From the category archives:

Sex Ed

How To Get More Power and Pleasure with Kegels

by Meg November 29, 2011

Every part of your body needs exercise: the brain, heart, and even the pubococcygeus muscles (PC). These prehistoric sounding PC muscles are a big deal. They control the flow of urine and semen, the stiffness of your penis during an erection, tightness of your vagina, and aid in childbirth. So you can see why you [...]

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Five Must Knows About The Big O

by Meg November 25, 2011

I had you at O, didn’t I? I don’t blame you. Achieving one is the ultimate goal. But, besides the fact that the things feel so damn good, what do you really know about them? Researchers from Johns Hopkins University Press unleashed some very fascinating tidbits about orgrams in the book, The Science of Orgasm. [...]

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Strap-On Savvy

by Laura November 21, 2011
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Picking out the right strap-on for you and your partner might seem like a daunting experience, and rightly so. Strap-ons are probably the one sex toy where most of the items seem pretty similar to each other, but upon closer inspection, there are big differences between each strap-on harness as well as the toys that [...]

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The Straight Girl’s Guide to the Prostate

by Laura November 14, 2011

One of the best things about society’s emerging openness around sexuality is the ability for people to honestly express their desires without fear of judgement from their partner. For this reason, prostate stimulation has become something straight couples are starting to explore more than in the past. There are a few reasons for this; the [...]

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Good Vibes When Traveling

by Laura November 1, 2011
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Recently, a lot of media attention was given to a feminist blogger whose checked luggage was inspected by the TSA. On the inspection notice left in her bag, a TSA employee had written, “get your freak on girl[sic]” after discovering her bullet vibrator during the luggage screening. Whatever your opinion on this incident and the [...]

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Kegel Exercises

by Laura October 25, 2011
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The great thing about masturbation and sex is that there is often overlap between things that feel good and things that are good for you! Kegel exercises (contracting the PC muscle) is one of the activities that is good for you while feeling awesome. Not only is strengthening the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles going to help [...]

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What makes a Good First Vibrator?

by Laura October 17, 2011
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A lot of peoples first experience at Fascinations is with a group of friends on someone’s 18th birthday, shopping for naughty/funny bachelorette party items, or looking for a cute Halloween costume. Because all of our stores are welcoming, well-lit, and staffed with knowledgeable people, a lot of the people who first come in for fun [...]

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Common Anal Sex Myths

by Laura September 26, 2011
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All kinds of sex, from the most vanilla to the most kinky, are surrounded by misinformation and misconceptions that can make expressing your desires confusing for fear of being seen as “dirty.” Anal play and anal sex are especially prone to these misconceptions, so today we’re going to debunk some of the common myths that [...]

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Fellatio Fun!

by Laura September 19, 2011
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Last week, Fascinations hosted one of our Let’s Talk Sex events on erotic fellatio at our Tempe location. We know not everyone can make it to our fabulous Let’s Talk Sex workshops, so we use this blog as a venue to complement the phenomenal sex education taking place in our stores, whether through workshops, or [...]

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LTS PHX 9/15: Secrets of Erotic Fellatio with Lori C. Ebert

by funlove September 13, 2011

date: Thursday, September 15, 2011 time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM where: Fascinations address: 838 W. Elliot Rd. Tempe, AZ 85281 cost: Free! dress code: Public appropriate

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