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Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Sex Toys and Advice From Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen


Elegant gifts, glasses of champagne, lounging by the fireside… Sounds sexy, right? The holiday season sounds romantic from afar, but in reality, we spend December waiting in line at the mall and fussing over gift wrap, not get frisky in the boudoir. But Dr. Carol Queen, PhD, has some different ideas about how we should get through the holidays: The author and sexologist urges us not to let our sex lives wither. Instead of letting holiday stress and visiting relatives send your libido into remission, she suggests putting a sex toy under the tree (and making sure you have time to use it).

To find out how to keep the holidays hot, check out Dr. Carol Queen’s sex toy gift guide and our short Q&A about how to make the most of the holiday season: … More »

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Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Sex Toys and Advice From Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen

Beginners needn’t bother with the fancy flogs and paddles. Stick with the most simple and useful sex tool: Your hand. Try cupping your hand instead of keeping your palm completely straight. This will hurt less and make an awesome, dramatic sound, explains Kennedy. “Spanking is sort of inherently silly,” says Kennedy. “It can be as elaborate or as simple as you want.”


– Babeland sex educator Cristen Kennedy on the ins-and-outs of consensual adult spanking in the bedroom, from our post: Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex
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Beginners needn’t bother with the fancy flogs and paddles. Stick with the most simple and useful sex tool: Your hand. Try cupping your hand instead of keeping your palm completely straight. This will hurt less and make an awesome, dramatic sound, explains Kennedy. “Spanking is sort of inherently silly,” says Kennedy. “It can be as elaborate or as simple as you want.”

Happy (Belated) National Sex Toy Day: 11 Naughty Blisstree Posts to Help You Celebrate Properly


Ladies (and gentlemen), start your vibrators. According to Lemondrop, last Thursday was National Sex Toy Day. If you’re a regular Blisstree reader, you know that we’re very much in favor of bringing sex toys into the bedroom, whether or not you’re flying solo. To get you in the mood, we put 11 of our sex-toy-focused posts in one place for your browsing pleasure. Whether you’re looking for an adult amusement that’s eco-friendly or just plain cheeky (pun intended), you’ll find a toy that’s right up your alley (ditto) in one of our 11 posts with a sexy slant:

1. Give a Hand to the Blowjob Queen: Read This to Earn Your Fellatio Ph.D.

2. Eco-Friendly After Dark: 10 Green Sex Toys Under $25

3. Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex … More »

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Happy (Belated) National Sex Toy Day: 11 Naughty Blisstree Posts to Help You Celebrate Properly

Do Try This at Home: A Sexual Pleasure Checklist (Excerpt From Babeland’s Book Moregasm)


The following is an excerpt from Moregasm: Babeland’s Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex in conjunction with our recent post: Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex

The Yes/No/Maybe List

In many of our Babeland workshops, we hand out a “Yes/No/Maybe” list. It’s a great tool for starting a chat. More like a game than homework. The rules are easy: Look at the list of sexual activities and put each one into a “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe” column on a piece of paper. Just go with how you feel at the moment. There are no wrong answers, and you are not chiseling your choices in stone – you can change your mind later. When you’re done, compare answers with your partner and see where you overlap. … More »

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Do Try This at Home: A Sexual Pleasure Checklist (Excerpt From Babeland’s Book Moregasm)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex


By Helen “Girly” Brown

They say there’s a thin boundary between pleasure and pain, which may be why activities that blend the two can often seem so exciting.

The ancient art of BDSM (Bondage, Discipline/Dominance, Sadism/Submission, Masochism) — also known as “Sensation Play” — includes spanking, tying up your partner, handcuffing, and using various “instruments of pleasure” to create pain and other feelings of varying degrees.

“People ask me if spanking is painful,” says Babeland sex educator Cristen Kennedy, who recently started teaching a class on BDSM at one of Babeland’s New York City locations. “Everyone processes pain differently. The goal is not to beat the crap out of someone.”
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex