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City Life, Community May 5, 2020
Jump someone’s bones, safely

Howard Brown delivers free sex kits right to your door.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Community, Chad Hendry, condoms, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ella Paradis, HIV screening, Howard Brown Health Center, lube, pregnancy test, sex, sex kit, sex toys, STI test, Tino Dietrich

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Oct 9, 2019
'Why do straight guys like anal so much?' and other questions from live audiences

After a brief tour of the upper midwest, Dan Savage delves into the queries he didn't get to.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Savage Love Live, Music Box Theatre, Chicago, Barrymore Theatre, Madison, Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, vaginal play, anal sex, polyamory, open marriage, narcissistic cheaters, vengeful former affair partners, swingers, lesbians, long-term relationships, LTRs, kinks, sex toys, male chastity, Steelwerks Extreme, male chastity devices, cage wearer, postpartum sex, outercourse, vasectomies, introverts

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Nov 1, 2018
How to get your groove back after giving birth

A pelvic floor physical therapist comes to the rescue. Plus: Dan gives advice to a straight woman in love with a gay man.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, pelvic health, post-natal sex, sex toys, kink, trans woman, improv

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Apr 4, 2018
Three-ways between friends and anxiety-induced orgasms: Here's why hundreds skipped Stormy Daniels on 60 Minutes

Dan Savage answers questions from a live audience in Michigan the same night as the porn star's interview.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Royal Oak Music Theatre, Savage Love Live, Stormy Daniels, 60 minutes, relationships, bi, hot wifing, cuckolding, stag-and-vixen play, swinging, porn, BDSM, infatuation, orgasm, sex toys, anal sex, Donald Trump

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Dec 28, 2017
Savage Love quickies to bid farewell to 2017

Tidying things up at the end of year, Dan issues two DTMFAs, explains why a man might not want to French-kiss the mouth that just blew him, and more
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, unicorn boyfriend, threesomes, foursomes, anal sex, santorum, snowballing, oral sex, blow jobs, sex toys, refractal period, lesbians, sex advice, Republicans, Dan Savage, Savage Love, poop leakage, screenshot porn, Facebook, BDSM, spank bank

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 22, 2016
What to do—and what not to do—with used sex toys

Plus: what counts as monogamy, apps that can help keep hookups safe, and more
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Kitestring, Oregon militia, monogamy, Dan Savage, Savage Love, sex toys, safety apps, bachelorette parties, dildos, racist boyfriend, DTMFA, Bundy militia

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 5, 2014
Just make the call

Plus: Pumping the brakes with anal sex, and retraining a dick to reach orgasm outside of masturbation.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, sex-work etiquette, long-distance phone interaction, het cis, Boston, Seattle, trans sex worker, Fox News, anal sex, sex toys, lube, friends with benefits, orgasm, masturbation, clitoris, Dan Savage, Savage Love

News & Politics, Zoom in Oct 26, 2013
Zoom in: Near North

As the Near North Side blossoms with swanky hotels and tourist-focused restaurants, a few of the neighborhood's sex stores are intent on hanging around.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Zoom in, sex stores, near-north side, Frenchy's Adult Bookstore, Gold Coast, Lance Watson, porn, sex toys

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Sex Toy Shop

Early to Bed
- Tags: Goods & Services, Best of Chicago 2013, Early to Bed, sex toys, The Pleasure Chest, Readers' Poll

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 16, 2013
Sex toys for beginners

Plus: A lot of exclamation marks, and a word on The Walking Dead
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, sex store, sex toys, Valentine's Day, Jennifer Pritchett, Smitten Kitten, Minneapolis, Minnesota, vibrating dildo, G-spot, prostate stimulation, Claire Cavanah, Babeland, Seattle, New York City, cock ring, gas masks, floggers, cock locks, fucksaw

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Dec 12, 2012
A flare for butt play

