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2/2 "I am @mollyskyfire.bsky.social. And I am a dream come true."
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Narration: Of course I'm not alone.

Pre-transition Molly and Dream Molly reach desperately towards each other, not quite able to reach the other's fingertips.

Narration: I never was.

Molly and Molly's hands at last grasp each other, releasing an electric energy.

"I am Molly Rey Skyfire." Says a woman standing confidently before us. Her shoulder-length hair is collected into a loose pony tail that loops over her shoulder, as her smaller pre-transition braid once did. She wears a choker and a long necklace with a single round moon/eye-like piece dangling in the center. Over her flow-y, pleated skirt she wears a form-fitting long top with loose, bell-shaped sleeves. The neckline of the shirt ties in the center with cords, leaving an intentional peek-a-boo gap over her chest but too high up and small to reveal any cleavage.

"And I am a dream come true." Molly declares.

Transcribed by Erika Moen, October 7, 2024 for https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/becoming-molly-skyfire/

November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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@mollyskyfire.bsky.social's coming out story could not begin in the constraints of our reality, no, her story takes us from the dream world to the waking one in this fantastical, psychedelic autobiographical story about how she found her gender and herself. 1/2
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Becoming Molly by Molly Skyfire, April 11, 2023
https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/becoming-molly-skyfire

page 1
Molly Skyfire's comic is illustrated With a palette of pastel blues and pinks that are contrasted against a dark purple.

A young, pre-transition author awakes deep beneath the sea. She is dressed in teenage boy clothing: jeans, t-shirt, and an assortment of rubber band bracelets around one wrist. She has a mop of hair on top that is framed by the shaved sides, and a thin braid that dangers over one shoulder. Her clothes and hair wave in the water like the seaweed behind her, and off in the distance she sees a magical kingdom enclosed in a bubble.

Narration: When I was a kid, I had this dream...

"Help me, please!" Exclaims a young woman who looks like she could be her sister. Her hair is pulled back into a poofy ponytail, except for her mop of bangs. She wears a tight long-sleeve shirt with the sleeves pushed up to her elbows and tight jeans. "The priest is trying to trap me here, he won't listen to me!"

"It took a while..." reads the narration over a scene of a Catholic priest sitting on his thrown, resting his chin against one hand in deep concentration. Her shadow is cast over him, showing her pleading desperately with her hands. "...but I talked him out of it."

Our narrator and the girl now sit in a completely different setting on big poofy beanbag chairs with decorative curtains draped around a giant glass wall that separates them from the ocean. Seaweed sways peacefully behind it in the ocean. The two friends are having an animated conversation and cracking each other up.

Narration: The girl and I were inseparable after that.

The narrator sits upright in bed, looking haggard. Her room casts strong, menacing shadows across her wall and over her.

Narration: My waking life was less idyllic.

Now in a great, fantastical forest with giant, twisty trees, our narrator and her friend clamber along an outstretched branch. The environment feels cool and nurturing.

Narration: But I found joy in my imagination. And I was never alone.

"Hey." She asks as the two traipse across a long, thick branch. "What's your name, anyway?"

"Call me Molly." She replies.

"Ok, but like, who are you?" Our protagonist presses. "Why are you here?"

"What a great question." Answers Molly as the two stop to take in the view. They are the size of specs compared to the enormous double moons that hang low over the tops of distant mountains and the skeletal alien creatures that wade through a lake.

Narration: As an adult I found new ways to explore my mind.

A mushroom grows next to the narration.

Narration: In my quest for self-knowledge, I encountered my shadow.

The mushroom's stalk grows downward, rooting through the hairline and forehead of a giant screaming face. A horizontal eye sits in the center of the forehead, framed by the mushroom's roots. The eyebrows and eye slits on either side of the single eye all squeeze together in agony. A liquid drains from either eye slit, screaming, "I WANT TO BE FREE!"

The priest's head is framed by the open screaming mouth as he looks at us with extreme judgement. He wears a small braid down the side of his face, like our narrator has. Halo-ing around the priest's head are the words "I MUST CONTAIN MYSELF"

"NO!" Screams the other eye slit from the giant head.

The priest's hands extend before him, looming over a small shadow figure who crouches on the ground. From each hand a laser beam fires straight down to the shadow, connecting to handcuffs around their wrists. The shadow person has a powerful magnetic glow surrounding them.

"NO MORE HIDING!" Says the shadow person. "LET. ME. OUT."

The ground cracks beneath them, as if it were impacted by an asteroid.

Back in reality, our narrator returns to consciousness in the same crouched position as the shadow. Her thing braid loops over her shoulder and she is surprised to find herself weeping.

Narration: I woke up in my boyfriend's closet. The irony was not lost on me."

"She was ME all along, Grey." The narrator- Molly- explains tentatively to her boyfriend as they sit on his bed. "Repressed, ashamed & angry as all Hell. How do I be myself after all this time?"

"You can DO this love." The boyfriend reassures her with a hand on her shoulder. "Trust me, admitting who you really are is a big step. The rest is done a little at a time..."

In another scene, Molly's boyfriend gives her the thumbs up as she models a dress.
"...with a lot of help." Finishes Grey's sentence from the previous scene.

Dressed fully in femme clothing, Molly poses with a gaggle of friends.

"You are not alone." Concludes Grey's narration.

November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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@erikamoen.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes on her trip to the masturbation conference! Our patrons get to check out her sketches and photos from that Magical (Wand) Weekend 🪄
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A cartoon white woman is pulled through the air by a wand vibrator. The illustration is partially a rough sketch and transitions into a finished drawing.

Text: A Magic Wand Weekend by Erika Moen

November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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Dude, why is it so hard to find a good stroker for T-dick??? Well, the MorMe Prosthetics Original Stroker sure strikes @darkchibishadow.bsky.social and they're here for a thought-stroking review.
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MorMe Original Stroker by DarkChibiShadow, published November 18, 2025 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/morme-original-stroker-darkchibishadow

The art is drawn in a very cartoony, soft style with a color palette of light pinks, blues, and teals.

The begins with an overhead shot of two people standing in a living room, far below.

"AAGH!" Wails a trans guy. The Masturbateer has neck length, light colored hair with bangs covering one side of his face. He's got a small beard and small wrinkles under his eyes. He's wearing a light hoodie with colored sleeves. "Dude, why is it so hard to find a stroker I like?!"

"Uhg, I know." DCS reassures him. They have short, cropped brown hair with a small cowlick on the back of their head. They're wearing a fuzzy overcoat with a checkered pattern and a dark shirt and pants. They wear square glasses and have a straight nose. "I'm still on the hung for that one perfect toy..."

The camera drops down to be on face heigh with the two people, as the Masturbateer bemoans, "Just having something bigger in my hand while I jerk off would be awesome..."

Perking up, DCS offers, "Oh, I might actually know of something!"

They pull out a sculpted tube, just a bit longer than the width of their palm. A detailed larger-than-life view of the object floats next to them as they explain it. The bottom end of it sports a puffy ring that leads into the hollowed interior of the soft tube. The rest of it is sculpted to resemble a penis with foreskin pulled up over most of the head.

"I recently tried the MorMe Original Stroker 2.0 after seeing it around some toy review forums! Wanna hear my thoughts?" DCS asks.

Holding the Stroker and gently tugging on the foreskin, the Masturbateer enthuses, "Sure-- wait, whoa! This toy has a foreskin?

"Yeah, that's what originally drew me to it." Replies DCS. The foreskin allows you to stroke the toy like you're jerking yourself off."

A display panel shows the stroker floating in air and how the external "skin" slides back and forth to hide or reveal the head of the penis.

A flag partially covers the bottom of the page, reading "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com"

November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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2/2 "even with input from others, you'll have to decide which path is right for you on your own." #TransAwarenessWeek
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TWO-SPIRIT (exasperated): the braid! do i cut it? or keep it? which is it!?
WASKWANE (eating an apple): well... i don't think there's a right or wrong answer, so i can't say! even with input from others, you'll have to decide which path is right for you on your ow.
TWO-SPIRIT (distressed): aaaa
IMAGE: flowers and vines grow around and through the two characters as they walk
WASKWANE: but that doesn't mean you'll be alone, little two-spirit. whatever decision you choose to make, you can bet that as sure as apples grow on trees... the anishinaabe and lgbtq+ community will be there to support you in that decision, always
TWO-SPIRIT: aho!

November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM

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Morgan Kagesheongai considers the complex intersection of hair, gender, and culture as a Two-Spirit Ojibwe in this beautiful comic from our archive. #TransAwarenessWeek 1/2
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A Two-Spirit Question by Morgan Kagesheongai, published June 20, 2023 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/a-two-spirit-question-morgan-kagesheongai

IMAGE: Indigenous art-inspired illustrations of two figures. Two-Spirit has a braid down to their shoulders while Waskwane has a short, curly hair cut.
TWO-SPIRIT (crying on the floor): boo hoo hoo
WASKWANE: oh? what's wrong, little two-spirit?
TWO-SPIRIT: it's just awful waskwane. everyday, i feel like the world looks at my braids and sees me as a kwe
WASKWANE: oh? but what's wrong with that?
TWO-SPIRIT: i want to be seen as a niin! i'm a two-sprirt after all!
WASKWANE: well, you could always cut your braid!
TWO-SPIRIT (offended): uh, no waskwane, i cannot just "cut my braid". my braid is an extremely important part of my spiritual identity as an ojibwe. it represents my commitment to my culture and its teachings. but lots of ojibwe have short hair!

WASKWANE (sharing a growing flower between the two of them): would you call them less spiritually committed?
TWO-SPIRIT (now growing a leafy vine by themself): of course not! everyone's journey with spiritualism and culture is different. it's just that i feel most connected to my own journey when i have my braid and i don't want to lose that
WASKWANE:even though it's causing you to feel at odds with your gender identity?
TWO-SPIRIT (a single leaf grows from their finger): yes
WASKWANE: goodness little two-spirit, that is a lot! those are two very important aspects of your identity in conflict with one another. i don't know if there's anyone who can say which decision is the right one...
TWO-SPIRIT: so then what do i do?
WASKWANE: well, i have to ask the obvious: have you tried reaching out to an elder yet? [Waskwane's stomach grumbles "hungryyy"]

TWO-SPIRIT: well... normally i would, but i've had both good and bad experiences broaching this topic with them. some elders really understand, and soe don't. i do want to sit down with one eventually, but i don't think i' ready yet.
WASKWANE: what about a two-spirit elder? wouldn't they be most equipped to help put things into perspective for you?
TWO-SPIRIT: ah! gosh you're totally right! and i do know someone, but... they left to help indigenous youth in the city, and are hard to ake contact with.
WASKWANE (Stomach continues to grumble "hungryyy"): but not impossible!
TWO-SPIRIT: well, no, not impossible
WASKWANE (finding an apple tree ad proceeding to pick the fruit): they'd probably really like it if you called. but you know, even if some elders don't understand your questions about gender identity... having them ear can still help
TWO-SPIRIT: oh?

