Sleep Issues & Sex: How To Balance?

The busier I get, the more exhaustsed I get, the worse my sleep is. This has never made sense to me. I long for a night of 6 solid, uninterrupted hours of sleep.Instead, I wake up am average of 5-10 times/night. During those 6 hours I am in bed.Going to bed earlier doesn’t help, I just wake up earlier. Can’t sleep in to save my life. The commute does”t help and bipolar is surely a factor.And now it is affecting my sex life.Thankfully my libido is still strong, but it is very frustrating when my body just chooses to go …

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Coming up on my next Sex City—January 29!

Tune in to my next Sex City show on Tuesday January 29, 11pm (ET)I’ve had a little rescheduling shuffle, with the show getting even better! I’ll be chatting with:-sex and relationship expert Josey Vogels about her new book Better Sex In No Time-Erika and Brad from xoxoamore (and read my profile on Erika here)-66-year old Domina and toy maker, Ms Classique Silvr (check out a sneak peek here) Listen live on CIUT 89.5FM in the Toronto area or online via CIUT.FM Facebook GroupTwitter HandlePodcast ArchiveEmailStudio Phone – 416-946-7000Stream LiveCIUT Info

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Call for Submissions: The Bears of Winter

The Bears of WinterEditor: Jerry L. WheelerPublisher: Bear Bones Books imprint of Lethe PressDeadline: September 1, 2013Payment: Three cents a word. The Bears of Winter will be available in ebook and print form. Lethe Press takes world rights (same as First North American Serial rights, only it’s expanded to boundaries other than North America) Bears don’t just hibernate in winter anymore. You’ll still find them in caves, but now they’re surrounded by big screen plasma TVs, iPads, and the latest in technology. Even so, they venture out in the cold and ice for food, fun, and romance. I’m looking for …

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The Hook-Up: Stories of a Black Call Girl

Introducing Stories of a Black Call Girl I met Shelly Ann Black, through a Skye Blue, at the Playground Conference last fall. She spoke on one of the panels I couldn’t make it to, and I was sorry to miss it. When I found out she also is an active blogger, I was intrigued. Upon reading her work, I hooked.  Not only does Shelly Ann write about her sex work, she also writes about her Bipolar II. As am also Bipolar II, it is nice to find a blog that combines two of my interests.  Why did you start your …

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Sexual Losses 2012

I just came across Cory Silverberg’s Sexual Losses 2012 post on his about.com Sexuality page.  Cory is one of the best in the field of sex education and sexuality discussion and I am so grateful he put this list together (and has been doing so for a few years now). These people have all made a difference and it is important to recognize and continue their work. I wasn’t even aware that some of these wonderful folks had passed. 

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Oh my! Look at that package! Canada Post and Porn

Hahahahahahahahaha! Sex toys ad mailed by mistake: Canada Post But seriously, why can’t ads like that be sent in the mail? I don’t want to receive 95% of the junk mail I receive. I live in suburbia, I get so many flyers and ads in my mailbox, for so many products I’m not at all interested in. So, I recycle them! If people receive an ad for something from Adam & Eve and Bree Olson, well, chuck it if you don’t want to partake in that offer! Enough of segregating sex from the public Canada Post!

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On Profile Accuracy and Community Sexual Relations

I have been a member of Fetlife since its early days. I think the membership was still in the low-hundreds. Love the site, always have.However, I have frequently gone long stretches of not using the site…at all.I recently wandered back to increase awareness of this blog and have been back daily for a while. But every time I log in I log at a profile photo that isn’t me.Okay, yes it is me, but it doesn’t feel like me these days. When people talk about change and evolution, I am completely on board. Particularly when it comes to sex. I …

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Travelling with Sex Toys?

This article from Amanda Chatel in The Gloss posits a very good question: Do you travel with sex toys? A bunch of years ago, my now ex and I were flying down to New Orleans from Buffalo. She decided to pack her little vibe, but thought it smart to try and conceal within the legs of a tripod, up near the top. Now, we’d decided to take the bus from Toronto to Buffalo because it is so much cheaper to fly within the US, so we got border searched at one of the bridges. Sure enough, her bag got ripped apart and her …

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Indirect sex partners?

Here’s a very intriguing article by Dr. Justin J. Lehmiller, Sex Degrees of Separation: How Many Indirect Sexual Partners Have You Had? that asks us to reconsider the idea of what our “number” is. Traditionally, that has referred to how many sex partners you have had. But a British pharmacy has produced a calculator (of varying accuracy, the link is in the original article) that will tell you the number of indirect—people your sex partners have slept with—sexual partners you have had.  While the number that comes back can be huge and seem a bit ludicrous, there are some significant factors …

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Dangerous Site: “Potential Prostitutes”

I hate to give out a link to a website as awful as this, but I think it is necessary.I came across Potential Prostitutes and I am really struggling with words to contain my rage.Here’s the scam:Anyone can submit information, including name, phone number, location and photo of anyone else as a “potential prostitute.” Submitters do this anonymously. And then that information is stored in their database, which is optimized for search engines.So, you piss someone off, you could get listed.And if you want that profile removed, YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE!So, hold on here. First we have the issue of people …

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Erotica/Romance Calls for Submission from Riptide Publishing

The following projects are all open calls from Riptide Publishing. Check them out in detail here. Remaking the World: 1939 to 1945—Editor: Aleksandr Voinov Training Time—Editor: Sarah Frantz License to Thrill—Editor: Aleksandr Voinov Regency Romance—Editor: Sarah Frantz Laying Down (with) the Law—Editor: Sarah Frantz College Discovery—Editor: Sarah Frantz

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The Ongoing Big Dick Debate

Everybody is always talking about big dicks! Okay, well, at least this time, Claudia Maittlen-Harris of The Frisky has got the real goods on the age-old debate of whether bigger is better.  Girl Talk: Why We Should Be Talking About Penis Size She is spot-on by pointing out that it is dude’s who are generally obsessed with the size of our cocks. I’ll admit to being at least a bit curious about whether I measure up to others. But I have been fortunate enough to be friends with many women over the years, beyond my sexual partners, who have all spoken …

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