Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum Re-Listen

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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As part of Women’s History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this museum’s buzzing collection which honors vibrator history. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/womens-history-month READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/good-vibrations-antique-vibrator-museum

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0:00.0	Hey there, this is Amanda McGowan, I'm a producer on the Alice of Scura podcast.
0:07.7	And for Women's History Month this month, we are resharing some of our favorite stories
0:11.6	about the ways that women have shaped society.
0:14.9	And for this, I would like to reintroduce you to a hidden gem in San Francisco, California.
0:20.2	It's the Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum.
0:23.9	A tour of this little museum is also a whirlwind tour of the history of sex and pleasure and
0:30.4	feminism in the United States.
0:33.0	And I had so much fun talking to the great Dr. Carol Queen while I was making this episode.
0:38.2	And I hope you have fun listening to.
0:40.5	If you'd like to learn more about Atlas of Scura's Women's History Month project, you
0:44.2	can also visit the link in the show notes.
0:47.2	Enjoy.
0:53.9	Parents, just a heads up, we're going to be talking about some grown-up topics today,
1:01.8	like S-E-X.
1:04.2	Okay, with that, onto the show.
1:09.8	Welcome to San Francisco.
1:13.9	Hop off that cable car and walk with us to 1620 Polk Street.
1:18.8	Inside this building, you'll find a series of glass cases.
1:22.5	And they're filled with strange clunky-looking machines.
1:25.9	Some have hand cranks, others are in the shape of hair dryers, and you might think to yourself,
1:31.8	what is this?
1:32.8	Some kind of collection of antique blenders?
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