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Beautiful floggers in all the colors of the rainbow! Available online and in-store! 🌈 Pictured: Bare Leatherworks Bootlace Flogger, Handy Deerhide Flogger and Massage Flogger https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhwZ0PH7MU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pakiz55fq09k
We’re offering 20% off all online purchases and free US shipping tomorrow, but I think we can all agree the best thing to come out of our Cyber Monday sale is this adorable picture of a dildo rocket ship.
New stuff on the website. We’re sensing a theme.
www.smittenkittenonline.com
Meet the winner of Smitten Kitten’s Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance Summit Scholarship, Myisha Battle! Myisha is a certified sex coach and owner of Sex for Life, LLC. Through sex coaching and her sex-positive podcast, Down for Whatever, Myisha provides accurate sexual information, instills pride in difference, and encourages the quest for sexual satisfaction no matter a person’s race, gender, orientation, ability or age. She empowers her clients and listeners to embrace better sex for a better life. She lives in San Francisco, California. See you at #SFS16, Myisha!
There were over twenty fantastic applicants for this scholarship, and it was difficult to select just one winner. Sincere thanks to everyone who applied!
Little pals with friendly gender reminders!!!!!!!
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Standard Glass sent us these beauties- available in store and online!
As many of you know, I’ve committed to giving away 3 gift cards every month of 2016 to those who subscribe to my RSS newsletter, which arrives in your inbox weekly (when there’s a new post). Every month you have a shot at winning a $50 card from SheVibe and Crystal Delights, because they are generous and awesome. And in addition, I get to highlight a bunch of other amazing companies each month!Â
This month’s 3rd card (for $75!!!) is for the amazing Minneapolis store, Smitten Kitten. If you somehow haven’t heard of them, I’d like to tell you a bit about them. Jennifer Pritchett, the owner, has been a long-time champion against toxic & porous sex toy materials. Watch them in the video on my page about Toxic Toys as they tell you about the box of melting sex toys that arrived at the doorstep shortly before they opened the shop years ago. Smitten Kitten also employs Sarah Mueller, the amazing person who taught me about the problems with mass-market lubes. The store employs a lot of other very cool, smart, amazing folks, and is a flagship of what great stores should look like.
In addition to a fabulously curated lube section and well-thought-out library, Smitten Kitten also carries some brands that you may not see much of. They have harnesses I’ve never seen before; a high-quality glass dildo that is made very well (I’ve checked) and a number of other very cool things - like greeting cards, pronoun pins and flagging hankies with Dolly Parton on them.
They have a fabulous Tumblr, too, dispensing a lot of great sex ed / advice –> @smittenkittenmn
To Lilly- Aw shucks. We like you too.
To everybody else- sign up for Lilly’s RSS newsletter and maybe win a sweet gift card!
Hidey ho there! Do y'all happen to have any resources for cam models in Minnesota? Or at least know where one could start looking for affordable boudoir photography for promotional purposes? Thanks guys, you're the best.
Hi diddley doo to you, neighbor! Thanks for the ask.  Check out https://www.facebook.com/swopmpls/. We have their poster up on our community board in the store. :) There will probably be good info share opportunities there - not only with other cam models but allied folks with other skills too. Good luck!
The Smitten Kitten is providing a scholarship for one person to attend The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit - a fantastic sexuality conference held each year in Alexandria, VA.
We are eager to financially support sex educators and consent culture activists who are People of Color.
Eligibility: This scholarship will be provided to a person who is not otherwise eligible for conference expense reimbursement through their current employer, organizational affiliation, or university AND for whom the cost to attend would be prohibitively high. Priority will be given to candidates with intersecting and marginalized identities, especially people of color.
Scholarship Value: Smitten Kitten will be awarding a scholarship consisting of one Woodhull Sexual Freedom Conference Registration ($195), A Travel Stipend ($200), and the Cash Equivalent of a 3 night stay at the conference rate at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center ($333.00). The total value of this scholarship is approximately $728.
I know almost all male masturbastors are made of TPR, which is semi-porous and therefore prone to grossness. Would wearing a condom when using it make it body-safe? (i know ladies can do this if their toys are porous or semi-porous). Good idea?
This is a fantastic question! The answer’s kind of complicated, because it's always complicated talking about porous toys and how to make them more body friendly.Â
If you're simply worried more about the wear-and-tear of porous materials... yeah, they eventually get kind of grayed and grungy looking, and sometimes the surface can "pill" and wear down. You can slow this process dramatically with proper care and cleaning. (Check with the manufacturer of each toy for instructions - sometimes it's an oil-based soap that accelerates the grungification.) Condoms aren't designed to make porous toys safe, and although many people recommend this trick for mitigating the dangers of porous insertable toys, Smitten Kitten actually advises strongly against it. It's a much better idea to invest in a nonporous toy.(Dangerous Lilly recently wrote an interesting article that explores condom use on jelly and TPR/TPE toys. The photos of her experiments will probably deter anyone from relying on condoms for protection against plasticizing chemicals!)You're right though, the majority of masturbation/stroking sleeves are made from porous materials. There are a few silicone wrap-style options out there, but very few Fleshlight-style sleeves made of silicone. (Check the websites of smaller indie toy designers, like www.primalhardwere.com, who work exclusively in silicone and make all kinds of cool fantasy beast toys including stroking sleeves).Â
Basically... there's no surefire way to make porous sleeves safe in terms of STI transmission. But you can cut down on the grunge factor by handling them with freshly washed hands, and avoiding exposure to oils. And when a sleeve gets noticeably, visually funky, it's time to buy a new one for the sake of hygiene. I mean, if you’ve got a plate that’s dirty, you can throw a sheet of cling wrap over it and eat off it... but it’s usually more appetizing to just wash the plate or snag a new one from the cupboard. :)
Time to stock up on ethically made porn @ our Minneapolis store! THIS WEEKEND...!
We had so much fun teaming up with @smittenkittenmn for a YogaQuest After Dark event!
#Repost @smittenkittenmn with @repostapp. ・・・ Thank you @yogaquest for strengthening the connection between sex toys, MCU slash and yoga- 3 great things that go great together <3
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