IMAGE: Waskwane climbs the apple tree, picking fruits and passing them to Two-Spirit
WASKWANE: being with them while they navigate their own spiritual journey... can really help you to make sense of yours... without having to say anything.
TWO-SPIRIT: i think i get it...
WASKWANE: and on the flip side... when you need to affirm your journey with gender... the lgbt+ community is a great resource! They can help you connect with helpful resources and other two-spirits
TWO SPIRIT: ...wait so...

November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM

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@jpawlik.com wants to strap on their first strap-on but they are sadly strapped for cash. Fortunately their partner shows them this is project they can DIY... together.
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Journal Entry DIY Strap-Ons Comic by Jey Pawlik, done in cool minty green tones with heavy blacks and black linework on top of textured paper with handwritten notes, stickers and washi tape made to look like a scrapbook. Young Jey in this comic is a questioning nonbinary person who uses they/them pronouns, has thin rectangular glasses, shaggy black hair and wearing simple clothes like a hoodie with jeans throughout the comic. Their partner, Max, is thin and sports a dark bob haircut, and wears a long sleeved top and skinny jeans.

Narration: Back in our 20s, my partner and I visited Good For Her (a local sex toy shop) in Toronto. While we’d never been before – I was eager to take a look and maybe buy my very first strap on.

Jey and Max arrive at the shop and start looking around in awe. They pick up a fancy looking strap-on, but the price tag is immensely high reading “$$$” and Jey says “Oh no, that price tho.” Their partner replies “Yeesh, yeah we can’t afford that on our budgets. Maybe we can find something smaller? More affordable?” and Max looks over to see a pack of o-rings for cheap.

“You know what? We could just make our own strap-ons!” Max exclaims. Jey replies “Wait, for real?!” The two run off hand in hand as Max says “C’mon, I’ll explain when we get back to my place.”

Narration: The o-rings were a lot cheaper.

Max holds up a pair of regular boxer-briefs and says “I took a sewing class so altering these should be easy-peasy.” And Jey looks on excitedly and replies “Excellent! Okay, I’m so ready!”

Max says “Okay, so what we’ll need is:” as xey gesture to sticker versions of the items you’ll need to make your own strap-on. Scissors, needle and thread, o-rings, and boxer-briefs (preferably a tight-fit).

A pink ribbon unfurls over the page stating, "Read the rest on OhJoySextoy.com"

November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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@shelbycriswell.bsky.social shows us how to be an animal in the bedroom while still keeping vegan!
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Vegan Bedroom by Shelby Criswell, published November 18, 2018 for https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/vegan-bedroom-shelby-criswell

Shelby Criswell draws in an exuberant cartoon style with thick, blocky shapes and thin ink lines. Their color palette is flat teal-greens, mustard yellow, pinky-red, and warm gray.

Page 1
"Hey folks, it's Shelby! I'm Baaaaaaack!!!" They exclaim, bursting onto the page with confetti. They have short cropped hair and sport thick-rimmed glasses, along with tattoos up and down their white-colored arms. Their septum is pierced and they wear a black wrist watch along with a red kerchief around their neck, yellow t-shirt (with pit stains), black jeans, and red high top sneakers. A white bunny rabbit chills beside them, munching on a carrot serenely. "And I just recently celebrated my one year of being vegan."

Gesturing at a freestanding chalkboard with a pointer, Shelby explains, "If you don't know what that means, here's a quick definition:"

Written on the board in green chalk is the text, "Vegan: Someone who doesn't consume products made from animals in any form." The bunny looks on at it while wearing a high school graduation cap.

"What are you getting at, Shelby?" Asks a person with gray-toned skin, hoop piercings, and short curly hair on top of their head with the rest shaved off on the sides. They wear a white t-shirt with text and orange illustration on it, red shorts with a black belt, and a black jacket that's had the sleeves removed and is now festooned with spikes, studs, and patches.

"Aw well," Shelby replies. "I thought about other things I could make vegan in my life, and my mind immediately went to my bedroom and sex toys."

The stranger looks at Shelby incomprehensibly, saying "..."

Running at full speed, Shelby continues, "Hey! I promise I'm not gonna' be preachy, you do you boo. I swear this stuff will be interesting, let me explain..."

Now in the produce aisle at the grocery store, they hold up curved, oblong vegetables- a green cucumber in one hand and a yellow long gourd in the other. "Okay, so after looking into it, I've learned quite A LOT," They expound, leering at the yellow gourd with their tongue out cheekily. "like you don't have to use veggies as dildos, haha! You can use real sex toys!"

"Turns out going vegan in the bedroom isn't as hard as it might seem! Most of the toys I already had were animal-free. Majority of sex toy materials are too, LIKE THESE:" Over in the Sex Toys aisle of this grocery store, Shelby gestures at a large classical museum-fancy picture frame, upon which is mounted four penetrative toys. They are labeled:
Glass: a curved scepter with multiple bulbs over it.
Plastic: A candy-colored smooth phallus with extra bumps and ridges at either end.
Silicone: A big veiny, realistic penis replica.
Stainless Steel: A curved, tapered rod with a smaller bulb on one end and a larger bulb on the other.

