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Event Calendar
category: ‘Politics’
Give Nice… Get Naughty!
November 23, 2011 – 11:30 am
From now until the end of the year, we are offering Early to Bed customers a $10 gift Certificate if you donate $10 or more to one of our chosen organizations!
It is a great way for folks to give to grassroots organizations and get a little something sexy at the same time.
Make a donation to [...]
Love Your Body Day!
October 18, 2011 – 1:57 pm
October 19th Love Your Body Day! A national event created by NOW to remind us that fashion & beauty standards set by Hollywood, the world of fashion and the diet industry is all a bunch bullshit designed to sell us crap by making us feel bad about ourselves*. So we’d like to remind you that you are HOT AS HELL [...]
Hysteria
September 17, 2011 – 7:02 pm
If you’ve been in our shop and looked closely, you probably noticed a number of vintage vibrators on display. These are some pretty clunky and scary looking devices, but they tell a lot of stories. Vibrators have an
Gilbert #8 c.1933
intriguing history that shines light on the historical experiences of women and social views of female [...]
Trans Resource Guide
September 7, 2011 – 5:07 pm
Welcome to the beginnings of our Trans Resource Guide. We are just putting this together so please let us know if we are missing anything you think should be included. You can do that by emailing Searah here.
WEBSITES
Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide
This Guide is intended to provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, [...]
Poly Oly Oxen Free!
June 17, 2011 – 3:22 pm
This week, my dear friend Brandie appeared in a wonderful article entitled “I Just Can’t Decide” about polyamory in the May June 2011 Issue of Industry Magazine. As a sex educator, writer, and openly polyamorous person myself, I want to continue to advocate resources and awareness for poly folks or for people who [...]
Help Bring Comprehensive Sex Ed to Illinois Youth
May 29, 2011 – 11:13 am
A while ago I posted about the Illinois Personal Responsibility Education Program Act (PREP) that will bring age-appropriate medically accurate comprehensive sexuality education to Illinois public schools to help our youth have healthy and fulfilling sexual lives. Comprehensive sexuality education is an essential component of reproductive justice.
This week we became one step closer to obtaining [...]
Sending your Daughter off to college in a Sex Positive way!
May 3, 2011 – 8:47 pm
Lately it seems we’ve had more and more moms in the shop getting items for their daughters that are in college or just heading out there. Talking to some of them, these moms feel like they partly want to offer their kids an alternative to just having random, less-than-satisfying hook up, and partly to make [...]
Chicago Event: Benefit for Beyondmedia Education & Chicago Books to Women in Prison
April 10, 2011 – 12:35 pm
We are excited to have the opportunity to support these two local organizations that are both doing really awesome work. They are having a fundraiser in April (and we’ve donated a sweet auction item) and if you are around you should most certainly check it out!
The Future!
April 15th, 7-11pm
Las Manos Gallery (5220 N Clark)
Beyondmedia Education [...]
Susie Bright in Chicago!
April 1, 2011 – 2:42 pm
We are HUGE fans of Susie Bright and are stoked that she will be in Chicago this April doing two events at our favorite indie bookstore Women and Children First! These are must do events!
Friday, April 15th - Susie Bright @ Women & Children First (5233 N. Clark St. Chicago)
7:30pm
Big Sex Little Death: A [...]
