Image by Viljar Sepp. I wanted to buy my friend’s daughter a doll for her birthday. On Amazon, I found this incredible Barbie catgirl unintentional (?) dominatrix doll — which I kind of want for myself. But then I’d have to get the snow princess Barbie catgirl domme doll, but not the Hollywood hooker catgirl…

Image of Marilyn Monroe via reading.sexy. I’m reading Mary Roach’s superb nonfiction book about the science of sex right now (while editing an erotica collection and writing the intro for Best Women’s Erotica 2009). She’s definitely squeamish about kinky sex and BDSM (sad!) and a little nervous about sex in general, but it’s still an…

You know how much I’ve ranted and raved over this year’s must-have self-published erotic photo book 111??? by Merkley??? — and now I’ve got another one for ya: Katie West‘s new book, low self-esteem. Mon dieu this Canadian girl is on fire! I drooled all over her web presence and proclivity for public nudity previously…

Image: “Wicked Women” by Psychedelic*Panda. For those of us digital brats who need to be reminded that a “library” is where they keep all the books, radio is something we happily left behind the minute we figured out what files we could lube up and cram down an RSS feed. Yet I’m still an NPR…

Oh my! I just saw myself in a “guess whose panties” contest over at Trollop With A Laptop! And what a coincidence, it’s on the same day I get my hands on the author/blogger/editor’s own, almost-released, very hot-looking Open For Business: Tales of Office Sex. ::blush::

Image by Cyan Del Mar. In this week’s SF Chronicle column, I interview Tristan Taormino about her new book Opening Up, and the resulting piece Open Relationships, Demystified is quite revealing. I’m really a n00b about open relationships and tend to be monogamous-yet-always-questioning, so my queries are not from a place of experience — or…

Image: Bombshell Betty and Bunny Pistol in this terrific burlesque set by popgoesamanda. I’m so excited! I can’t wait to get my rouge-stained paws on a copy of Bombshell Betty’s new book “Pinup Modeling Workshop In A Book: ‘Plain Jane to Pinup Queen’”. For several years now, local burlesque goddess Betty has been teaching scores…

Current TV has a great profile recently up about my friend and sex ed colleague Ducky Doolittle. (Too bad they don’t link to her site.) I’ve known Ducky for several years now and I’ve even crashed one of her fabulous workshops; she’s a hardworking East Coast educator and has a fantastic, comprehensive sex information book…

Image by my friend Steve Diet Goedde. I have nibbles for you.. * One of my favorite little sex photo books is Samantha Wolov‘s Flip Fuck ($5, Box Magazine’s store) — it’s hot, explicit, sexy and a great gift for couples. Just stumbled across it on my bookshelf and realized I forgot to blog about…

I got a great Flickr message this afternoon from a couple who shot this photo — for me! Reposted with permission, image by blackflare, reading my book Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide for Couples in absolute style. I often joke that I get dressed up to write — but this is incredibly hot, like the…