It was only a matter of time… February 1, 2007 Jill Before even sex toys hopped on the iPod bandwagon. Wow.
(1) no flare, and therefore unsuitable for anal play; (2) how many people will use this in public with the cord? If they made it wireless, they could increase sales dramatically. PS: (3) how many people (this is a serious question) are satisfied with battery-powered internal stimulation? Battery vibes tend to be high frequency but low amplitude, all buzz and no shake; and as Suzie Bright pointed out back in her first book, if the little bastard’s batteries go dead at the wrong moment you’ll never forgive it. The little buzz might work on a clit or even a cock, but doesn’t it take an AC-powered unit for vibration to add much to penetration?
I’m sorry Jill. From now on I will ensure to keep you apprised of all sex-toy related developments. You’re aware of “I rub my duckie” right? The Jesus buttplug? The remote control vibrating panties? What else could she be missing, folks?
What else could she be missing, folks? Um, Jill, there’s this sex toy that’s getting a lot of press… it was on Sex and the City and everything. Maybe it’s worth writing about? It even has a funny name, ‘The Rabbit’.
She could be missing realistic animal-penis dildoes: there is a place that makes them. Of course, she may want nothing to do with them, but how would we really know? If here most secret super-hot fantasy was for a Siberian tiger, would we expect her to tell us all? Better to throw it all in the hopper and let grown women make their own sex-toy decisions.
Whoa, two in moderation at once. Hey, was that the line I just crossed? Jeez, I don’t see that thing coming the way I used to.
Don’t feel bad, Jill. It was only this past summer that I even entered an adult novelty store. The girl behind the counter asked what I was looking for, and I must have made an odd face because she just started pulling gadgets out and making a baggie for me. She was shocked and appalled that I didn’t own, much less know, what a silver bullet was.
Jill, I honestly thought you knew. I got it from (I think) Feministing. It works with stuff besides an iPod, right? Any headphone jack? Because I’ve been wanting it for months and I think I can justify the seventy bucks for the vibrator itself, but I’m not spending money on an iPod or songs to put on it.
Thomas Thurman – the silver bullet – small, silver, bullet-shaped vibrator. Apparently, it was the basis for many other types of vibrators. It has all kinds of attachments and stuff that goes with it.
Why the fuck would I want to use Pat Robertson as a masturbatory aid? Kyra, isn’t that a better use for him than anything he’s doing now? Plus, if I could get his whole head in my ass, I’m pretty sure it would SHUT HIM THE HELL UP. I do admit that I’d need to work up to that size.
PS: (3) how many people (this is a serious question) are satisfied with battery-powered internal stimulation? Battery vibes tend to be high frequency but low amplitude, all buzz and no shake; and as Suzie Bright pointed out back in her first book, if the little bastard’s batteries go dead at the wrong moment you’ll never forgive it. The little buzz might work on a clit or even a cock, but doesn’t it take an AC-powered unit for vibration to add much to penetration? Who said it’s for penetration? I don’t usually use toys penetratively, it’s all about the clit stimulation. And I like buzz. Shake is too much, even painful.
Yeah, I think I learned about this one last semester… I was thrilled, but the again, I’m still saving up for a damn iTrip.
Well, it certainly need not be. For clitoral use, I bet it’s a comfortable level for lots of women. But an elongated shape suggests that it is meant for either internal or external; and I’m thinking that it would not be enough vibe for the job internally.
It works with stuff besides an iPod, right? As a matter of fact, it does, including electric guitars. (shameless link to my own blog)
I’ll have to go researching the links, but several years ago, I ran into a company selling a widget that took music input (like an ipod) and then ran it out to a series of electrodes depending on what range of the music was playing (as in one set for the Bass, one for the Treble, etc), and then you hooked them up to whatever you wanted to, like conducting adhesive pads, insertables, etc. Then, various parts of your body reacted to whatever was playing. Apparently anything with a driving bass line was particularly fun. A bit more complicated than this toy, but with the resulting more complex experience. Again, not something one would wear on the street.
Well, Jill, I knew nothing about this either! And I’m sincerely grateful that you brought it to my attention! 🙂 B/c it looks totally bad-ass…
As a matter of fact, it does, Good. Ooooh, that’d be spectacular, the guitar idea. Personally, I’m planning to use it on movies which involve characters I have a thing for.