"The only material that might not be completely vegan is jelly rubber, since it may contain gelatin or casein, a milk product. Be careful if you're allergic or intolerant!" Cautions Shelby as they toss a realistic penis toy over their shoulder, which jiggles as it soars through the air. "Jelly rubber toys are also a bacterial headache! They are porous, so they can't be completely anitized, BLEGH! It's much more worth it to fork over a few extra bones for nice stuff!"

"bye." The bunny waves at the dildo as it flies over their head, wobbling.

Holding their hands over their head, Shelby summons an enormous rainbow-striped phallus.
"Speaking of ingredients, I also thought about the colors that toys come in, and all of my online searches on this came with absolutely no results."

Full transcript: https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/vegan-bedroom-shelby-criswell

"butt hurt!!!" The caption helpfully announces where Shelby lands on their butt.

"OUCH!!" Yelps Shelby, who quickly recovers- albeit with cartoon stars swirling around their head. "Let's move onto kinky stuff..." Ripping open their shirt, they reveal a faux-leather strappy bondage harness with O-rings criss-crossing across their shoulders and ribcage. "Harnesses, collars, whips, and other BDSM items are usually made out of leather. BUT! A lot of companies and crafters are able to make the same quality items out of materials like vinyl, chains, and faux leather."

Holding up a bundle of rope, they continue, "Ropes are almost always vegan, but some are treated with honey or have dyes that are sourced from animals and bugs."

The bunny, now decked out in faux-leather gear, cracks a whip at the rope bundle, speaking a word balloon that is filled with a drawing of a cartoon carrot.

"When it comes to furniture and other sexy things like clothing, watch out for fur and silk." Shelby says seductively, now laying on top of a giant red wedge shape (Labeled "Sexy Ramp") that sits on top of a bed. They have changed into an open yellow blouse and green polk-dotted underwear with little lace edging around the leg holes. "Real furs are skinned from animals, and silk is made from boiling silkworms in their cocoons. These materials tend to be more expensive anyway, hahah!" The Sexy Ramp now floats on a sea of sex toys and accoutrements, with Shelby resting on top like a raft. "If a product's box doesn't have the materials listed, you can easily contact the manufacturer! But all in all, it was pretty easy for me to go vegan in the bedroom, which left me PLENTY of time to get to the sexy good stuff!"

Transcribed November 3, 2025 by Erika Moen for https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/vegan-bedroom-shelby-criswell

November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM

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We've got a pretty good collection of comics on the Magic Wand! Reviews, personal stories, buyers guides, a scientific investigation...
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Screenshot of a handful of the preview icons for Oh Joy Sex Toy's comics that include the Magic Wand

November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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@erikamoen.bsky.social is in for a magical weekend when she heads down to a Magic Wand masturbation conference! In addition to sitting in on a science-packed presentation on the health benefits of flicking the bean, Erika lives her best life indulging in luxuries
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A Magic Wand Weekend by Erika Moen published November 4, 2025 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/a-magic-wand-weekend-erika-moen

Erika Moen draws in a simple, cartoony style in a pink palette with black line work. There is a soft watercolor texture on her work. Erika is a middle age cis white woman wearing a black tank top, pink shorts, and black boots. She has poofy bangs and tattoos on her arms.

"Outta my way, bitches!" Erika announces as she zips through the air, holding on to the end of her Magic Wand vibrator that is flying around the room like a miniature rocket. "I'm buzzin' down to a-"

Title: Masturbation Conference!

A close-up of the Magic Wand shows a round white head with vibration lines coming off it. It sits atop a thin neck which connects to a much thicker and longer handle that has buttons on it. The cord coming out from the bottom of the wand winds up and around the rectangular panel, creating a boarder around the following text.

Narration: The Magic Wand is, of course, the most iconic vibrator of the last half century. Obviously their sponsorship makes my praise sound bought, but I was crowing about The Magic Wand in my comic more than a decade before I ever worked with them professionally.

"What can I say?" Asks Erika with a shrug while the wand levitates over her hand like magic. "S'why they wanted to work with me in the first place!"

Narration: So earlier this year, I got an email from Magic Wand HQ...

"Hey Erika," An anthropomorphic Magic Wand says cheerily as it protrudes out of a laptop monitor. "we're funding the first scientifically-backed study of vibrator use. Would you provide some illustrations to recruit participants?"

Solemnly, Erika holds up one finger, answering, "Okay, 1) Cool, and 2) YES."

"Great!" Enthuses the vibrator, who is typing away at their own laptop, back in their home base. "...Wanna come to the official, fancy conference in Napa Valley when we present the research? We'll fly ya out and put you up, just draw a comic about it to share with The Internet."

Narration: Which brings us to the day before my trip.

Running frantically in circles, Erika exclaims, "I should be packing!!!!"

Caption: (Doing everything except that.)

Date: June 8th

Stopping and intently holding her fingers to her temples to calm herself, she says, "Okay, Erika, it's 11pm, you NEED to get your shit together and PACK for your morning flight tomorrow."

Matt leans in from off-panel, holding up a cordless Magic Wand, and asks, "Did you try the Waterproof Magic Wand they sent us to review?

