Events

Vibrator Nation: Inside the Sex-Toy Revolution with author Lynn Comella

When
Mar 23rd, 2018
8:00pm - 8:00pm
Where
122 Main St.NorthamptonMA01060

Join author and adult industry expert Lynn Comella for a lively discussion of Vibrator Nation, the first book to tell the fascinating story of how women helped ignite the sex-toy revolution and change the business of pleasure. Copies of Vibrator Nation will be available to purchase.

Free and open to the public. Location is only accessible by a steep flight of stairs. Only those 18 years and older, please!

Lynn Comella, Ph.D. is an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. An award-winning researcher, she has written extensively about sexuality and culture for numerous academic publications and popular media outlets. She is the author of Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure and co-editor of New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law.

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