Dear Good Vibrations Customer,

I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area my whole life. I grew up in southern Marin County with a crazy artist for a mother and an old school, city-surfer for a step-father. To say the least I grew up under the influence of fairly unconventional and slightly radical thinking. Many topics were discussed openly and without judgement in my home that in other’s were taboo. Growing up this way presented a bit of a challenge when I took my family values into the homes of other families in my town. I realized quickly that not all my friends and their parents felt or acted the same way mine and I did. At first it bothered me. So convicted was I in liberal and activist thinking, the thought of someone viewing things differently threatened the power of these beliefs.

In the shower yesterday I noticed random bruises on my thighs, hips, and knees. My whole body aches, and I can’t remember exactly when the bruises came, but I can remember sweat dripping down my skin, moans escaping from my mouth, and sighs coming and turning into deep exhales. I remember staring at her arms and I remember being wet.

I pause. Wait for her response. Brown Hair thinks about this for a second, smiles, and then turns and smacks Red Head in the arm, and says “That’s why I was in such a good mood the other day!!”

“Oh, it’s just a joke.
we want to embarrass her.”
Sex joke gifts are dumb.

Okay, so it’s not the prettiest of haikus, and might be a bit judgemental, but it is #2 on the list of Sustainable Sex ideas. In an un-haiku-ed form, the lesson sounds like this:

I just read a manifesto on sustainable design, and thought I’d share some thoughts on sustainability and the wild world of sex toys. (it will be more feisty than boring, I promise. Keep reading.)
1. Buy quality. Quality anything lasts longer than crappy anything. It’s a simple concept, really. Sounds easy enough. But of course, there […]