My new Chron column is up: Violet and the Dildo Factory, where I tour local dildo makers Vixen Creations. Snip:
“We have a dildo factory hidden in plain sight here in San Francisco, and in one sense I did get a Golden Ticket in that I got a tour — a tour with benefits. But then doesn’t every girl want to see where her toys come from?
On the afternoon I toured the Vixen Creations dildo plant I got much more than I bargained for. Sure I got to see acres and acres of erect, happy and proud colorful phalli waiting patiently in rows before being plucked, packed and sent to their final orgasmic destinations.
I also got to see the goop being poured into almost whimsically inverse molded penis holes — and I immensely enjoyed the champagne-like ‘Pop!’ each faux penis made upon extraction from its mold. Somewhere, most certainly, every time this particular cork pops, an angel gets her wings.” Link.
I had a lot of fun writing this piece — but I’m having a lot of non-fun with the deluge of mail in my inbox asking where the links are. The Chron yanked a couple of links at the last minute — the really important links, like to the subject of the column (Vixen Creations), and even more sad for me, the link to my photo documentation (and video) I shot when I was there. I guess the Chron doesn’t trust the validity of Vixen’s age check page (or for that matter, anyone’s). Especially mine — they used to link to me and now they don’t — and I got no small amount of shit about it last night at Dorkbot where more than one person asked, “so are they linking to you yet, or what?”
On the other hand, the Chron has this hella hot ad banner of me on the weather page. It makes me go wow, is that me? (thanks, David)
But the thing is, Vixen doesn’t just give tours there; I made a special request that took no small amount of work and trust to make it happen. Vixen didn’t know what I was going to do, and I had to explain to them that I was unlike others’ they’d dealt with in the press and am sex-positive, totally hip to trans issues, and would protect their trade secrets (essential to a small business). They specially agreed to the photo-taking; it’s an exclusive look inside this amazing place. Plus the photos and video are just kind of cute and silly.
Anyway. Read the article because I love it, and love Vixen. Look at my kewl photos. And holy jeezus in a sparkly rubber thong on a pogo stick, my new VixSkin dicks are inhibiting my social life. Tiny Nibbles gag order photo from last night’s Dorkbot by k0re.
