• New products,  News

    New product round-up for January

    It’s always nice when a new toy comes along that fulfills a much-needed role in sex toy land. The Tantus Flex is one of those toys: a double-penetration dildo made of 100% silicone (most are made of unsafe jelly). And there aren’t a ton of 100% silicone rabbit vibes on the market, either,…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for November

    A wide variety of new books have hit our shelves this month. Chester 5000-XYV is a quirky, steampunk-inspired erotic comic that chronicles the love between human and machine. Then we have an instructional guide, Intimacy & Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship, written by a marriage and family therapist. A local Portland author, Lidia Yuknavitch,…

  • Musings

    Dissecting the blackboards in porn

    What is the internet for, if not uber-specific blogs such as Blackboards in Porn? This deliciously safe-for-work blog takes a photo of a blackboard in a porn scene, along with fully-clothed performers, and analyzes the information for accuracy, issuing a grade from 1-10. Subjects are varied: chemistry, math, music, English, and history have…

  • Giveaways

    HUMP! 2011 giveaway winners

    Tonight marks the first showings of HUMP!, the Pacific Northwest’s amateur porn film festival, which we happily sponsored this year. Thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway of tickets. We found some extra tickets, so we ended up giving away ten pairs instead of six! Congratulations to the winners: Rara, Cyndilu, Amy S, Jeremy, Serena,…

  • 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,…

  • Community

    HUMP! 2011 submission deadline this Friday

    It’s my favorite time of year: the time of apple cider, pumpkin pie, and amazing amateur porn! The Pacific Northwest’s only locally-produced adult film festival, HUMP!, is back for its seventh year, and we’re sponsoring again. With a cute tagline of “The film festival that allows you to be a porn star for…

  • Musings

    Porn myths, debunked

    There sure is a lot to discuss when it comes to porn, and no shortage of posts on the internet about it. However, when I came across a porn myth series by Dr. Brooke Magnanti, a forensic scientist, statistician, and former sex worker, I knew it was something special. The five-part series of posts…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for July

    Here are the products we added to our catalog in the month of July! First up: the Slimline G, an inexpensive plastic vibe designed for superb G-spot stimulation. This toy would make a great introduction to G-spot exploration. That snazzy box you see is a pack of Sir Richard’s condoms. Aside from having really…

  • New products,  News

    New product round-up for April

    We recently added a truckload of new items to our catalog, and we want to tell you all about them! First, the vibrating delights: we’re now stocking the much-anticipated Jimmyjane Form 4. This vibrator is bulbous, rechargeable, powerful, and waterproof — awesome! We have several new cock rings: a leather one and even a…