This week we are talking about our article on what it is like writing sex toy reviews. Written by Joanne Summers.
Before we get started I have a couple of rants I needed to get off my chest.
This years women's chess championships are due to take place in Iran, a country not exactly praised for its treatment of women. A number of players are calling for a boycott of the event, and they might just have a point.
But it opened up another question which was.. why is there even a women's championship? It's not like chess is a physical sport, the genders can easily compete fairly in this. So not just have a single championship open to all?
Update: There is an interesting take on it and why it is a positive thing in the Guardian as well. There are two sides to this.
There is a new version of the Rocky Horror show put out by Fox as a live-ish even last week. While I have only seen a few bits of it, from everything I have seen they have totally missed the mark. Utterly destroying the entire premise of what this show is all about.
It was really interesting to get Joanne's take on what it takes for her to create a review. One of the things we love about Joanne is how much effort she puts into her reviews. Not just trying it out once, but trying every toy at least 10 times, taking notes, photographing it, etc.
To make sure she gets everything she can out of that toy to give an honest review.
Cara Sutra is another great blogger/journalist we have worked with in the past and love dearly. She works at this 7 days a week and it is hard work. She wrote a great article on why it is so insulting for a company to ask her to write for free.
Having any blog is hard, doing good reviews is hard. Nothing about this is easy and the ones who do it are great.
If you enjoy erotica then checkout The Kiss Me Quicks Erotica Podcast with Rose Caraway. It's a great listen and a lot of fun.