Last week, just in time for the sexiest holiday of the year, the film Orgasm Inc. opened. Despite its racy title and advertising, though, the film’s message is a bit more sobering. It examines the commercial medicalization of female sexuality, specifically the race between pharmaceutical companies to find and patent a female form of Viagra, be it a topical cream, pill or hormonal patch. Filmmaker Liz Canner was originally hired to create explicit content for the drug company Vivus for their clinical trials, which lead her to her own documentation of how drug companies develop and talk about their drugs for improving female sexual functionality. Throughout the film, she illuminates how drug makers are neck in neck to get FDA approval to cure the disease known as “Female Sexual Dysfunction” (FSD), an ailment that some physicians and sexuality experts claim was fabricated by the drug companies themselves in order to open up a large potential market: namely, women experiencing concerns regarding their own sexual normalcy and sexual well being.

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Ok, I’m sure you knew it was Valentine’s Day (after all, how could you not?! It’s hard to miss!), but today is also National Condom Day, a day to celebrate and bring awareness to safe sex. And of all the wonderful things we carry here at Babeland, I’m guessing that most people find condoms some of the least sexy. But as someone who loves sex and everything that comes with it, I beg to differ! Here some ways to make the experience of using condoms as sexy as all the other playful things you might have planned for today: (more…)

This Saturday, Sunday and Monday only: for those of you who live in Manhattan/Brooklyn or Seattle, but can’t make it to one of our Babeland stores to get your sweetie their V-Day gifts, we’re offering free delivery to your home! The best part? NYC and Seattle residents will get their deliveries handed off to them by Clementine and Va Va Vroom‘s lovely couriers respectively, with bikes in tow! So spend more time indoors with your honey this holiday weekend and have your goodies brought to you, in expert hands. For NYC residents, deliveries will occur within 3 hours of the order and during store hours. For Seattle residents, deliveries will also be within 3 hours of the order and between the hours of 12pm and 6pm. All stores will be participating from February 12 through the 14. To call a store for a delivery, go to our Store Listings for more contact details.