Watch The Illustrated 30,000-Year Evolution of the Sex Toy, produced by Samantha Lee, Animated by Andrea Schmitz, and written by me, New York Magazine
Sex toys have a long and turbulent history, which stretches back almost 30,000 years when our ancestors "hunched over carving eight-inch-long penises out of siltstone." Hallie Lieberman's new book, Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy, takes readers through the colorful backstories of humanity's favorite playthings.