She could be missing realistic animal-penis dildoes: there is a place that makes them. Of course, she may want nothing to do with them, but how would we really know? If here most secret super-hot fantasy was for a Siberian tiger, would we expect her to tell us all? Better to throw it all in the hopper and let grown women make their own sex-toy decisions. I am far too occupied imagining the casting process for Siberian tiger penises (which I would imagine involves tranquilizer darts and some kind of manual stimulation) to be squicked by this idea.
I didn’t know about this either. But I SO want one. My husband is a BRILLIANT guitar player. OMG that would be SO SO SO much fun! And as for in public and music I think you could totally hide the wire. Maybe not in the summer but in winter in new england I know I could.
Gosh, I thought these were relatively common knowledge. I’ve had one for almost a year now! The Lazy Geisha has a very nice review of it on her blog, for those who are itnerested in learning more. She even has some erotic mixes that make for excellent “listening” music in your iPod!
I’m imagining unfortunate middle-aged men going through ye olde mid-life crisis trying to buy and iPod to be cool and mistakenly ending up with one of these. Then thinking the extra attachment is some kind of microphone, and going around singing into it on the subway and such, to women in their early 20’s, etc., thinking he’s being super cool.
Jill, you’re not the only one who didn’t know this already existed (scroll down to the response to the third letter). Hmm, such synchronicity. 😉
1) no flare, and therefore unsuitable for anal play; (2) how many people will use this in public with the cord? If they made it wireless, they could increase sales dramatically. Slashdot on the iPod when it came out: “Less space than a Nomad. No wireless. Lame. The little buzz might work on a clit or even a cock, but doesn’t it take an AC-powered unit for vibration I don’t know if it’s this one or not, but at least some of these are powered directly by the iPod, which is basically like powering it through a USB port. And that can make a helluva vibration. (No, I don’t have a USB vibe – it’s my alarm clock. No, really.)
I’ve said this to other people about OhMiBod before, and I’ll say it again. Assuming that loud bass makes a bigger impact than loud treble, Barry White just got a whole lost sexier. Aaaaaaaaw yea.
There was another gadget that worked the same way, without the Ipod connection: The Audi-Oh! So if you don’t want to be a part of the Ipod Hegemony, but want some kind of sound/music based vibe, there you go. I think it’s also a more compact size.
Seriously: plug it in and watch a movie with characters or actors you fancy. Get off to their voice. It’s lovely.
I’m imagining unfortunate middle-aged men going through ye olde mid-life crisis trying to buy and iPod to be cool and mistakenly ending up with one of these. Then thinking the extra attachment is some kind of microphone, and going around singing into it on the subway and such, to women in their early 20’s, etc., thinking he’s being super cool. Okay, that would so be me. In my younger days, I had a FWB who worked for Good Vibrations in the City, back when folks did the whole mail-order thing. I was really up on sex toys circa 1986. It’s been a downhill slope since.
Zuzu, IIRC they do not actually cast from animals. I think they sculpt, based on a body of biology literature about the shape and size. It’s tough to object to that as a process. So you can be squicked now. Or whatever.
So you can be squicked now. Or whatever. Well, you know how I feel about sex play with unable-to-consent animals.
But, of course, we’re not talking about sex with animals. We’re talking about sex toys that look like parts of animals. Sex toys don’t have rights or agency. Is the use of a penis-shaped dildo, cast from a sculpture and not imitating any individual man, problematic because it simulates sex with some man who may or may not consent?
Strike that. No point in rehashing this. If your objection to sex with animals includes even the simulation thereof … that’s your position. We’ll only hijack the thread debating it, and probably never produce meaningful agreement.
Seriously: plug it in and watch a movie with characters or actors you fancy. Get off to their voice. It’s lovely. Oh my. Let me think about an Alan Rickman film-fest with one of those…..
Joan Jett. Toy powered from the guitar amp. Start with Crimson and Clover, finish during the solo in “I love Rock’n’Roll.” I wonder if she ever covers “Lust for Life”? (or plays with boys … c’est la vie.)