Review: Magic Wand Plus
When I interviewed Shay Martin – co-owner of Vibratex, the company that legendarily saved the Magic Wand from extinction when Hitachi wanted to pull the plug on it – for a story I was writing in 2015,...
View Article5 Fun Things You Can Do With a Penis Pump
Pictured: the Max Width Penis Enlarger. I only worked in sex toy retail for a few months, but I can’t even tell you the number of people who came in searching for penis enlargement products. In fact,...
View ArticleMonthly Faves: Sparkles, Silk, & Cinnamon
Media • Some sexual misconduct scandals broke at my old high school recently (more on that soon, I think), so I’ve definitely been Processing Some Difficult Feelings. When that’s the case, sometimes...
View ArticleHow to Write 1,000 Blog Posts
I literally cannot believe this, but… this is the 1,000th blog post to be published on girlyjuice dot net. WOW. This somehow feels like a more momentous milestone to me than more time-based ones,...
View ArticleOn Bad Teachers, “Naughty” Fantasies, & the Awkward Space In Between
Me on my last day of high school in 2011. Content note for this one: sexual assault/abuse/exploitation of minors. Recently a media arts teacher at my old high school was arrested for sexually...
View ArticleReview: Laid D2
I was on the phone with a friend when the Laid D2 dildo arrived on my doorstep. “Should I open it now?” I asked him. “Yes!” my friend said, so I did. I gasped. I oohed and aahed. I held it up to the...
View ArticleUsing the Bestvibe Mermaid As a Chastity Device
A key skill to develop when you’re a sex toy reviewer is turning bad toys into useable products. Almost every sex toy has more than one possible way of using it (and if it doesn’t, it had better be...
View ArticleIn Praise of the Humble Blindfold
Blindfolds are so versatile. I never regret bringing one with me while I travel, even if by “travel” I just mean “take the subway across the city for a sex-date.” Of all the products you can buy at a...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Creative Ritual?
Today I read an article about Stephin Merritt, the lead singer and songwriter of the Magnetic Fields – arguably one of the best songwriters of my generation – which had this to say about his creative...
View ArticleI’m Engaged!!! Here’s the Story…
All the photos in this post are by the wonderful Ashe of Rose Glass Photography, who you should definitely hire for any and all romantic or boudoir photos if you can! I’ve gone back and forth over the...
View ArticleMonthly Faves: Dildos, Diamonds, & Democracy
This month has been a weird one… but then again, I think I’ve been writing some version of that every month here since March… or maybe even since November 2016… *sigh* Anyway, here are some of the...
View ArticleLashing Out: How False Eyelashes Brighten My Life
The coronavirus crisis has a way of stripping us of our ability to access our most basic coping mechanisms, while simultaneously giving us a lot we need to cope with. I feel like I’m stuck between a...
View Article5 Natural Ways to Reignite Your Libido
It’s been quite a week, to say the least. And quite a month. And quite a year. While there has been an occasional piece of good news amongst the bad (Joe! Kamala! All the wonderful trans and BIPOC...
View ArticleReview: Fun Factory Bouncer (+ a giveaway!)
The Fun Factory Bouncer is the type of toy that’s like catnip for seasoned sex toy reviewers like me, because… it actually does something markedly different than other toys in its category. And since...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: Romance in New York
Up for some fashion-related fun, to distract us all from… the world? Here’s some of what I’ve been wearing lately… This first outfit is the one I was wearing when Matt proposed to me, late last month....
View ArticleReview: Sistalk Mister Devil 2
Gather round; I come bearing good news. A sex toy company actually made improvements that turned their okay toy into a great toy. HALLELUJAH, praise the vibrator lord!! Nearly 3 years ago, I reviewed...
View ArticleWhat Sex Toys to Buy for Black Friday
It’s true that Black Friday is a problematic capitalist hellscape of a “holiday”… but it’s also true that in a year so full of struggle and pain, you deserve pleasure more than ever (and so do the...
View ArticleReview: Dame Arc
When I first started buying sex toys as a teen, I wanted a vibrator that could “do it all.” That was my holy grail. And who could blame me? With minimal (if any) income, and limited privacy and...
View ArticleOur Wedding Outfits!
All of the beautiful photos in this post were taken by the supremely talented Ashe of Rose Glass Photography, who I would 100% recommend! Supposedly every little girl grows up dreaming of her perfect...
View Article12 Days of Girly Juice 2020: 12 Femme Essentials
It definitely feels weird to be doing my traditional year-end blog post series when it’s been such an utter shitshow of a year. I gotta admit, several times this year I considered just scrapping it,...
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