Someone once called me Tripod's controversy queen, and I'm not helping myself here. I hope, however, that this feature goes beyond titillation. I read about sex in the mainstream media so much it seems almost mundane. I've begun to think of Media Sex as an entirely different animal from that thing we do (some of us). So I present you D.I.Y. Sex, perhaps the only kind of sex that women, at least, are not talking about enough these days. Ladies, it's time. — Emma Taylor

Tickle the Bunny: Bunny Fisher used to wonder what the big deal was about buying vibrators. Until her first (a gift) broke and she headed to the mall.

D.I.Y. Poll for Girls and Boys Take our quick (and anonymous) poll to see where you stand on the self-service debate.

Interview with Carol Queen: The author of "Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture," talks about D.I.Y. sex, why feminism is schizophrenic about sex, and what it would mean to live in a sex-positive society.