"Sex Toys and The Technology of Orgasm" - my first Alternet piece is up!

Sorry to be MIA, I'm super busy running around, writing a ton, being interviewed by a Columbia Journalism student for a profile piece, getting ready to go to San Francisco next week, workout out at Crossfit, and, making me most lethargic, trying to quit Diet Coke. More on that later, but suffice it to say, it's pretty hellish.

My first Alternet piece is now up! It's about the documentary Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm, which looks at the history of the vibrator as well as Texas's anti-dildo law. There are 3 other states with those on the books, and the Supreme Court just declined to hear a challenge to Alabama's, so this is big in the news.

For those who don't think pussies and their playthings are political, the new documentary Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm (Wabi Sabi Productions) will set you straight. Co-produced and co-directed by Wendy Slick and Emiko Omori, the film offers up a disturbing history of the first vibrators as well as a glimpse into the real-life consequences of laws still on the books in four states that ban the sale of them...

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