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Erica's Thoughts on Goop's Latest Project
Hello everyone! My name is Erica (she/her) and this is my first post on the Traveling Tickle Trunk blog. While I may be a stranger on this platform, I will be writing about a topic that is all too familiar: Gwyneth Paltrow and her wellness company, Goop.
In this post, we will be discussing her latest Netflix series, “Sex, Love, and Goop.” While some sources are saying this is her “best work yet”, I disagree
New Faces at the Tickle Trunk
We've got a couple of new faces around the store and we wanted to introduce you. Please welcome Erica and Aretha.
Hi, I’m Erica (she/her/they) and I have had the privilege of working at the Tickle Trunk since Spring 2021. I received a very sex-negative, biased “sex-education” growing up and felt so much shame & secrecy surrounding sexuality. It wasn’t until I took a course (HE COL: 211) at the U of A that I realized how empowering the provision of factual, non-judgmental information about sex can be! During this course I was first introduced to Brenda and bought my first vibrator shortly after. Really, since then, I have based my education and career trajectory around sexuality. I believe our sexual health is equally as important as our physical, spiritual, and emotional health and should be viewed and treated as such.
I have been involved with many community organizations like Compass, ASPSH, and SACE and completed a Graduate Certificate in Sexual Health. I recently lived in Amsterdam to learn from their more sex-positive culture where I worked in a sex shop near the Red Light District (working in a sex shop has seriously been my favorite job ever!). After that, I started my own business, SEXPLETIVE, through which I offer tailored sexual health education, write informative articles, and create sustainable, beautiful, functional sex toys!
Sex toys are commonly viewed to be frivilous but I think they have the potential to be important and helpful tools on our journeys to create a relationship with our sexuality. I am so excited to have the opportunity to work at the Tickle Trunk alongside my amazing coworkers and have conversations about sexuality for a living! Beyond talking about sex, I really enjoy hanging out with my partner, dog, friends, and family, traveling (when it feels safe), and doing pottery (ceramic dildos!).
I hope to see you around the store!
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ArcWave Ion - Does it Live Up to the Hype?
The Arcwave Ion is a brand new toy that promises to do for penises what the Womanizer does for clitorises. Since the Arcwave Ion is made by the same company if anyone can do it, they certainly can.
There's a lot of hype around this toy. It promises to be a revolution in toys for penises, like nothing we've ever seen before. So is it? Since we currently do not employ anyone with a penis, we got two people who do happen to have one to check this toy out. Their answer? Yes. A not extremely enthusiastic yes, but a fairly positive yes all the same.