It's important! Plus: soft dicks, airport bathrooms, and the never-ending polyamory debate
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, butt plugs, farts, farting, sex toys, sex injuries, sex drive, sexual orientation, polyamory, gender identity, sexual exclusivity, sexual interest

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Nov 28, 2012
Man prefers "music," "friends" to sex, relationships

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Plus: used bondage gear and well-trod polyamory arguments.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, relationships, sex, coming out, living alone, Eric Klinenberg, sex toys, bondage gear, polyamory, bigots, sexual orientation, choice, monogamy

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Sep 12, 2012
And a dildo for the kids

Plus: sweaty feet, dry spells, and coughing fits
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, dildos, sex toys, sex education, penetration, foot fetish, sweaty feet, blow jobs, Bo Duke, rest-stop blow jobs

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 1, 2012
Apres-porn etiquette for anal enthusiasts

Plus: jealous douche or appropriately protective? What to do when you find an unspeakable sex toy
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, masturbation, pornography, browser clearing, browser etiquette, smut-shaming, flirting, protective boyfriends, boyfriend etiquette, hot boyfriend, funnel gag, sex toys, sex toy etiquette, strap-on etiquette, strap ons, pegging, Chick-fil-A

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 27, 2012
Your brother's keeper

Plus: the third shift giving the shaft to a marriage, and getting another kind of shaft in bed
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, gay and single, gay dating, gay bars, online dating, coming out, romance, moving in together, cohabitation, farting, performance anxiety, premature ejaculation, sex toys, masturbation

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Apr 18, 2012
Dan Savage on anal sex

Anal insertion done right!
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, anal sex, safe sex, lubrication, gay sex, condoms, intercourse, frottage, butt plugs, sex toys, bottoming, topping, rimming, desensitizing anal wipes, California Exotic Novelites

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2010
Through 2/18 — Vibrator Giveaway at the Pleasure Chest

The Pleasure Chest offers free vibrators through 2/18.
- By Robyn Chang
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Pleasure Chest, free vibrator, sex toys, vibrators

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2009
Wed 3/25--Sex Toys 101

Free sex-toy seminar at the Pleasure Chest, with refreshments and a free gift for the first 30 attendees.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Sex toys, The Pleasure Chest, vibrators

Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2009
2/11--Free sex toy workshop

2/11--Free sex toy workshop at the Pleasure Chest
- By James Ewert
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Pleasure Chest, Sex toys, erotic toy workshop

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Howard Brown delivers free sex kits right to your door.

After a brief tour of the upper midwest, Dan Savage delves into the queries he didn't get to.

A pelvic floor physical therapist comes to the rescue. Plus: Dan gives advice to a straight woman in love with a gay man.

Dan Savage answers questions from a live audience in Michigan the same night as the porn star's interview.

Tidying things up at the end of year, Dan issues two DTMFAs, explains why a man might not want to French-kiss the mouth that just blew him, and more

Plus: what counts as monogamy, apps that can help keep hookups safe, and more

Plus: Pumping the brakes with anal sex, and retraining a dick to reach orgasm outside of masturbation.

As the Near North Side blossoms with swanky hotels and tourist-focused restaurants, a few of the neighborhood's sex stores are intent on hanging around.

Early to Bed

Plus: A lot of exclamation marks, and a word on The Walking Dead

It's important! Plus: soft dicks, airport bathrooms, and the never-ending polyamory debate

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Plus: used bondage gear and well-trod polyamory arguments.

Plus: sweaty feet, dry spells, and coughing fits

Plus: jealous douche or appropriately protective? What to do when you find an unspeakable sex toy

Plus: the third shift giving the shaft to a marriage, and getting another kind of shaft in bed

Anal insertion done right!

The Pleasure Chest offers free vibrators through 2/18.

Free sex-toy seminar at the Pleasure Chest, with refreshments and a free gift for the first 30 attendees.

2/11--Free sex toy workshop at the Pleasure Chest

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