"--Uh??" Erika asks in surprise.

"They're definitely going to ask you about it at the conference, go test it out!!!" He urges.

Holding the wand with determination, she answers, "Ok! Ok! A quick wank in the tub and then--"

A loud "tkk-" and then "ZOT" send the panel into pitch blackness.

Only Erika's eyes are visible in the dark as she sarcastically comments, "Of course."

Narration: Not even a power outage can stop me from fulfilling my work obligations. Who says Millennials don't know how to work hard?

In silhouette, Erika reclines in a clawfoot bathtub with a "bzzzzzzzzzz" sound effect emanating from it. Resting on the ground, only a couple candles and the flashlight on her cellphone illuminate the scene.

Caption: (Wand review: Very Good)

Date: June 9th

Narration: I arrive in San Francisco!

Erika's hand holds up her phone with a text message on the screen reading, "We're all meeting at Baggage Claim in Terminal 2! -The Magic Wand Liaison."

"Go it!" Erika announces confidently as she marches to the right side of the hallway. Behind her, a terminal sign is partially obscured by her word balloon.

With Erika off the panel, the sign is now revealed to read, "Terminal 2" with a big arrow pointing to the right.

A thoroughly exhausted Erika returns, now walking towards the right in the same direction as the sign is indicating.

Narration: I walked the entire length of the terminal before realizing my mistake.

A luxury SUV bounces down the road in silhouette with a little "vroom!" sound effect.

Narration: Magic Wand had us chauffeured the hour and a half drive to Napa Valley.

"Such luxury!" Thinks Erika from inside the car. "Is this what it feels like to be the queen?"

A pink ribbon unfurls across the bottom of the page, stating, "Read the rest on ohjoysextoy.com"

November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM

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🎃 Happy Hallopeen to all the spooky perverts who celebrate! No tricks, we’re bringing you nothin’ but treats in this round-up of the top five spookiest comics from our vault. 🎃
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Text: Happy Hallopeen! Art from "Run Rabbit Run" by Ripley LaCross.
Art: A sweating, horny, happy woman runs through spooky woods, pursued by a man's silhouette.

October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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2/2 From all of us at Oh Joy Sex Toy, HAPPY HALLOPEEN! www.ohjoysextoy.com/the-collecto...

Page 5
Close up of a wonk-eyed baby doll face.
Close-up of Emil's freaked out eyes.

The bald man asks "Do you want me to cover up the dolls?" and Emil responds, "Would you mind?"

A blanket covers the doll cabinet.

As Emil and the bald guy lean in to kiss, Emil says "It's a cool collection though."

Transcribed by Erika Moen 10/23/23

October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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Hookups are supposed to be no-strings-attached, but what if your one night stands comes attached to... a weird collection. What kind of collections are a boner-ending hookup dealbreaker? Find out what Emil Wilson did in this exact situation! 1/2 www.ohjoysextoy.com/the-collecto...

The Collector by Emil Wilson published October 24, 2023 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/the-collector-emil-wilson

Page 1
TITLE: The Collector by Emil Wilson

Narrator: I arranged a hook-up with this hot guy. We seemed compatible.
Emil, a white man wearing glasses, looks at a picture of a smiling bald man on his phone.

Narrator: I arrived at this apartment and happily, he looked exactly like his online photos.
The same bald man is smiling as he opens his apartment door and we can see many full shelves behind him.

Narrator: His apartment was crammed with stuff. At first I thought he was a hoarder but then I realized that he was a collector. Of many, many things.
The bald man proudly points out his collections to Emil. The walls are completely lined with shelves that are full with similarly shaped objects.

Narrator: These collections included: thimbles, bobbleheads, dice.

Page 2
Narrator: If this had been a romantic date, these collections would be a way to understand this guy better: who was he? What did he value?
Emil looks at the smiling bald man.

Narrator: More Collections: Lego sculptures, Air Jordans, superman stuff.

Narrator: But with a hookup, there was no reason to be curious or judgmental. Our paths will probably never cross again. Besides, 40% of all people collect something.
The Bald Man asks, "Do you want something to drink?" and Emil replies "Nah. Where's the bedroom?"

The bald man opens his bedroom door for Emil and gestures him inside.
Narrator: During a hookup, you're invited into the most intimate area of a stranger's home. And that's where the collections can get more personal.

Page 3
Narrator: Collections in the Guy's Bedroom: Disney figurines (But only the female villains), celebrity hair (several small bags pinned to a cork board)

Narrator: I contemplate what collection, if any, might be a dealbreaker for me, something so challenging that I might have to leave before things got physical.
Emil regards the collections quizzically, with a finger to his lips.

Narrator: Hunting knives (no way!), Smelly, mold stuff (Do people really collect that?), MAGA stuff (he can believe any ideology he chooses but that doesn't mean I'll get naked with him)

Narrator: In his bedroom, he has shelves of Victorian dolls. Most are old and broken. Many of them have at least one eye missing.
The Bald Man puts his hand on Emil's back as Emil looks at the shelves of Victorian dolls.

Page 4
Narrator: These dolls seem to be watching us. Even the ones without eyes.
Illustrations of a mass of broken unnerving dolls.

The Bald Man begins kissing Emil's neck and snaking his arms around Emil's shoulders from behind, while telling him, "Relax". "Yeah, I know" Emil responds, looking frozen and unsettled.

