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Back from Cologne
Posted: 29 April 2009
I am back from Cologne and had a blast. The three days were jam-packed – first visiting the small trade show EROTIKA where I networked with dealers and producers and was filmed for a German TV programme called “Women talk about sex”. I had a chance to catch up with to PJUR - my favourite lubricant brand. PJUR sponsored “HER PORN” with a lube sachet (“For Women” - a great lube for the sensitive labia skin without any preservatives). I am pleased that they will also sponsor the release of the film “Free Love”, a film by American filmmaker Marianna Beck that I will publish in Europe in a couple of months. For “Free Love” which promotes a happy, open relationship we will add a condom and a lube sample. Hopefully women or couples who would like to experiment will incorporate these goodies in their play. Make your fantasies come true and look after yourself and others!
It was also great to meet Ian Marshall from the UK company ROCKS-OFF again. They launched a few years ago with just the “Rock Chick” toy but now have a much broader range. I picked up two goodies that I can really recommend. For myself I got “The Lick” - a vibrating silicone tongue. It looks like a stylised red flame or a very long and pointed tongue and it vibrates like hell. It’s fantastic as you can use it by itself and for oral stimulation whilst you have penetrative sex (with toys or a guy). It’s small and less obtrusive than a dildo-shaped vibrator and it is small, lightweight and waterproof – so guess what I will be taking on my holiday in Greece soon?!
It was also a pleasure to catch up with two of Germany’s most cutting-edge female magazine editors: Nicole Ruediger from the “Jungsheft” and Anja Braun from “Feigenblatt”. Both magazines are ground-breaking in the way they show sexuality in their photographs and articles. The “Jungsheft” features photos of the hot guy next door with full-on erections and it also features stories on female ejaculation rather than the latest diet fad. Nicole is a true independent, refusing to compromise the content of the magazine in order to get a big publishing deal - even though she has dreams of being a female Hugh Hefner! The “Feigenblatt” is aimed at couples who enjoy reading erotic stories and looking an erotic photography together. The “Feigenblatt” was once censored for featuring a photo with two guys that had a hard-on that was (just) over 45 degrees. This beautiful, grainy black and white photo was considered “pornographic” and as the “Feigenblatt” is available at most news-stands in Germany, the “pornographic” content was illegal and all 10,000 copies were pulled and had to be destroyed. These and other stories will be featured in my upcoming documentary on the female gaze on erotica for which I interviewed those two amazing women Anja and Nicole. I really hope that both magazines will continue to be successful and hopefully break into the European market. Goddess knows the UK could do with a subversive and sexy magazine for women that dares to show guy candy and does not feature page after page of adverts for crap that we don’t need or want...
