DINKs: Double Income, No Kids

"First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes The Baby In The Baby Carriage." Many of us have sung this little song as children and come to accept this as just basic common sense of how life is supposed to be. But is it really? Isn't having children a choice? Is having children really a choice if it's expected of you? That doesn't seem like a fair description of the word choice.

The Giving Pirates

A few months back, while on a road trip with a very dear friend, we started to talk about starting up a pirate performance troupe. It was an excuse to dress up, do some fun shows and...well, be entertaining pirates.

ISTA Conference of Sexuality & Consciousness: Exploring the Wild & Sacred

Seminars on sex as healing, as transcendent joy, as an act of magic, as a way of communing intimately with the Earth, in film, therapy and pleasured practice highlighted the recent 11th annual Conference of Sexuality and Consciousness, presented by the International School of Temple Arts and held in the New Age colony of Sedona and in Camp Verde, AZ.

My Dream

What happens when your dream doesn’t run along side your lover’s?

Gink Manifesto: Green Inclined, No Kids

There’s a persistent conviction in our culture that if your biosuit includes a uterus, you should use it. Procreate or be somehow less womanly, less human, and more selfish, hedonistic or conflicted than your mothering counterparts. It’s a message that resonates pervasively, and sometimes pits parents against the childless.

Eco-Sexuality: Greening Your Sex Life

Wooden Dildos: Nob Essence Pioneers Eco-Friendly Material for Sex Toys.

Let’s face it—sex toys are easy to make fun of—the ubiquitous rabbit vibrators, the beige plastic “personal massager” shaped like a torpedo—and let’s not even talk about male masturbators. These devices don’t exactly make people think of the Four Seasons or the Russian Tea Room. So where’s the actual sexiness in the toy industry? Certainly not in the gaping maw of a “realistic” love glove.

The Green Project: Herbs for Sex

Long before the days of Viagra, vibrators, and streaming porn videos, we humans pursued new and better ways to heighten our sexual pleasure through every imaginable means. From dildos made of animal hides to dildos shaped like animals—no stone, nut or rock was left unturned by our fore-mothers and –fathers.

The Green Project: Being a Slick Consumer

Understanding what makes a good sexual lubricant can be a slippery business. After all, unless you’re buying one of the few all natural, organic products that are available, the list of ingredients reads more like the supply catalog for a chemistry class than a recipe for a hot night.

From Birth Control to Earth Control?

What effects do our different methods of birth control have on the environment?

The Green Project: Glass Evolution—A Conversation with Xhale Glass

When is a sex toy not just a sex toy? When it's handcrafted, art-quality, and eco-friendly. See what makes glass toys—and especially Xhale Glass' line—some of the hottest selling, high-end body-friendly toys on the market today.

The Green Project: How Green is My Silicone?

Yes, silicone may be great—but is it really green?

How Green Is My Sex Life?

Being a green sex toy & accessory consumer is a lot more than just buying a natural-looking packaged product or choosing a toy based on the material; it's about knowing what tradeoffs you are willing to make for the best possible products.

Living in a Material World: Why What Goes Into Your Sex Toys Matters

So you think you're eco-friendly? Well, how big of a carbon footprint does your vibrator have, huh?