PHOENIX –  Sleek, waterproof and rechargeable, Eric Kalén’s new Toyfriend Smooth Operators collection demonstrates why the Swedish designer has become known as “the Philippe Starck of sex toys.” The Smooth Operators collection is a three-piece line of massagers, each with a...

LAS VEGAS – When I saw the subject line of the email I received this morning, my heart nearly skipped a beat: “The Erotic Heritage Museum vs. The Westboro Baptist Church.” EHM vs. WBC, eh? This, I thought to myself, is either going to be one fascinating civil lawsuit, or the...

LOS ANGELES – Screaming O has upgraded its popular Yoga vibrating ring and made the new rechargeable version available in a free sample pack designed to give customers firsthand experience with the company’s powerful Vooom motor. The new Charged Yoga, part of a growing family of...

Forget baking a file inside a cake to help your buddy bust out of the big house. Today’s prison contraband smugglers have gone high-tech. Corrections officials across the U.S. have reported an upward trend in drones dropping illicit materials inside prison walls. In addition to...

LOS ANGELES – Kink-oriented adult retailer The Stockroom will host a seminar about living outside the lines of relationship norms April 29 at its Sunset Boulevard location. Led by polyamory proponents Janet Hardy and Tristan Taormino, this will be the first time the event has...

DUBLIN – Officially, the mission of An Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland, is “working with communities to protect and serve.” More specifically, the core functions of the Gardai (as the force is commonly referred to) include “the detection and prevention of...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Adult industry trade group Free Speech Coalition has called for a temporary production moratorium after a performer tested positive for HIV. As always, the precautionary work stoppage is voluntary. According to an FSC alert notice, the performer, who is...

HERZLIYA, Israel – For some reason, in their unrelenting search for truth, or for something close enough to truth to justify applying for a grant, researchers are constantly fucking with college students. Back when I was a college student, researchers did things like trick us...

LOS ANGELES – Thanks to remarkably lifelike CyberSkin and warming lube, Topco’s new Vulcan Warming Strokers aren’t quite like having the real thing wrapped around your body parts, but we have it on good authority they’re the next best thing. The latest addition to the company’s...

SAN DIEGO – Back when I was a high school senior, military recruiters somehow caught wind I wasn’t going straight to college after graduation. As a result, I received at least one phone call a week in which a recruiter for one of the four major branches of the armed forces tried...