BDSM—Bondage and Domination/Discipline and Submission/Sadism and Masochism—has gotten a serious PR boost these days, with ladies getting all tingly down there over 50 Shades of Gray. But BDSM is much more than a naughty pastime for the socially inept or sociopathic (seriously, don’t even get me started on all that is wrong with 50 Shades). Whether you’re just watching some porn or enacting scenes yourself, those of us who love to get kinky are often doing serious identity exploration. The transgressive nature of BDSM opens the door to exploring the...

Anal sex is the universal link, friends. Everybody has a butt! Yet the noble asshole simply does not get the lovin’ it deserves — I’m looking at you, hetero ladies. Now, while straight girl is the only perspective that I can personally speak from, these tips can apply to anybody looking to try something new, be it with a toy (with a flared base) or a penis. So let’s do some anal real talk. I was set on never having anal sex, because despite all claims to the contrary, I...

Well, hello there. Fancy seeing you here. Welcome to a brand spankin’ new year of The Happy Trail—your friendly neighborhood sex section (sextion?). My fellow writers and I are so excited by the honor of bringing you another year of information, advice and horrible puns. A few rules for our beautiful new relationship—first off, we are not experts. We are students just like you who want to promote healthy conversation among our fellow lovers and learners. If you need medical or psychological advice please find an expert—we are trained only...

The other day, I was at a party talking to a very respectable fellow: cute, well-versed and utterly filthy when drunk. Every conversation would quickly devolve into a deluge of extended metaphors about his monstrous appendage (or so he said). After a while, this well-endowed raconteur dissolved entirely into giggles. Tears in his eyes, he apologized to me, the only woman in his audience: “Sorry, I think about sex all the time!” I snorted, “It’s okay, I do too!” then plied my face into fake seriousness. No laughs. The drunken...

Winter break is coming up—that magical time when you recuperate from the stresses of the semester and don’t bother with wearing pants. Perhaps  you also spend some time reflecting on what pulled you into the hellhole of academia in the first place. We can all agree that breaks are great. They distance you from your reality for a short while, allowing you to take a breath and think about who you really want to be rather than who you’ve become in the tempestuous soup of sex, studies and spirits that...

Welcome, babes of toyland! This week we’ve worked together to bring you Sex Toyz 101: Happy Trail style. Dildos, vibrators, cock rings and, of course, the ubiquitous and ever-useful lube. Learn some lessons and remember the rules—always play naughty, and don’t always share. This ain’t your happy meal toy, sexy thing. These toys are going places (and in places, and up places, and over places…). (And remember, if you want a sex toy but don’t want to go to a sex shop, try Babeland.com. They ship in nondescript boxes so...

Welcome, babes of toyland! This week we’ve worked together to bring you Sex Toyz 101: Happy Trail style. Dildos, vibrators, cock rings and, of course, the ubiquitous and ever-useful lube. Learn some lessons and remember the rules—always play naughty, and don’t always share. This ain’t your happy meal toy, sexy thing. These toys are going places (and in places, and up places, and over places…). (And remember, if you want a sex toy but don’t want to go to a sex shop, try Babeland.com. They ship in nondescript boxes so...

When was the last time you were out with a friend and asked, “So, been masturbating lately?” or “What position did you and what’s-his-name try out last night?” Most of the time, we don’t exactly consider these topics great conversation starters. Now I’m not asking you to go all Tommy Wiseau from The Room and ask out of the blue, “Anyway, how is your sex life?” but maybe good old Tommy has a point. Maybe we should be caring about each others’ sex lives more. Sexuality is an inherent part...

Hellloooo, Tacoma! Make some nooooise!!!! If you’ve ever spent a Saturday night in a dorm, you probably know that making beautiful music together is a popular late-night activity. Well, turn down the disdain and turn up the iPod, because this little sex columnist is begging for more! Noise is a beautiful thing—any successful porno will tell you that. And while most pornos also practically scream “fake,” there is something to be said about letting all your neighbors (and your neighbors’ neighbors) know that you’re doing the nasty. Now, let’s be...

If you’re not too tied up at the moment, do take a minute to learn how you could be. For some, that pun alone will have been enough of an exercise in sadomasochism—but others of you might learn a little something about your naughty selves. BDSM is one of the most common fetishes among the kinky crowd. While you may not be investing in a latex bodysuit anytime soon, who doesn’t like to relinquish control once in a while or have power over another’s pleasure? Once you get past the...

Now that Suzy has given you a good dose of comedy, it’s time to take our sexy to a more serious level. Have you heard? In a typical two-week period 26 percent of college men and 35 to 50 percent of college women reported engaging in an unwanted sex act according to “The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships.” That number should terrify you because it means that at least a quarter of our school population is regularly having a crappy time in the bedroom—to say the least. And for the...