What to do about LUBEWhat to do about LUBE

There is a new lube study out there, that the media has really picked up on. According to it, and the media, water-based lube used during anal sex is dangerous, and IF one is to use lube at all, they should use silicone.

I think that this study, and the hype around it, is dangerous [...]

A Full Time Sex Educator

When I chose to go to grad school for sexuality education, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with it. Perhaps work for Planned Parenthood, or work in schools. Then as I went through grad school, I realized I wanted to branch out to “alternative” sexuality education. I wanted to work with people [...]

Layaspot Video ReviewLayaspot Video Review

Thanks to Matt of Fascinations for the fabulous taping of this review, and of course, to Fun Factory for the Layaspot itself.

The Layaspot is a pretty awesome and very versatile vibrator. I really like the size and shape of it, and unlike some vibrators, it’s fairly easy to hold in your hand (great [...]

Sex 2.0 in Seattle

I’ll be in Seattle this weekend, at Sex 2.0 2010.

I was lucky enough to go last year in Washington, DC (thanks to a little help from a friend who hired me to edit her novel). This year, I’m going thanks to Fascinations, who is also a Gold Sponsor of the event.

Like last [...]

No More Queering Say Yes to the Dress

Sadly, my quest to queer (and plus-size-ify) Say Yes to the Dress has ended, and I’ve refunded the donations I’ve gotten (unless I was told to keep them for other purposes, like Sexually Able).

Why?

Well, originally, I told them I had a $1000 budget (twice what I was expecting to pay, but worth it [...]

First Workshop in Portland!First Workshop in Portland!

Hey you -

Are you in Portland, or the surrounding area?

Come see my FREE workshop tomorrow night.

The details:

Title: Let’s Talk Sex — Navigating Love: Relationship Mapping

Place: Fascinations 9515 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97266 Time: 7pm

Date: Thursday, May 20th

Cost: FREE

Description:

A basic training with resident sexuality educator Shanna [...]

Queering Say Yes to the DressQueering Say Yes to the Dress

The other day, I twittered something about how I was having trouble finding the right red corset/skirt/bustle combo, and jokingly suggested that I go onto Say Yes to the Dress to have them help me. Some of my followers thought it was a great idea, and so I half-jokingly applied online, making it clear that [...]

Call for Participants: Sexually Able

Hey all!

As you may remember, I was working (and still am) on an anthology about sexuality and disability, tentatively titled Sexual Ability. I posted a Call for Submissions, I had people repost it, but got very few essays.

For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. Similar anthology calls were getting dozens [...]

Butch Voices Regional Conferences

I’ve seen this posting/call for workshops/etc around on a few blogs, and I thought I’d pass it on to anyone who might be interested. Enjoy!

-Shanna

Next year we’ll have the second full sized Butch Voices conference to participate in, this year we have four regional conferences.

Subject: Butch Voices 2010 Regional Conferences: Call [...]

AZ Workshop — Navigating Love: Relationship Mappinng

Next week, I have a FREE class coming up in Scottsdale, Arizona next Thursday May 13th. It’s basically a combo of my relationships and communication class, and my Relationship Mapping: Poly 101 class. It’s at the luxury store up at Raintree and Northsight. It’s free, all attending get a $10 gift card and the chance [...]