now stock th Take notice, grinders and humpers: we now stock the VibePad! This large, flexible pad is designed for hands-free, external stimulation — great for those with dexterity issues or anyone who loves to hump. 😏 Its two ridges contain powerful motors that can be controlled with a remote by you or a partner. 🎮 Find the VibePad online or in the shops.

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Feel like you have more questions after shopping a Feel like you have more questions after shopping at She Bop but wish for more privacy to ask them? 🫣😰 Now you can chat with us anonymously on OkaySo! 💜 Create an account then find our Team Bop 'Experts' on the app. From there, you can submit your questions for a response and also see what other users are asking in topics you're interested in. From relationships, to bedroom tips, to how-tos with your purchased toys, we got you. 👍 Download the app for free.

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Daddy roleplay is a popular fantasy, whether the c Daddy roleplay is a popular fantasy, whether the counter fantasy is of a 'daughter,' 'neighbour,' 'puppy,' bottom or many other hot roleplay ideas. 😉 Whether you're a daddy or an admirer of daddies, join this class with Luna Matatas and you'll get tips for communication, care, creativity, building confidence, and taking your daddy fantasies into real life. 🖤 Daddies and daddy admirers of all genders welcome. 🌈 Click the link in our bio to sign up.

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Curious about what were the most popular items at Curious about what were the most popular items at She Bop in 2022? 🤔 Well, the results are IN! Swipe through to see everyone's favorite vibrators, lubricants, and condoms from 2022. 👀 Let us know in the comments if any of these surprised you, or did you call it? ✍️ ⬇️

Best Vibes:
Magic Wand Rechargeable
Mini Halo Wand
We-Vibe Unite

Lovable Lubes:
Sliquid H20
Good Clean Love

Celebrated Condoms:
Skyn non-latex condoms

#sheboptheshop #bestof2022 #mostpopular2022 #betterorgasms #moreorgasms #goodvibes
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller.

Happy new year to all! 🎆✨ At She Bop, we are committed to giving back. In 2022, we donated over $23,000 to local Portland organizations! In the interest of transparency, here are the details on how much we donated through our We Give Back Wednesdays and other honored days we've participated in such as Juneteenth and Indigenous People's Day. In addition, we donated over $5,000 worth of products and gift certificates to raffles and fundraising events around town. Thank you for supporting our small women-owned business and helping us care for our communities. 🙏❤️
Prism Health — $1,665
North by Northeast Community Health Center — $3,784
Call to Safety — $2,671
Q Center — $3,233
Black Resilience Fund — $1,625
Self Enhancement, Inc. — $3,286
Native American Youth and Family Center — $634
Bradley Angle — $2,801
Brown Hope — $3,157.75
Boise-Eliot-Humboldt School — $244.05
Total= $23,100.08

#sheboptheshop #wegivebackwednesdays #smallbusiness #pdxbusiness #womenownedbusiness
Hello January and welcome 2023! It's time for a ne Hello January and welcome 2023! It's time for a new We Give Back Wednesday. 🤩 For this month, we'll be donating to Prism Health, a nonprofit health center in SE Portland that offers safe, welcoming, and knowledgeable primary and mental healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. 🌈 So, come on by either of our stores or shop online on Wednesdays in January if you'd like to help! We'll be donating 10% of all sales made on these days throughout the month. If you'd like to know more, check out our blog.

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Start the new year off with a BANG by joining us a Start the new year off with a BANG by joining us and intimacy coach, Jessie Fresh. 😮💥 Jessie will discuss how to have more satisfying s3x by learning simple techniques to initiate with comfort and confidence. It's 2023 and we want you to experience increased satisfaction and mind-blowing orgasms! 😍 Click the link in our bio to sign up.

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