Sex and the University ~ the blog

If your agenda is anything like mine, the next few months are filled with boring, stressful events underlined twice in red - midterms, job interviews, papers and so on and so forth. So here's a little something that might brighten up your calendar: May is Masturbation Month (alliteration and self-loving - does it get any better than this?).

How to celebrate? Research a few new techniques (check out The Big Book of Masturbation) and spend May 7 with Palmela. Those of you searching for a more adventurous way to contribute to charity can participate in a Masturbate-a-thon - to date, worldwide Masturbate-a-thons have raised $25,000 for charities like Stella in Montreal and Maggie's in Toronto. The British version is a Wank-a-thon (apparently the best means of finding out "if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips").

In past years, the Canadian co-operatively run sex shop Come As You Are/Venez tels quels has sponsored events around Canada, but I couldn't find any new information on their site. I've e-mailed them and will be sure to post any details. In the meantime, stock up on a good lubricant and don't forget to pencil it in...