• Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 1:00pm By Thumper
    There is nothing wrong with you. I will, however, disagree with your statement that you don’t have a sexually abused past. Reason being: we all have. Sometimes sexual abuse can come in the most horrific forms of violence, while more generally...
  • Monday, November 2, 2009 - 7:04am By System Administrator
    On Friday, Kristen and I sat down to watch No Fauxxx’s latest DVD from Reel Queer Productions, Seven Minutes in Heaven: Coming Out. And we decided to “live tweet” our reactions – so we were updating my Twittering account as we were watching. (When...
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 - 11:40am By System Administrator
    It seems like ages ago that I was sitting in the Olivia headquarters in San Francisco, exploring the bright idea of bringing Good Vibrations aboard an Olivia cruise.  For those of you who don’t know, Olivia is the oldest and coolest lesbian cruise...
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:54am By System Administrator
    I have been working for Good Vibrations for over 3 years now and I was just thinking: I could never see myself working anywhere else. Where else can I talk openly about sex and vibrators while holding a dildo in my hand, or explain why anal sex is...
  • Monday, October 5, 2009 - 10:00am By System Administrator
    How did you start giving sex advice? I was a leader in the Lesbian And Gay Organization (now LGBT) at UC San Diego when I joined a discussion panel resource for local schools. I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1983 and soon thereafter started...
  • Friday, October 2, 2009 - 10:00am By System Administrator
    What led you to become a Sex Educator? Truthfully, I’m more of love and relationship educator or an Activist of the Heart. After the release of my book, Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships, I came in contact...
  • Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 6:40pm By Nadia Boots
    Although many toys that I test for the ToolBox can (and are) used by more than one person, this is one of only a few products from Good Vibrations that requires two people's participation for its success. The Understudy is an erotic art project that...
  • Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 3:00pm By Chris Hall
    Sponsored Content April Flores is not your average adult film star. In an industry whose bread and butter comes from repackaging women with the same slim bodies, bleach jobs, and silicone tits, April has succeeded just by being herself—an...
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 3:20pm By Tim McElreavy
    Sponsored Content Do you like to watch? Of course, you do! So come see the Fourth Annual Independent Erotic Film Festival (IXFF), where aspiring filmmakers, art students, animators, and amateurs with videocams come together to show you what they...
  • Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 1:15pm By Ayla
    The thigh harness is completely new to me. It doesn't appear sexy—it looks like some kind of brace. Before I used the harness, I thought that while this might work for others, I had no use for or desire to use this toy. I felt it was good that...
  • Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 4:23pm By Tim McElreavy
    Vampires are the sexpots of the underworld. Lucy and Mina couldn't resist Dracula's nighttime summons. Louis and Lestat used their brazen sensuality to seduce lovers of both genders. True Blood is perhaps the sexiest show on television, and, of...
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 12:25pm By John Pettitt
    San Francisco is in many ways unique. It has a sex-positive culture that supports a tremendous diversity of expression. However, despite its liberal reputation, sometimes San Francisco has its own brand of conservatism. For a prime example, you...
  • Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 10:06am By Tim McElreavy
    We asked our readers to get Overexposed: Personal, Political, Perverted with our CarnalNation temporary tattoos for a chance to win gift certificates to Good Vibrations, Mr. S Leather, Madame S Leather, and John Fluevog Shoes. The entries are all in...
  • Friday, July 24, 2009 - 9:00am By Tim McElreavy
    Overexposed: Get Personal, Political, Perverted! Win $500 worth of sex toys! We at CarnalNation believe that sex is a vital human need and that sexuality is an important component of who we are as individuals, how we relate to each other, and who we...
  • Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 12:48pm By Theresa Ikard
    Carol Queen, Ph.D., the Staff Sexologist at Good Vibrations, was recently awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award at the AVN Novelty Expo for her dedicated commitment and overall contribution to the pleasure product industry. In her speech, Queen...