Here at Erotic Vancouver, we’ve noticed a recent trend towards sex-toy companies, and specifically sex-toy designers, being written about in the mainstream media. And, unlike coverage in years past–where such profiles would typically at least allude to “the sleaze business”–these recent stories are all about sex-positive business…although at times they may get a little tongue in cheek (pun intended).
While we aren’t sure if the author fact-checked the “world’s leading adult toy manufacturer for men” bit, this story about fleshlight designer and company president, Steve Shubin, is still a good, interesting read.
Read the article at The Austin Chronicle
About the Author
Reive
Reive Doig is the editor of Erotic Vancouver Magazine, a website devoted to promoting local sex positive events, spotlighting and linking to sexuality stories in the media, and offering media criticism of sex negative stories in the press.
Reive is a sex positive activist, polyamorist and a proud bisexual man. He is an active member of Vancouver’s kink community. He is also a partner in the monthly fetish night NOIR Fetish Ball and sits on the board of PACE.
With 19 years of experience in kink, he’s presented numerous seminars on BDSM and sexuality, spoken at Douglas College, SFU, and UBC, and has been featured in articles in The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, The Province, and Whiplash Magazine among others. He has been a source for several documentary and news producers, and was very thankful to end up on the cutting room floor for the series Kink. Reive has worked as an SM technical advisor, most recently on Smallville, and in the past for The L Word, and the unreleased short film Bondage.
