Liberation, education and pleasure are perhaps not words you’d immediately associate with hacking. Yet a growing community of vibrator hackers, found in online forums, sextech hackathons and DIY sex toy workshops, are programming their sex toys in experimental ways in order to take the advancement of sextech into their own hands (while tackling the taboo […]
Oli Lipski
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Oli is a freelance sex tech researcher based in London. With an MA in Sexual Dissidence, researching sex tech, and a BA in History, researching gender and sexuality, she has a keen understanding of the past, present and future of sex. In addition to SEXTECHGUIDE, you can find Oli’s work on titles such as shado-mag, QueerMajority, UnicornZine and more.
Exploring new sexual practices, particularly within the realm of kink and BDSM, comes with a unique set of considerations regarding safety. Introduce technology into the equation, and an entirely new dimension of challenges and opportunities emerges. What’s interesting about the intersection of kink and technology is that the kink community inherently recognizes these challenges. While […]
The Lovense Tenera 2 is the newest smart sex toy by Lovense, equipped with a suction feature. It supports manual operation as well as remote control via the brand’s app, and while that’s all mildly interesting, I was keen to find out if it was any good. While suction toys have been flooding the market […]
When you think of vaginal health technology, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s Kegel trainers or fertility apps. Yet, there is so much more that technology could do to maintain and enhance vaginal health in a market that is miles behind other health tech arenas. With vaginal discomfort named as one of the most common […]
When it comes to the broad spectrum of human sexuality, labeling and categorizing our vast preferences and complex identities can be limiting, liberating, or both. Pornography – as a metaphorical mirror for our desires and fantasies – visually represents what we crave sexually. But the industry isn’t a level playing field. Monopolies such as Aylo […]
