My high school’s sex ed curriculum was probably indicative of the country at large. We didn’t learn much aside from looking at diagrams of reproductive organs, and to not have sex otherwise we would get pregnant and have to go to the alternative high school across down. It was by…
Five Foreplay Favs
It’s totally natural to get stuck in a little bit of a rut, especially if you’ve been able to play with the same partner for a while. Foreplay is usually one of the first things to go, in my experience. You know what works, so why deviate? Because it’s fun…
Common Causes (& Fixes!) of Sexual Pain
When I was but a wee bab, I was under the impression that sex was always effortless, embarrassment-free, and absolutely never hurt. Wee bab Taryn was incorrect, as most of us are. Sometimes things hurt! Sex should be fun and easy, but sometimes it takes a little bit of work…
A Brief and Incomplete History of the Vibrator
I do a lot of gender and anatomy talk in this post. Though we should all remember that not every woman has a vagina and not everyone who has a vagina is a woman, many historical accounts ignore this. I’ll be referencing women a lot since that was likely the…
Faking It: Why You Should Bang, Even When You Don’t Want To
Disclaimer: This isn’t a post about how you should do things that you really don’t want to. If something is on your no list, don’t do it. If you’re not in a mental headspace to engage in play with your partner, don’t do it. But if you’re both on the…
What I Learned by Tracking My Orgasms
Before I started this blog, I followed a few different sex bloggers, and towards the end of the year, I started hearing some things about sex statistics. I can be a bit of a data nerd, so immediately my ears perked up. People kept spreadsheets of that? I immediately made…
Kinky Shopping: 3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Checkout
The first time I purchased something kinky, it was at the behest of my (now ex) boyfriend. He had grand ideas about our bedroom escapades, and we needed to stock up on a few things. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what I was doing, and ended up with some dud purchases.…
Square Peg, Round Hole: On Pegging, Submission, and Asexuality
The first time I slipped into a strap on harness, I was in a hotel room with a guy I met from the internet. He had confided that getting fucked in the ass by a girl with a strap on was the pinnacle of his sexual fantasies, and he was…
My First Yes/No/Maybe List: And Why You Should Have One
I got my introduction to Yes/No/Maybe lists from the inimitable Bex of Bex Talks Sex. They, like me, use spreadsheets to a fault, and posted about Yes/No/Maybe lists on their own blog.
That Time I Lost Something In My Vagina
When 19-year-old me saw pretty glass balls with delicate flowers in the center, I bought them. And then put them in my vagina.