The History of the Vibrator
Simply brilliant article on Gizmodo the other day on the history of the vibrator.
A gourd full of angry bees? No thanks Cleopatra, no thanks. I’ll stick with regular vibrators if you don’t mind.
Robot Arse
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50 Shades of Grey
I was very tempted to put a different title for this post. 50 Shades of Sh*t came to mind but I thought that’s not very search engine friendly!
I know it’s old news now and everyone has been talking about it for weeks on end now, but I’ve finally finished 50 Shades of Grey. I won’t be continuing with the series. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever read an erotic book that bored me so intensely. Much has been made about how wooden and uninteresting the lead characters Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele are but in my view that’s only a minor problem.
The biggest issue I have with 50 Shades is just how appalling the writing is.
I swear, if I had to read that Christian “finally found his release” as a euphemism for cumming one more time I would have thrown the book across the room. Considering this is a book dominated by a sexual relationship E L James really could have thought up some better ways to talk about the male orgasm. But no, literally every single time Christian cums, “he finds his release”. Ugh. It’s cringeworthy. In fact, the whole thing is so bad I can’t go on.
So, to sum up: dreadfully written BDSM fan-fic style novel with horribly contrived sexual description, boring characters and pointless cliffhanger. For a novel trying to extol the virtues of BDSM (I think that’s what she’s doing at least…) it makes the whole dom/sub thing sound in turns boring and pedestrian, then suddenly fucking scary and not something that anyone would want to do. Which of course is ridiculous.
I think there are two other books in the series. I won’t be buying them. Not even if they’re on offer in the supermarket.
Sex Toys as Birthday Presents
I have a dilemma.
One of my best friends is having her 30th birthday in a couple of weeks and I want to get her something special. Something she’ll remember. I’ve trawled through the shops (online and high street) looking for a suitable gift but nothing has taken my fancy.
Then it hit me. What about a vibrator? She’s a happily single lady who has once or twice joked about how much she’d like a sex toy but would never buy one for herself. It can’t be coincidence that I’m the one this conversation is usually directed at; notorious for a lack of shyness about my body and my sex life, I’ve probably gone on about my favourite toys on far too many occasions.
So I took the plunge and sat down on the internet to search out a toy for her that wouldn’t be too inappropriate to give as a gift. She’s expressed distaste in the past for ‘massive black pvc dildos with horrible veins’ so I skipped past those pretty quickly. How about a classic rabbit? No. Love eggs? Hmm…maybe. Bondage gear? Definitely not.
I was starting to struggle when I came across the Ramsey Rabbit. I actually remember seeing it when I bought my Rocks Off Finger Tingles a month or so ago but dismissed it as a bit cutesy for my tastes. This was perfect though. It’s cute enough that if she’s horrified by the idea of being given a vibrator as a present I can laugh it off as a joke but if she’s as pleased as I hope she’ll be, she’ll appreciate the soft silicone, discreet size and the fact that it’s powered by the frankly brilliant RO-80mm bullet vibe!
My dilemma now though, is with her birthday just days away- when do I give it to her?! I can just imagine her parents’ faces over dinner…
I’d love to know what other people think. Would you buy a sex toy as a gift for someone?
Vibrator Capital of Britain
Coventry is the vibrator capital of Britain? Well I never.
According to a Durex sex study only 52% of women use or own a vibrator. That seems quite low to me…maybe some participants were too shy to be honest?
http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/30686-britains-vibrator-capital-revealed
10% voucher
I guess it’s ok to share this (as they’ve put it on their Facebook as well) but Bondara have released a code for a 10% voucher off of your order that will work until midnight tonight (8th May 2012 GMT)
Apparently, you just need to enter ‘may10′ at checkout to get the offer. bondara.co.uk. I’m off to try it out!
Rocks Off Finger Tingles
I’m in love. I’ve loved sex toys for years but sometimes I’ve got to be honest, I miss the skin-on-skin feeling of my own hands.
I’d seen the Rocks Off Finger Tingles on a couple of websites I thought it looked a bit gimmicky and I wasn’t sure it would work for me. Let’s just say that this review changed my mind completely!
So I bought one and let me tell you, every single woman should have one. Or two. Or one for each room of the house!
I bought mine from Bondara as I live in the UK and they always send things out nice and quickly in a plain box(!) but I’m sure there’s loads of places you could pick one up. Perhaps not on the high street!
