-Boinkology is pleased to see three “sexy” gadgets make it onto Boing Boing’s list of the top 10 gadgets “that go inside you”: the IUD, the speculum, and the fucking machine. While it’s nice that sex tech is getting recognized by the gadget world, can we really count the speculum as new technology if one was discovered, as Boing Boing amusingly claims, “inside the remains of a fossilized vagina at Pompei”?

-Fans of things both cute and sexy (i.e. all Bonnie clones) are directed to another top ten list, the “Top 10 Inadvertently Adorable Sex Toys.” The list does compile some downright precious vibrators–I’m looking at you, sparkly ladybug–but I’d argue that none of these toys, not even the next-generation Hello Kitty “back massagers,” are adorable by accident. Clearly there’s something fun and discreet about owning a rubber ducky that gets you off. Nothing inadvertent about it.

-These GameBoy Color platform shoes may be popular in Japan, but here in America I can’t help but fear for the seemingly terrified Pikachu trapped inside. Forget what will happen to your GameBoy after stomping around too long, or even how ridiculously heavy (and just generally ridiculous) those have to be–but won’t someone think of the Pikachu? He looks trapped and alone and scared–though he does fit in well with the overall color scheme.

Happy weekend, Heroine Sheik readers!