But I’m a Virgin…

Over the past few months I’ve been getting quite a few emails from self-described Virgins who want to try sex toys either to prep themselves for future penetration or just for self-love fun so I have put my various answers  below all in one place. If you ever have questions about the right sex toy for you, [...]

Hot Sex without a Hard On

It seems like at least once every day I work at the shop, someone sheepishly asks me for a cream or a pill to help their dick get hard or stay that way longer. Recently, there has been much attention paid to the false and harmful myths about the way female sexuality is “supposed to [...]

EtB TV : How To Bring Up Sex Toys With Your Partner

Early To Bed TV is back with a new episode!  Check out Searah and Raymond giving advice on How To Bring Up Sex Toys With Your Partner. Do you have other pieces of advice to give people on the topic? Or examples of ways NOT to do this?!? Share them in the comments!

Poly Oly Oxen Free!

This week, my dear friend Brandie appeared in a wonderful article entitled “I Just Can’t Decide” about polyamory in the May June 2011 Issue of Industry Magazine. As a sex educator, writer, and openly polyamorous person myself, I want to continue to advocate resources and awareness for poly folks or for people who are interested [...]

Selfish Lovers are Better Lovers

We’ve all been told to be selfless in the sack. We imagine that the best partner is someone who focuses completely on the others needs. I talk to so many people who feel compelled to do things that they don’t find pleasurable because they want to please their lover. Some of this can be healthy [...]

Some advice about masturbating.

We got a question today about how to switch up your masturbatory technique when you feel you can only orgasm under very specific circumstances, in a very specific position and using a very specific type of stimulation. It is true that vibrators can help break you out of (what I have just decided to call) [...]

Removing the spice from your sex life

Here’s a conundrum for you: what if the efforts you’re taking to spice up your sex life are really just making things less spicy, more tedious, and utterly discouraging? There are lots of ways this can happen, but the biggest one is focusing your energy on the wrong thing — the symptom, let’s say, instead [...]

So you wanna give good head?

Tonight we are offering our popular Men Below the Belt workshop, but I know many people with an interest in the subject can’t make it in for a workshop so I thought I’d make a list of some of the great blowjob resources that we have at ETB! And remember, enthusiasm goes a long way… [...]

Betty Dodson teaches you how to squirt!

I love the way she takes the sting out of people’s perceived sexual inadequacies. Ejaculating is cool, but nothing to get your panties all in a twist about. Squirt away, ladies!

Out, damned spot!

My goodness. We’re running out of letters for all the different spots one can find to poke at in our bodies. There’s the G-spot, probably the most popular of all the spots, which is located on the front wall of the vagina, about an inch to two inches inside, and which has the wrinkly texture [...]