Narrator: The look like demons.
An illustration of a cracked, eye-less baby doll face.

More eye-less broken doll faces are shown with the text "Just close your eyes maybe those dolls were his grandmother's" floating over and around them.

October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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The Scunthorpe Problem, a private post just for our patrons about some of the ridiculous censorious hoops we have to jump through in order to share our work on social media.
www.patreon.com/posts/scunth...

A cartoon drawing of Erika holding up a Magic Wand vibrator while speaking passionately. A giant CENSORED black bar covers her mouth.

October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM

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@acidwashwerewolf.bsky.social struggles with OCD thoughts about accidentally hurting people, so when their partner asked them to hit her during sexy times, it was no easy request. Can hurting someone actually feel good for everyone?
www.ohjoysextoy.com/sensual-sadi...

Sensual Sadism by Cori Walters published October 28, 2025 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sensual-sadism-cori-walters

Cori Walters draws in a round, cartoony style with a thing, clear line and solid black fills. They use a limited palette of blues and rosey-pinks.

Narration: It all started that fateful day...

A cute, bottom-heavy girl wearing rimless glasses and shaggy black emo hair looks up at the viewer, touching the tips of her pointer fingers together in a shy way and blushing slightly.

"Do you think you could... hit me? In the bedroom?" She asks. "You don't have to, but I would really like it I think."

"Huh?!" Exclaims her partner, a taller person with blonde hair, thick-rimmed glasses, and a complicated side shave. They wear a black t-shirt with the word "BAND" emblazoned on it and the sleeves and midriff roughly torn off, leaving behind a ragged edge. They also blush, though theirs is from being caught off guard and nervous. "I... could give it a try? I might have to back out pretty quickly though."

"We can always stop whenever you want." The Hopeful Masochist says reassuringly, wrapping their Would-Be Sadist up in a hug.

"Ok, yeah. I'll try." The Sadist says while looking both happy and nervous.

Narration: I have OCD, and a lot of my thoughts revolve around the fear of accidentally hurting someone. I know it meant a lot to my partner, but I admit I was worried about how it would make me feel.

The Would-Be Sadist sits down at their laptop and diligently gets to work researching impact toys.

Narration: I ended up buying a simple leather paddle to try out. It seemed like a good way to explore things without having to use my bad wrists.

The Sadist's hand holds up a rectangular paddle in the air. It has three large hearts cut out of it which are both cute and will also cause the paddle to create more pain.

"You ready?" Asks the Sadist.

"Yeah, are you?" Replies the Masochist.

"Here I go..." They reply.

"AAaaaahhhh......" Yowls the Sadist as they swing the paddle down and... very lightly tap the backside of their partner, who is on all fours on the bed.

"...Was that it?" The Masochist asks, looking back in confusion. "You can hit me harder than that, you know."

Text: Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com

October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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Are you PREPPED for PrEP? Join @hiencomics.com.au as he learns about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis- a medication to prevent HIV!
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Let's Get PrEP'd by Hien Pham published October 21, 2025 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-prepd-hien-pham

Hien Pham illustrates in a more realistically rendered style, using the full spectrum of colors though the backgrounds are mostly a pale blue He is a Southeast Asian cisgender heavyset man with a short, bushy, black beard, fuzzy body hair, and glasses. He is mostly bald on top, with the rest of his hair pulled back into a bun.

"Hmm..." Hien ponders to himself seriously, tapping his finger to his pursed lips as he inspects a wall of medical brochures.

"What'cha looking for, Hien?" A ginger-bearded man asks as he saunters into the clinic waiting room. He wears a maroon bucket hat, white t-shirt, and jeans. "Want a hand with anything?"

"Well... I'm planning some sexy comic research and I'm wondering..." Nervously, Hien perspires from his temple a little as he timidly asks. "...are there options in addition to condoms that my partners and I can use to have safer sex?"

"Are you on PrEP?" The man asks, gesturing at a dark blue brochure on the wall.

"What's PrEP?" Asks Hien.

"It's a very accessible HIV-prevention medication!" The man answers while handing Hien the brochure, which is labeled "WAAC's Little Book of PrEP"

Caption: WAAC, aka the Western Australian AIDS Council!

Gesturing to another silver-haired man who is sauntering in, the bearded man offers, "Let me introduce you to Garry, one of our OG nurses here at M Clinic! He'll give you the rundown on PrEP!"

"Hello!" Chirps Gary, giving a little wave. He sports a silver scruff of hair on top with the sides shaved off, with a well-kept mustache, stubble, and multiple ear piercings. He wears wristbands on each wrist and a collared short-sleeved shirt over another longer-sleeved one, along with jeans.

Caption: M Clinic is Perth's only sexual health clinic specifically for men, trans people, and nonbinary folks who have sex with men.

Breaking out of reality, an angelic light bursts forth from the sky with a larger-than-life-size pink-burgundy ribbon unfurling across the page. Enormous blue pills shower down with it while the word "PrEP" floats over all of it. Hien reverts into his super cartoony chibi form as he marvels at the scene taking place above him.

"PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is an HIV-prevention medication!" Garry continues, but unlike Hien he remains more realistically drawn. "In short, it helps your white blood cells block the virus from putting down roots and replicating."

Whisked to a pink scene, both Garry and Hien are chibi-fied and looking very stern in suits with sunglasses, their arms crossed over their respective chests. They are serving as bodyguards to an anthropomorphic, thankful white blood cell behind them, that blushes and clasps its hands in appreciation to its protectors. Before them, a brutal battle wages between anthropomorphic blue pills wearing the same kind of sunglasses as Hien and Garry while beating the tar out of anthropomorphic lumpy red and blue virus cells.

"HAVE MY BABIES!" Hollers a virus through weeping tears as it struggles in vain to reach the safe white blood cell.

"No dice, buddy." A tough blue pill calmly states, holding the virus back at arm's length.

Caption: Taken properly, PrEP can be up to 99% effective in preventing HIV infections!

A pink banner unfurls across the bottom of the page, stating, "Read the rest on OhJoySexToy.com"

October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM

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Are you PREPPED for PrEP? Join @hiencomics.com.au as he learns about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis- a medication to prevent HIV!
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October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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*Sorry, forgot to alt-text the second image. And minorly misquoted it in the first tweet, it should have read, "This photo may help arrange or encourage sexual activities."

Screenshots from Instagram showing that an image had been removed.

First image:
Text: Details. We removed your photo. Oct. 19, 2025. (Shows a thumbnail of the offending image along with the text that accompanied it in the post).

Second image (all text with some yellow highlights added manually for emphasis):
Why this happened. The photo may help arrange or encourage sexual activities. This goes against our Community STandards on adult sexual solicitation. See rule.

October 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM

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LOL Instagram just pulled down this censored image promoting our September collection of comics for "Adult sexual solicitation" that "may help or arrange sexual activity" and restricted our account (again.) 🙄

Text: Join us for free on p[CENSOR HEART]tr[CENSOR HEART]n.com/OhJoyS[CENSOR HEART]Toy to never miss an update + bonus content

Image: Grid of five rectangle previews of comic panels.

1) Person energetically yields a paddle amongst bright pop colors.
Text: New [CENSORED PEACH EMOJI] Unlocked by Inam and Mon

2) A naked person looks startled as somebody pulls them by the wrist.
Text: Who Knew It Could Be Like This? by Hien Pham

3) A person shouts in frustration.
Text: Set In Stone by Jey Pawlik

4) Two people tussle.
Text: Primal Urges by Dastardly Devil

5) Two hands are bound at the wrist.
Text: Exploring [CENSORED PEACH EMOJI] by Tessa Luicart

October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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2/2 This comic by @sparklemaia.bsky.social hits the venn diagram sweet spot of our readers' overlapping interests: tea, cats, and sexuality deep dives!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/ace-101-spar...

IMAGE: Maia gestures in front of a wall of tea containers, each labeled different asexual statuses. Some labels include: aceflux, demi, reciprosexual, greysexual, cupiosexual, lithosexual, fictosexual, aegosexual, fraysexual.

Maia: There are millions of ways to be ace! We can use increasingly spevific microlabels to try to put words to our experiences, but the truth is: identity is dynamic and fluid and messy, and language is always evolving.

Friend: But... but... then what's the point?!

Maia: Having a word for yourself is empowering! When I finally discovered the word asexual, it was such a huge relief! It gave depth and context to my sexuality, and connected me to a whole community of people like me, people who get me and celebrate this part of my identity. Being ace is something I LOVE about myself. It's powerful and joyful and freeing. I love it so much, I wanna just- (Maia points at their baseball cap with the Ace flag on it) -wear it on my forehead.

Transcribed October 14, 2025 by Matt Nolan and Erika Moen

October 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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What better way to celebrate Asexual Awareness Week than by spillin' the asexualiTEA with @sparklemaia.bsky.social! 1/2
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Ace 101 by sparklemaia, published November 12, 2023 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/ace-101-sparklemaia

Page 1
Two figures sit in a lavender living room that's very comfy and has lots of cats around. They are drinking tea.

Maia: -and that's why I can't go back like, ever again.

Friend: Completely fair. Speaking of fair: how was the maker faire?

Maia: Rad! That's where I got this sweet hat!

IMAGE: Close-up on Maia's black baseball hat, which has the black, gray, white, and purple-striped Asexuality flag on it.

IMAGE: Friend holding tea mug and talking.

Friend: It's... a pride flag... it's on the tip of my brain- Oh! The asexual flag!

Friend: You posted about being ace in April! Full disclosure: I googled it, but I'm still pretty vague on what asexuality is... I think it's the "A" in LGBTQIA? But I still have, like, so many questions.

Maia: I'd love to be your ace wiki for the day, if you're down?

Friend: Ohh, yes please!

Maia: Great, this is my jam. Let's spill the tea on asexuali-TEA!

Maia: So, what would you say attraction feels like?

Friend: Hmm... I guess it's like a strong pull towards someone?

IMAGE: The friend leans forward to stroke a gray-striped cat that hopped on their table and is walking towards them.

Maia: Totally! But it took some super personal chats with my all- (non-ace) -friends to realize we meant different things when we talked about being into someone. It turns out that attraction- that pull- is made up of different parts.

IMAGE: Another table houses multiple bowls of looseleaf teas, with a sign proclaiming, "Build your own!". Each bowl is labeled differently: Sensual, Romantic, Sexual, Aesthetic

Maia: I've got romantic attraction in spades. It's just that for me, that romantic attraction isn't linked to sexual attraction.

Friend: So, when you feel drawn toward someone, you just don't... have the desire to bone them?

Maia: Pretty much! And that's what asexual means: little to no sexual attraction.

Friend: Hold up... a 'little' bit of sexual attraction still counts as ace?

Maia: Yeah, it's not always an all-or-nothing thing. Some people experience sexual attraction rarely, or only under certain circumstances, or just at very low levels. It's kind of a spectrum.

Friend: I guess that tracks, very few things in life are totally black and white!

Maia (gesturing at the black, gray, white, purple-striped Asexual flag): Exactly. That's what the grey is for. Anyone who feels like they don't totally vibe with a 'typical' allo experience is welcome, even if they're in that grey zone between allo and 'absolute zero' sexual attraction.

Friend: Sounds like there's lots of SPACE- in ACE!

IMAGE: Maia plants the Ace flag on the moon, waving at a rocket (also emblazoned with the ace flag) as it cruises by.

Maia: Haha, yep! My ace experience might not be the same as someone else's, but the label gives us a starting place for finding common ground.

IMAGE: Back in the tea house, the friend observes two cats curled up on a shelf on the wall.

Friend: Something I still don't get: you've talked about crushes and dates and stuff before. Are your dates just Netflix and actual chill?

Maia: Haha, sometimes! But other times I do take it to the bone zone. For me, sex is often about emotional intimacy with my partner. Heck, sometimes I just need to scratch a biological itch, even if my body isn't pointing me towards a specific person to get it done. Plus, for me, it feels good!

Friend: Whoa, you actually... like sex?

Maia: Yeah, there's even a word for it in ace space: sex-favorable. And whether sex favorable, sex-indifferent, or sex-repulsed, all aces are still ace.

IMAGE: Three cats illustrate the different states of asexual sexual interest.
Sex-Favorable cat smiles and approaches a hand to be pet.
Sex-Indifferent cat sits by itself, licking its paw.
Sex-Repulsed cat is all puffed up and hissing.

October 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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Censoring more comic transcripts for Facebook today, this time mass replacing "STI" with "🦠", which led to this mis-correction...

the word "realistically" now reads "reali🦠cally", replacing the "STI" letters in the word with the emoji.

October 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM

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Plus one BONUS behind-the-scenes post from @hiencomics.com.au juuuuuust for our paying patrons who keep OJST funded 😘
www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

Text: Hien Pham's Secret Project
Image: Black and white sketches of dudes in various states of undress

October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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New kinks, old crushes, testosterone changes, and play fighting are just SOME of the comics and posts that await you in this recap! Join us on Patreon ✨for free✨ to see this post (Patreon forces us to hide it from non-members because it's got Sexy Stuff in it)
www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

Five vertical panels showing a preview of OhJoySexToy.com comics that went up in September 2025

1) Person energetically yields a paddle amongst bright pop colors.
Text: New Kink Unlocked by Inam and Mon

2) A naked person looks startled as somebody pulls them by the wrist.
Text: Who Knew It Could Be Like This? by Hien Pham

3) A person shouts in frustration.
Text: Set In Stone by Jey Pawlik

4) Two people tussle.
Text: Primal Urges by Dastardly Devil

5) Two hands are bound at the wrist.
Text: Exploring Kink by Tessa Luicart

October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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@jpawlik.com didn't get on HRT because they didn't like needles. But when they learned about T-GEL that's absorbed through the skin, they got their T-party started!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/to-a-t-gel-j...

To A T-Gel Comic by Jey Pawlik, done in cool minty green tones with heavy blacks and black linework. Jey is a nonbinary person who uses they/them pronouns, has big rectangular glasses, short cropped hair with a few greys. They wear simple clothes like graphic tees and jeans throughout the comic.

Narration: I hemmed and hawed about going on HRT* for so long in my 20s.

A younger Jey ponders and says “Maybe I could try it? A bit more facial hair and a lower voice sounds real nice.

Note: Hormone replacement therapy

Narration: At the time, the only option that was available to me was injections at a full dose.
A needle is shown front and center.

Narration: I chickened out.

Jey sprint away telling themself “Nope! I don’t think T is for me actually!!”

Narration: Years later, I watched a friend transition using T-GEL.
Jey’s friend, who’s look has been changed for privacy, says “I’m starting T but it’s not injections—and it’s been pretty great!” we see Jey’s friend’s transition from pre-T to years on T with a full beard.

Jey looks excited and says “OH! I didn’t know that was even an option, and you look so happy! Maybe—maybe I could go on T after all!

Narration: I went through a lot of hoops to get there but eventually an endocrinologist prescribed me a dose of T-Gel that I was comfortable with as a nonbinary person.

A timeline of Jey in doctors offices, filling out mountains of paperwork, being put on long waitlists, until finally their endo says “Okay, I’ve sent your prescription off.” And Jey lifts their arms up in success “YAY!”

Narration: T-Gel is a form of topical testosterone. It can come in packets, tubes, or a pump bottle that you apply according to your prescription.

Tubes, packets and the common pump bottle of T-Gel are drawn.

Jey has their hands on their hips looking defensive as speech bubbles fill the entire background behind them, berating T-Gel and saying it’s hard to use or isn’t as good as injections. Jey says “I think it’s really amazing but I’ve also seen it get a bad rap."

A pink ribbon unfurls across the bottom of the page, reading "Read the rest on ohjoysextoy.com"

October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM

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