This may come as a shock to some of you, but the mainstream Sex Toy/Novelty industry isn’t, as a whole, the most feminist/politically-progressive industry so part of our mission at Early to Bed, has always been to seek out smaller, indie companies when we can. We are thrilled that we are able to support a [...]
I absolutely adore Amplify, an online community dedicated to sexual health, reproductive justice, and youth-led grassroots movement building. Check out what they’re doing to celebrate Roe v. Wade’s 38th anniversary and galvanize action against the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.”
Dear Advocate:
January 22 marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme [...]
You may have been aware of the whole debacle around Kink.com, the hymen cam, and Kink’s apology. If not, Jezebel has done a good job reporting on the story, so go catch yourself up over there.
It looks to me as if Kink was trying to walk a thin line between medically accurate sex positivity and [...]
EXTENDED THOUGH JANUARY 2nd!
This holiday season Early to Bed is helping to collect food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository and if you help out, we’ll give you a little something extra too!
Just bring at least one item from the list below of the most needed items to our shop anytime before December 24th and [...]
Lucy Lemonade is a graduate student studying counseling psychology with an emphasis on sexual orientation, while moving toward a career as a sex educator, counselor, and activist. In her blog, she writes about GLBT issues, poly relationships, D/s realtionships, and gender. She also reviews books and toys.
In her recent contribution to the Scarleteen Sex-Ed Blog [...]
Early to Bed commends Governor Pat Quinn for rejecting title V abstinence-only dollars and applying for PREP funds for the 2010 fiscal year.
Illinois has traditionally accepted title V funding, which mandates that schools receiving these funds must teach abstinence-only information without incorporating any other viewpoints or information. Title V specifies that “a mutually faithful monogamous [...]
Now here’s a national week I can get behind: the American Library Association is celebrating Banned Books Week from September 25th through October 2nd.
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights [...]
FINALLY! We have a winning name (voted on by the ETB Staff)… so I give you…..
Orion!
And we have a runner up with the next most number of votes… Papa Smurf… submitted by FemeDeliciosa.
Thanks everyone who played. Tune in for more fun contests!
Hi Folks,
We just added this lovely, hefty 100% silicone wang to our collection but [...]
[ August 6, 2010 12:00 pm to August 8, 2010 4:00 pm. ] Coming this August 6, 7 & 8th you can bring your old vibrators to Early to Bed and we’ll recycle them for you (or actually send them off to be recycled.. we’re not actually doing it ourselves). It gets even better.. we’ll also give you $10 towards a new toy! How is that for a [...]
I am thrilled to have been quoted in this piece on local women-owned businesses!
Source: www.upchicago.com
http://www.upchicago.com/daring-dames-fabulous-women-owned-businesses-in-chicago
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