Monthly Archives: April 2009

Congress bans phthalates in kid's toys

Here’s an interesting article about it.
According to the article:
The ban, which took effect in February, prohibits making or selling duckies and other children’s products that contain chemicals called phthalates, which are used to make plastic soft. Congress passed the ban in 2008 after concluding that the chemicals posed a risk to children who chew on [...]

BDSM brings couples closer, say scientists

Well. According to a study by researchers at Northern Illinois University, who attended BDSM parties in order to “study stress levels” (sure, guys), though cortisol levels increased during the activity (be it spanking, flogging, what have you) for the receiver, the giver experienced no spike in cortisol production, and both parties were at normal levels [...]

Clothes made out of blow up dolls!

Wow. Finally a good use for cheesy blow up doll!
Happy weekend!
xoxo,
searah

Great advice for potential non-monogamists

It seems so simple really - if  you want non-monogamy but are afraid of what might happen to your primary relationship, why not discuss and set boundaries that make the things you’re afraid of less likely to happen? The benefits are manifold - you break your fears wide open (airing fears makes them less scary, [...]

The Accidental Advice Column: A vagina by any other name…

Today’s search term is: مهبل
Wow. Okay. So I plugged this word into an online Farsi-English dictionary and the translation was “cunt”.
There are several questions swirling around my head right now. Firstly, entering “cunt” as a search term, in any language, seems like an open invitation for viruses, spyware, you name it. Secondly, I wonder what [...]

Circumcision for disease prevention

I am a huge fan of Cory Silverberg who writes the sex colum at About.com (in addition to having written the awesome Ultimate Guide to Sex & Disability and a founding member of the sex shop Come as You Are in Toronto). He has just written a very interesting piece on the call for mass [...]