Media Reviews and Appearances

June 6, 2010

Sex on the beach isn’t merely a drink for Jane. Though she’s tipsy, she’s sober enough to kiss her boyfriend wildly at a friend’s house party. She whispers in his ear, “Let’s get out of here,” and the couple hand-in-hand make footprints for the nearby beach. As they near the shore and the crashing waves, they collapse onto the wet sand and laugh devilishly as they roll around together, lips still locked. Clothes start to disappear and fade into the darkness around them.

May 10, 2010

Put down the sandpaper, scissors, nail clippers or whatever it is you're holding in your hot little hands and step away from the $120 toy you are about to neuter. We do not compromise the medical-grade silicone of expensive sex toys by doing home surgeries on them; we buy new ones, ones that are more simpa-tico with the holes we are sticking them in.

May 5, 2010

One of the kinkiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint is by seeking out Toronto’s sexiest toy manufacturers. We asked Come As You Are's toy buyer Gill Lamon for suggestions of wares to buy when you want to get off 100-mile style.

April 14, 2010

For the past two years, Lisa Murphy has been converting nude photographs into raised images on thin plastic pages. She has collected her work as a self-published book titled Tactile Minds.

March 12, 2010

A press release landed in my inbox last week that stated that 1 in 3 Americans would still have sex with someone whom they asked to get STD tested but refused even though a majority of those polled acknowledged "they shouldn't."

February 13, 2010

Britt Wilson’s hand-drawn Valentine’s Day cards aren’t for the sentimental. “I hate you,” one card reads, while yet another says simply, “I cheated.” “They’re Valentine’s cards for failing relationships,” said the 23-year-old Toronto illustrator Saturday at the fourth annual Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair at the Gladstone Hotel.

October 29, 2009

Erotica is seeing an influx of writers and readers, says Sarah Forbes-Roberts, co-owner of Come As You Are, a Toronto sex shop whose sales in the genre have increased 34 per cent in the past five years. Popular titles include He's on Top and Do Not Disturb .

October 15, 2009

Shoppers looking for a sex-positive spot to score their vibrators, dildos and cock rings are turned on by Come as You Are's smart staff and lustful selection.

September 11, 2009

From online porn to casual intercourse, a new wave of sex-ed guides is warning parents about kids' modern sexual behaviour. Is this need-to-know info or misinformed fearmongering?

July 17, 2009

I have come here for sex. An unlikely destination for it, granted. Who knew they were even having any? But the University of Guelph – more commonly associated with agricultural study – is the site of a two-day sexuality conference, the 31st annual symposium on all matters coital and squishy. That means a lot of sex therapists and clinicians sitting around talkin' dirty and calling it research: the academic missionary position.