Center for Sex and Culture

The Clickable Clit: "Apparently I'm a Cybersex Tease"

Dildo Storage and Quality-of-Life Orgasms at Good Vibrations' Headquarters

A typical Good Vibrations cubicle.By Bonnie Ruberg For over three decades Good Vibrations has been a Bay Area pillar of sex positivity. With three chic, welcoming local stores - one on Valencia, one on Polk, and another out in Berkeley - these days Good Vibes it synonymous with helpful health info ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for October 22-28

A typical Good Vibrations cubicle.By Bonnie Ruberg For over three decades Good Vibrations has been a Bay Area pillar of sex positivity. With three chic, welcoming local stores - one on Valencia, one on Polk, and another out in Berkeley - these days Good Vibes it synonymous with helpful health info ... More >>

On Your Night Stand

A typical Good Vibrations cubicle.By Bonnie Ruberg For over three decades Good Vibrations has been a Bay Area pillar of sex positivity. With three chic, welcoming local stores - one on Valencia, one on Polk, and another out in Berkeley - these days Good Vibes it synonymous with helpful health info ... More >>

Fun Naked People

A typical Good Vibrations cubicle.By Bonnie Ruberg For over three decades Good Vibrations has been a Bay Area pillar of sex positivity. With three chic, welcoming local stores - one on Valencia, one on Polk, and another out in Berkeley - these days Good Vibes it synonymous with helpful health info ... More >>

Paul's Boutique

A typical Good Vibrations cubicle.By Bonnie Ruberg For over three decades Good Vibrations has been a Bay Area pillar of sex positivity. With three chic, welcoming local stores - one on Valencia, one on Polk, and another out in Berkeley - these days Good Vibes it synonymous with helpful health info ... More >>

Just Desserts

Cake offers straight women a comfortable woman-friendly place to be sexy. So why does it feel so retro?

The Art of Sex Workers

Cake offers straight women a comfortable woman-friendly place to be sexy. So why does it feel so retro?

A Beautiful Risk

Tired of hiding the truth, she transitioned into a male sex worker. He’s been in a struggle with societal norms — and himself — ever since.

December Book Events: "Is the Book Dead? High Tech and the Written Word," Michael Medved, Norman Podhoretz, Dave Eggers, San Francisco Panorama, Writers with Drinks at the Make-Out Room

Tired of hiding the truth, she transitioned into a male sex worker. He’s been in a struggle with societal norms — and himself — ever since.

Real Resolutions

How locals plan to make life changes in the new year.

Behind the Scenes at Masturbate-a-Thon 2010 (Pics NSFW)

All photos | Gretchen Robinette Lady Grace, volunteer stage manager and full-time dominatrix, takes center stage​ View more pics in Gretchen Robinette's 10th Annual Masturbate-A-Thon (Really NSFW) slideshow. It was 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the masturbatorium was quiet. The chairs in the ... More >>

The Hard Questions About Sex, Consent, and Free Will

All photos | Gretchen Robinette Lady Grace, volunteer stage manager and full-time dominatrix, takes center stage​ View more pics in Gretchen Robinette's 10th Annual Masturbate-A-Thon (Really NSFW) slideshow. It was 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the masturbatorium was quiet. The chairs in the ... More >>

Sex Work and Society

All photos | Gretchen Robinette Lady Grace, volunteer stage manager and full-time dominatrix, takes center stage​ View more pics in Gretchen Robinette's 10th Annual Masturbate-A-Thon (Really NSFW) slideshow. It was 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the masturbatorium was quiet. The chairs in the ... More >>