The Braver Blog

  • Shameless Sex Toys

    I often talk about Shameless Sex by Amy Baldwin and April Lampert (the book and the podcast). Dr. B and I attended a live event with these two lovely people. It was a small group talking all things sex positivity including toys. There are so many options out there. If you’ve tried a toy and didn’t like it, try something different. Vibrators or dildos (non-vibrating), toys for vulva owners and penis owners. Toys that are big or small, fun colors or muted. There are great sites online with tons of information and discreet shipping. Amy owns a sex toy shop… read more

  • You Deserve Great Sex. Read Romance.

    I love reading romance. And recently, I’ve grown to love writing it. I believe positive literature like romance can change the world. It reminds us we want and need to connect with others, we want to give and receive pleasure, and we want “good” to win, even if it’s an anti-hero bad boy/girl. One key component of any steamy Christina Braver romance novel is great sex. Positive, exciting, fumbling, connecting, vulnerable, awesome sex. In order to write sex well, I read myriad books and articles by sex therapists and professionals not only to learn facts about bodies and how they… read more