Britney Spears Meets Fifty Shades
In the music video for her new song, Work B**ch, Britney Spears brandishes a Fifty Shades of Grey Sweet Sting Riding Crop! This is what it looks like when cultural phenomena collide: pretty darn hot....
View ArticleImagine the Next Hit Erotic Novel And Win 50 Shades-Themed Toys
Update: Congratulations to Savvy, whose novel, Fifty Shades of Spray, was the popular favorite among the Pleasure Chest staff. A big thank you to everyone who entered! We hope that each and every one...
View ArticleCan You Get Herpes From Library Books? (No, but we’re glad you asked.)
Here’s the story: two university professors in Belgium ran toxicology and bacteriology screenings on the ten most borrowed books at the Antwerp library. Fifty Shades of Grey contained traces of...
View ArticleIs This The Year’s Worst Sex?
The winner (“winner”) of the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award has been announced! Manil Suri takes it with his novel, The City of Devi, and this description: “Surely supernovas explode that instant,...
View ArticleDr. Charlie Glickman at The Pleasure Chest!
We have got a treat for you this Wednesday night at our Upper East Side Store! The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure with Dr. Charlie Glickman Wednesday, December 11th @ 8-10 PM - FREE! Curious...
View ArticleBetony Vernon at The Pleasure Chest
Last night, author Betony Vernon joined us for an intimate reading from her fabulously comprehensive sex guide The Boudoir Bible. People’s Revolution hosted this event at our Upper East Side flagship...
View ArticleFree Workshops This Month in L.A.
Hot Sex Tips, Tricks & Licks with Dr. Jess Wednesday, March 5th @ 8-10pm – FREE! Fulfill your lover’s wildest dreams with Hot Sex Tips, Tricks & Licks for both women and men. From seduction...
View ArticleMay Workshops in New York
Join us for another round of free workshops at our Upper East Side store and get 15% off your purchases. Strap On, Get Off: Dildo Harnesses 101 with Victor & Jes Wednesday, May 7th @ 8-10pm – FREE!...
View ArticleStaff Book Club Pick: Urban Tantra
Yesterday, folks from our L.A. and national office staff held our first book club meeting! Our goal is to read books that we sell, so that we can better educate ourselves and our customers. June’s...
View ArticleAll the Kinky Sex Toys from the 50 Shades Trailer
Have you seen the 50 Shades of Grey trailer yet? No? Okay, we’ll give you a moment to catch up to the rest of the internet. Now that you’re all caught up, let’s get started on fulfilling those...
View ArticleAdvent Calendar Day 6: Kama Sutra Massage Tranquility Kit and The Ultimate...
Welcome to the sixth day of our 2015 Holiday Advent Calendar, where we’re giving away 30 prizes in 24 days, including many of our favorite toys! Every day, we’ll be posting a new contest and linking to...
View ArticleTristan Taormino on Feminist Porn
Last week, we highlighted Sinnamon Love’s contribution to the The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. Now there’s a great interview on Salon with the book’s editor Tristan...
View ArticleFamous Folks Read Fifty Shades
Fifty Shades of Kate Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog Fifty Shades of Charlize & Kristen Stewart Fifty Shades of Will & Zach Fifty Shades of Adam Lambert Fifty Shades of Ellen Fifty...
View Article“Fucking Trans Women” is Sex Ed, Zine Style
Today, Autostraddle features an interview with Mira Bellwether, author and illustrator of Fucking Trans Women, a zine about – you guessed it – trans women and sex. Bellwether describes Fucking Trans...
View Article“Fuck” Through the Decades
We’ve been checking out this collection of charts documenting the popularity of some sex terms over others, in print. We’re not surprised to see that “fuck” didn’t show up much until the 1960s, but...
View ArticleIn Praise of Erotica
We love our gadgets as much as anyone, but when it comes to erotica, we’re not about to get rid of our paper books. Since the internet is an embarrassment of pornographic riches, it’s nice to be...
View ArticleTop 10 Worst Sex Scenes
“Slither slither slither slither went the tongue…” We love good erotica, but we won’t deny that there’s a unique pleasure in reading really, really bad smut. If you understand the joy of wondering,...
View ArticleSex Manuals Through the Centuries
Are you looking for a little guidance when it comes to your sex life? You could try a sex ed standard like The Guide to Getting it On or something a little lighter, like the comic-style Sex is Fun....
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