#PleasurePioneers: Joani Blank & Susie Bright
Access to sex toys in such a safe, judgment-free, and comfortable place may have taken a few more decades to reach if it weren’t for Blank and Bright.
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#PleasurePioneers: Ericka Hart
When it comes to Ericka Hart, it’s best to get straight to the point: she’s as badass as they come.
#PleasurePioneers: Loretta Ross
Ross was one of many Black women who came together, calling themselves the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice – reproductive justice being a term the women coined.
#PleasurePioneers: Joycelyn Elders
Surgeon General Elders was outspoken in her beliefs about sex, even going so far as to advocate that masturbation be taught in sex ed classes.
#PleasurePioneers: Beverly Whipple
As a professor and academic, Dr. Whipple realized that because most researchers were men, they were trying to fit women into the male mold, but she wasn’t having it.
#PleasurePioneers: Dr Helen O’Connell
Dr O’Connell’s findings led to an overhaul of anatomy books and a new understanding of female sexuality, sexual pleasure and overall pelvic health and wellbeing.
#PleasurePioneers: Sue Johanson
Johanson wanted to take talking about sex out of the shadows and give it not just the attention it deserved, but the necessary education that far too many still fear to address.
#PleasurePioneers: Marsha P. Johnson
Johnson defined sexuality – or her sexuality in particular – on her terms.
#PleasurePioneers: Frida Kahlo
When we hear the name Frida Kahlo, we tend to think of the Mexican painter who, in many ways, was ahead of her time…
We-Vibe Presents: The Pleasure Pioneers
Those who fought for pleasure, even when it was dangerous to do so, deserve to be recognized.
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