May is National Masturbation Month. To celebrate, we're kicking off a self-love conversation with a new video on masturbation each week. Follow along for our contributors' uncensored thoughts on the solo pursuit of pleasure.
Claire Cavanah is a pleasure pioneer. The sex-positive feminist started sex-toy boutique and educational hub Babeland with Rachel Venning in 1993 — with a mission to "get a vibrator on every bedside table." Who better than Cavanah, then, to ask for the best toys and tips to use while masturbating? Whether you're looking for a next-level rabbit vibrator or a dildo so pretty you'll be tempted to display it, let her walk you through the options and, of course, how to use them (hand gestures included). She even introduces a toy that simulates penetrative sex ("If you put it inside, hold on, close your eyes, it is just the closest you can get to having someone there with you"). View the video above for some Cavanah wisdom. Then, get busy in style.