Sex Health

I’m not afraid to admit that I don’t think 50 Shades of Grey is horrible. I’m not going to say it is fantastic, but I think the book is a watershed item in culture, it had a definite (predominantly positive) effect on growing sexual understanding and awareness and was (in spots) fairly hot. Of course, when something is popular or controversial—or both!—inevitable copycats come along. Personally speaking, the copycat I like best isn’t really a copycat at all. Instead, I love parodies! Despite the fact that most parodies are shallow and limited, I still love finding comedic, witty, clever retellings …

Gaymer by Cameron D. James I have to admit, I have a bit of a fascination with nerd culture. Gaymers, cons, rpgs, larpers…the whole nerd world seems, to me, to be a fantastic (no pun intended) culture of fun and creativity. I’m not saying that my sex nerd world is any less fun, but I do live vicariously through some friends who are really into geekdom. However, with Cameron D. James‘ super hot short story Gaymer, I don’t have to live vicariously…as much. Well, at least the video game part, I have got that part down. The cocksucking and fucking…I …

Northbound Leather’s iKink In all of the year’s I have lived in (or near) Toronto, one event had always eluded me. Despite not being deeply in the fetish scene, I have attended many of the various fetish events, and had a lot of fun (most of the time). However, I had never had the pleasure of attending Northbound Leather‘s annual fashion show and fetish extravaganza. Until this past Saturday, that is. And let me definitively state that it  was pure pleasure!Northbound is a Toronto kink institution and their parties are legendary. Fortunately, the sex stars aligned and we greatly enjoyed a …

If you know me, you know that I am all about DIY culture and creation. If you have doubts, check out this and these and this. For me, the fall season means zine fair time! Time to make new things, discover new things and spend great times behind a table hawking my sex wares. I’ve been going two zine and craft fairs for about 15 years. These days there are two main events I get out to: Canzine in Toronto and Expozine in Montreal. And I will be at both this year! Not only do I go to these events because I …

Masters of Sex, Series Premiere I’ve been looking forward to the debut of this show for a couple reasons: I really don’t know all that much, other than the basics about the work of these two revolutionaries Anything that gets sex ed and understanding on the airwaves is a good thing! So, why do I feel so underwhelmed by the first episode? I am certainly not going to level a judgement of the show based on one episode, but I do want to look at a couple things about that first offering. Casting: Many critics are raving about Michael Sheen …

Hustler, November 2013 I was riding my bike yesterday, heading home after the day job, wondering what I should review this week. The cupboard is a little bare of new products (must do some shopping!) so I actually thought I’d skip Sex Stuff this week.  But then, as is often the case, I started thinking about sex some more, specifically masturbation, and that lead my mind to pornographic magazines.  I have a bit of a checkered past when it comes to porno magazines. Having experienced my hormonally-raging teenage years in the pre-Internet days, skin mags were the way to check …

A funny think happened on the way to picking up a female condom to review. I couldn’t find any. Truth be told, I had no idea that September 16 was World Female Condom Day. But after reading about the initiative on Twitter and Facebook, I thought “hey, self, you’ve never even tried a female condom…and a Sex Stuff review is due on September 17…” I thanked my self for the idea and after work set out to find a female condom to bring home and try. Now, I know two places in Toronto, Good For Her and Come As You …

Behind The Whip: Dominatrix Portraits and Words This book is gorgeous. I mean, I love photography books and I pay careful attention to fine details like paper, binding, printing (that being a former profession of mine)…and Behind the Whip: Dominatrix Portraits and Words is a beautiful, realized vision of what is possible when desire meets ability. I was first in contact with photography Maria Coletsis because the short documentary that came out of the making of Behind the Whip screened at Toronto’s International Fetish Film Festival. After interviewing her, I was delighted that she sent me a copy of the …

Sliquid Natural’s Swirl: Blue Raspberry I think I have a new favourite lube! Now, we did just try a sampler, but Sliquid Natural’s Swirl, Blue Raspberry flavour was an absolute delight to try. Normally I do not go for any kinds of lubes, massage oils or other intimate products that have a scent to them. I like my sex to smell and taste like sex! But we were in a bit of a pinch, needed some lube and this sampler happened to be on the bedside table. It was grabbed, opened and used, and if things can be put bluntly, we had …