SAN FRANCISCO, CA –  The Center for Sex & Culture will host a LitQuake book launch for the groundbreaking book Vibrator Nation, featuring author Lynn Comella in conversation about her first-of-its-kind history of the sex-toy revolution on Sunday October 8th at 6:00 pm. The event is sponsored by legendary retailer Good Vibrations.

In the 1970s, a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched sex-toy stores Eve’s Garden and Good Vibrations as both commercial enterprises and hubs for educational and community resources. Later came a second wave, with Babeland and other shops. Vibrator Nation author Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, and changed women’s lives. This compulsively readable book has been featured in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and numerous other press outlets since its publication in early September.

Comella appears as part of San Francisco’s wide-ranging literary celebration LitQuake, in conversation with Good Vibrations Staff Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen. There is no charge for this event, but donations will be gratefully accepted to defray the cost of the space. Copies of Vibrator Nation will be available for purchase.

Event at a Glance:

LitQuake with Lynn Comella:
Vibrator Nation—How Feminist Sex Toy stores Set the Business Abuzz
Sunday, October 8, 6-8pm
At the Center for Sex & Culture
1349 Mission, San Francisco CA 94103
FREE, donations gladly accepted

“Vibrator Nation is the FIRST book to tell the story of feminist sex-toy stores and the women who pioneered them.”
-Lynn Comella

Later in October Good Vibrations welcomes Comella back with events at two of its Bay Area stores:

Five Fun Facts about how Good Vibrations Changed the Business of Pleasure with Lynn Comella
Saturday, October 28, 4-6pm
at Good Vibrations Palo Alto Store

Book Launch: Lynn Comella’s Vibrator Nation
Sunday, October 29, 3-5pm
at Good Vibrations Oakland Store
3219 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland