“These Sex-Positive Shops Offer A Refuge For Marginalized People” | Melissa Pandika for Mic, January 8, 2020
“Sex Stores As Community Resources” | With Billy McWilliams and Natascha Quimby on Body Politic, January 6, 2020
“22 LGBTQ Books About Sex, Feminism And Intersectional Desires” | The Advocate, December 31, 2019
“Sex Toys That You Can Leave On The Bedside Table” | Margo Vansynghel for De Tijd, October 16, 2019
“The Origins (And Myths) Of The Vibrator” | Suzannah Weiss for Dame, October 2019
“17 Books That Make You Better In Bed” | Aly Walansky for Bustle, September 23, 2019
“College Students Must Pull Out Of Unethical Porn” | Zack Jenio for Technician, September 5, 2019
“The Fleshlight Is A Portal Into The Future Of Sex” | Samantha Cole for Vice, September 4, 2019
“The Slippery History Of Personal Lubricant” | Suzannah Weiss for Dame, September 2019
“The Problem With ‘Porn For Women’” | Sofia Barrett-Ibarria for Vice, June 28, 2019
“The Future Of Sex Toys Is Gender Neutral” | Suzannah Weiss for Playboy, June 17, 2019
“Nevada Sells Sex But Does That Make It Worse For Women?” | KNPR’s State of Nevada, February 21, 2019
“CES 2019: Sex Tech Company’s Owner Says Show Reflects Tech Industry Gender Bias” | Jessie Bekker for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 9, 2019
“Porn Sites Collect More User Data Than Netflix Or Hulu. This Is What They Do With It” | Aisha Hassan for Quartz, December 13, 2018
“Celebrating The Queer Women Who Changed The Way We Think About Sex: An Interview With Author Lynn Comella About The History Of Feminist Sex Shops” | Naomi Extra for Shondaland, June 28, 2018.
“Celebrating 50 Years Of The Magic Wand, The World’s Most Unexpected Sex Toy” | Angelica Florio for Playboy, May 18, 2018.
“In An Industry That’s Gone Online, Stormy Daniels Survives As ‘One Of The Last Movie Stars Of Porn’” | Frances Stead Sellers for The Washington Post, April 19, 2018.
“Interview With Lynn Comella” | Our Better Half Podcast, Episode 57, April 8, 2018.
“Sex And Power: Stormy Daniels And The Female Pioneers Of The Porn Industry” | Petula Dvorak for The Washington Post, March 25, 2018.
“Interview With Lynn Comella” | Ideas on Fire’s “Imagine Otherwise” Podcast, March 21, 2018
“Sex Toys, Freedom And Empowerment” | ABC Radio Melbourne, March 4, 2018.
“From Pornos To Pleasure: How Sex Shops Are Changing” | Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “The Hookup,” February 26, 2018.
“The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On A Feminist Revolution” | Peggy Orenstein, The New York Times Book Review, February 6, 2018.
“About Last Night: Good Vibrations Was My Inspiration” | Maureen Mathews for The Sydney Morning Herald, February 4, 2018.
“‘Any Exposure Is Good Exposure’: At Porn Expo, A Trump-Sized Spotlight On Two Industry Stars” | Frances Stead Sellers for The Washington Post, January 27, 2018.
“Lynn Comella On Female Owned Sex Toy Shops” | Peepshow Podcast
“Vibrator Nation” | Jessi Lewis for the Melbourne Critique, January 22, 2018.
“How Local Shops And Seminar Rooms Are Reviving Sex Education” | James McWilliams for Pacific Standard, January 22, 2008.
“A Brief History Of The Magic Wand” | Carina Hseih for Cosmopolitan, December 15, 2017.
“For The First Family Of Pleasure Products, Toys Are Us” | Guy Trebay for The New York Times, November 18, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation: The History Of Feminist Sex Stores With Lynn Comella” | Speaking of Sex, November 17, 2017.
“How The Bay Area Pioneered Sex Positivity” | Mel Burke for The Bold Italic, November 13, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation: An Interview With Lynn Comella” | Scarleteen, November 13, 2017.
“Lynn Comella On The Feminist Revolution That Shook The Nation” | Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour, November 10, 2017.
“Lynn Comella On Vibrator Nation” | With Tristan Taormino on Sex Out Loud Radio, October 20, 2017.
“Lynn Comella: Vibrator Nation” | With Mark Lynch on Inquiry, October 19, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation Author Lynn Comella Talks Feminist Sex Shop Revolution” | Colleen Godin for XBIZ, October 6, 2017.
"Vibrator Nation Explores The History Of Feminist Sex-Toy Stores” | Annamarya Scaccia for BUST magazine, October, 2017.
“How The Vibrator Conquered America” | Interview with Kelly Faircloth for Jezebel Pictorial, September 29, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation: Inside The Rise Of Women-Run Sex Shops” | Nicole Guappone for Rolling Stone, September 28, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation” | With Jaclyn Friedman, September 19, 2017.
“Sexual Evolution: New Book Chronicles How Women Changed The Adult Store Industry” | John Przybys for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 17, 2017.
“Before Vibrators Were Mainstream” | Interview with Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite for The Atlantic, September 12, 2017.
“The Incredible Thing That Happened When Women Took Back The Sex Toy Industry” | Book Excerpt in Cosmopolitan, September 7, 2017.
“How Feminists Made Sex Toys Better, Safer And More Fun” | Book Excerpt in Huff Post, September 7, 2017.
“Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed The Business Of Pleasure, By Lynn Comella” | Review by Laura Frost for Times Higher Education, September 7, 2017.
“Interview—Lynn Comella, Author of Vibrator Nation” | Screening Sex, September 7, 2017.
“Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” | Vernon Rosaria for The Gay and Lesbian Review, September/October 2017.
“Lynn Comella’s Vibrator Nation Chronicles The Sex Toy Revolution” | Sherri L. Shaulis for AVN Magazine, September 2017.
“Lynn Comella’s Vibrator Nation Debuts Next Month” | Rhet Pardon for XBIZ, August 8, 2017.
“Sin City Selling: Playing The Toy Game In A Tourist Town” | Kim Airs for AVN Magazine, May 2017.
“Girls On Top: The Rise Of Feminist Porn” | Julia Martincic for The Telegraph, April 20, 2017.
Featured in a series on Porn-o-Nomics produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this segment I talk about the growing influence of adult webcamming and what the future holds for virtual reality porn. February 2017.
“When Staged ‘Voyeur’ Porn Gets Too Real” | Christine Ro for Broadly VICE, December 15, 2016.
“Sextacles: How Snapchat’s New Spectacles Are Being Used In The Sack” | Kerry Flynn for Mashable, December 5, 2016.
“Pornography: Does It Pose A Public Health Crisis?” | Sarah Glazer for Congressional Quarterly Researcher, October 21, 2016.
“A Woman Is Suing This Sex-Toy Company For Spying On Her” | Kimberly Truong for Refinery 29, September 13, 2016.
“Original Sin,” a six-part series examining the intersection of sex, politics, technology, and popular culture for the National Geographic Channel. Summer 2016.
“Students Seeking Sugar Daddies For Tuition, Rent” | Sarah Sell for the Associated Press, May 29, 2016.
“Vibrator Nation: New Book Links Sex Toy Market to Rising Feminism” | KNPR’s State of Nevada, May 31, 2016.
“California Condoms In Porn Measure Tests Merits Of Covering Up” | Jeremy White for The Sacramento Bee, March 18, 2016.
“Turns Out, Porn Watchers Are Pretty Damn Supportive Of Gender Equality” | Catherine Pearson for The Huffington Post, March 11, 2016.
“These Savvy Women Are Redefining The Sex Shop And Business Is Taking Off” | Christine Ro for Upworthy, February 12, 2016.
“Inside The Surprisingly Sexy World Of Tumblr Porn” | Emma Gray for The Huffington Post, February 2016.
“Could Sex Tech Spell The End Of Nevada Brothels?” | KNPR’s State of Nevada, February 1, 2016.
“Orgasmic Design: How Vibrators Have Become Ambitious Tech Products” | Sady Dolye for The Guardian, January 9, 2016.
“New Book Promises New Look At Pornography” | KNPR’s State of Nevada, September 4, 2015.
“No More Porn In Hilton Hotels: The Conservative Sex-Shaming Lobby Claims A Major Victory” | Rachel Kramer Bussel for Salon, August 24, 2015.
“Meet The Powerful Women Directors Working In Porn” | Catherine Pearson for The Huffington Post, August 27, 2015.
“Adult Industry Professionals Weigh In On ‘Hot Girls Wanted’” | Emily Cassel for Bitch, June 29, 2015.
“When A Sex Shop Opens In The Neighborhood” | Allison Geller for A Woman’s Thing magazine, Summer 2015.
“Inside Instagram’s Long Guerilla War On Porn—And The Users Who Keep Coming Back” | Beejoli Shah for Talking Points Memo May 14, 2015.
“Lynn Comella On New Views On Pornography” | Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino, April 17, 2015.
“Let’s Major In Girls Gone Wild” | Tracy Clark-Flory for Salon, March 23, 2015.
“New Book Seeks To Advance Field Of Porn Studies” | Dan Miller for XBIZ, March 10, 2015.
“The Evolution Of Porn Studies” | Chatal Brangaza for University Affairs, January 14, 2015.
“Adam & Eve Survive Obscenity Charges To Become Mainstream” | Pam Kelley for The Charlotte Observer, August 9, 2014.
“Why Fifty Shades Of Grey Will Be A Girls’ Night Hit” | Brian Alexander for Today, July 24, 2014.
“Defining Feminist Porn: Is That XXX Flick Organic?” | Aurora Snow for The Daily Beast, July 5, 2014.
“Condoms May Soon Be Making A Bigger Cameo In Porn” | Ashley Oerman for Women’s Health, May 29, 2014.
“What It’s Really Like To Be A Porn Researcher” | Casey Gueren for Women’s Health, April 2, 2014.
“The Power Of Feminist Porn, What Retailers Need To Know” | Bob Johnson for XBIZ, July 19, 2013.
