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Sex Toys on TV - Sometimes They Get it Right and Sometimes.....
I'm always very happy and super-interested when sex toys suddenly turn up in the tv shows I'm watching. Sometimes, as in the case of the first episode of Easy, they get it so right. But often, as in the case of the show I just started watching, Trinkets, they get it soooo wrong.
Trinkets is a new Netflix show about three high-school aged young women who form a bond around their shared love of shoplifting.
Yet Another Female Libido Drug
Late last week, the FDA approved the sale of a new drug for Female Sexual Dysfunction. The drug, called Vylessi, is once again being touted as the female Viagra, in spite of it bearing absolutely no relation to Viagra at all.
Vyleesi is different even from Addyi the other drug from FSD that was approved in 2015. Instead of acting on neurotransmitters in the brain, Vyleesi inhibits melatonin receptors increasing the amount of available melatonin in the body.
Throwback Thursday - Goat Eyelid Cock Rings
Sometimes my job leads me to web searches that reveal things I kind of wish I didn't know. That happened today when I was looking for old sex toys to feature for our Throwback Thursday series.
I discovered that in ancient China, around the year 1200, the dried eyelids of goats were used as cock rings. What I further discovered is that you can still buy goat eyelid cockrings today.
Pride 2019 Is Upon Us - How Well Do You Know Your History?
In order to know where we're going, it's important to know where we came from. Alberta and Edmonton have a long history of activism around LGBTQ rights. Staff at the Tickle Trunk put together this amazing timeline to give you a primer on some of the big moments. We know this is not exhaustive, there are so many other important moments, and people, but this is a great place to start.
Heroes of Masturbation - Alfred Kinsey
For this heroes of masturbation post, I'm going way way back - all the way back to 1948. Many people know about Alfred Kinsey. He is widely considered to be the father of sexuality research. He was a professor and researcher who founded the Institute for Sex Research at the University of Indiana.
Kinsey was the first person to study people's experience of sex and sexuality on a large scale