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Not Your Average Sex Shop

Monday, July 19th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“Working at Sh! involves looking after a huge variety of customers – some who are regulars and know exactly what makes them tick, others who have never used a sex toy and are somewhat shy or reserved at first.” – A Sh! Girl

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Welcome to Sh!

Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium was the very first shop of its kind to open in London. Sh!, a sex shop run by women, for women was founded in 1992. The mission was simple: Read More

Guest Post: Can Watching Porn Improve Your Sex Life?

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

VIVI

When I was asked to write a post promoting better sex, my first thought was to review a few porn films that I thought depicted the best sex. At first the idea got me very excited, because I really LOVE porn. But I started to reconsider things when the following questions popped into my mind:

Why do you think porn depicts the best sex?

Does porn really feature great sex?

Has all my porn watching made my sex life any better?

I decided these were burning questions I needed to find the answers to… Read More

Fringe in Action

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” – G. K. Chesterton

Our journey through the outskirts of the sexual fringe is almost over. So I wanted to talk about the wonderful world of fringe in action… Read More

Role Playing

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“Man is a make-believe animal – he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.” – William Hazlitt

I must say readers, I am thoroughly enjoying fringe month! I do have some serious grovelling to do for Skye to forgive my group questions, and Sam is now afraid to turn his back to me in case I try to peg him – but it has been rather a giggle so far and we are only half way through! Read More

Let’s Play Outside

Monday, January 11th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.” – W.C. Fields

I’m an outdoorsy girl. I like to march along muddy trails on foot or horseback. I used to love tearing through forests, stopping to find a glade for picnics. A lot of this happened in my innocence, when secluded nooks in the great wide were just good hiding places. Now they have a new more Read More

Bum Toys

Friday, January 8th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“There are toys for all ages” – French Proverb

I still have my anal virginity (*ahem*) so I can’t offer much in the way of personal experience of bum based toy fun; but I have done my research. On my London shopping trip I wandered into Sh!, a delightful women’s sex shop in Hoxton Square. (Recommended to any London based ladies for helpful staff and good product range.) My friend Chelsea and I were advised by Joanna on the day, who ran us through their “anal range” and offered us some backdoors advice. Read More

The Anal Truth

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

ELIZABETH ROSE

“…the butthole can be the great equalizer— everyone has one. It is the most democratic of our orifices. We can all experience what it feels like to be pitcher or catcher on the butthole diamond. And no one can accuse you of anus envy.” – Tristan Taormino, of puckerup.com

I have alluded to the request for anal sex coming up about three weeks after any declaration of love or commitment. It also happens in the casual realm where I choose to explore. Some lasses enjoy it up the bum, some don’t. But it seems that at some point all men wish to explore their lady’s back passage. Read More

Instinctual Butt Clenching

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

SKYE BLUE

The thought of anything going in my ass creeps me out for two reasons. One, because based on very necessary rectal check ups done by my doctor, I think it would feel awful: and two, as a het guy I have trouble wrapping my head around the idea of being that submissive – even with a woman I loved.

–  J.L., an anti-pegging advocate

It turns out that the straight-male fear of reciprocal anal play is a potent mix of sexism and homophobia; a straight man can do it to someone else, but having it done to him isn’t okay.

– Em & Lo (Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey), The Bottom Line Read More

Ladies, Can We Get Real for a Minute?

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

SKYE BLUE

Although it pains me to admit this I have to. As I read Casual Sex, Women and Me I could relate – to the girls. But I’m sure I’m not alone. As far as I can tell, most women aren’t as proficient in the art of casual mating as they’d like to believe. From what I have seen, heard and lived, we women tend to get a wee bit delusional about our ability to stay emotionally detached as we play the game. Read More

A Beautiful Game?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

ELIZABETH ROSE

“No one ever choked to death swallowing their pride” – Grandma Rose

My Grandmother was a wise woman, full of advice that I ignore to this day. Realising that my behaviour with Finn could be considered a result of “feelings” I decided the best way to address the imbalance was to jump into bed with a new flavour. Read More