Zoë Ligon of Spectrum Boutique gets candid in this rapid-fire interview.

Zoë Ligon, owner of Spectrum Boutique and sex educator, gets candid in this rapid-fire interview.

Zoë Ligon of Spectrum Boutique: What's In My Nightstand

Zoë Ligon, The Duchess of Dildos: What's In My Nightstand

, then get cozy, because we’re getting up close and personal with the self-proclaimed Duchess of Dildos with these rapid-fire questions. 

Sex educator, journalist, visual artist, and owner of the online sex toy shop, 

, Zoë Ligon is a woman of many talents—including her shame-free approach to sex toy education on Instagram. As she dances with dildos and showcases vintage vibrators, Zoë brings a lightheartedness to sex-positive conversations. Without further ado…

1. The most ridiculous toy I’ve ever received… 

Nothing is ridiculous to me at this point! I do have a torso with a dick on it just sitting in my basement, however. I put a blanket over it if anyone needs to come into my basement like an electrician or something. 

Water-based lube, oil-based lube, lip balm 

3. My favorite time and place to use a sex toy… 

4. The most random place I’ve ever masturbated…

In my car in the corner of a parking lot at a rest stop in Ohio. 

My butt? No, my brain. My brain is in my butt. My brutt. 

8. The moment I wanted to open a sex toy boutique…

Was when I realized how much I enjoyed helping people find what works for their bodies and the conversations that help shape that.

Chunky pistachio ice cream! Also buttholes. 

I’m not a pickup line girl – make an observation or remark that is funny or interesting and relevant to the situation, that is a pickup line to me.

11. If I could only do one sex position for the rest of my life it would be…

12. The song that turns me on Every. Damn. Time…

Pretty sure the first full-length album that I regularly put on during sex or masturbation was 

! I think it was playing in this store where an early crush of mine worked, and that’s what did it. 

Makes me laugh, likes to use vibrators and dildos, feeds me, and is loving to me. 

I say “I’m horny!” There is no constant in my horniness, it comes and goes and shows itself somewhat randomly! 

Not worrying or being preoccupied in my mind. Pleasure is a peaceful quietness, and I often forget about that with all the things I do to distract myself from the present. 

16. Fill in the blank: If I don’t have ____ it’s hard for me to have sex. 

LUBE. Sex with no lube is like unsalted food… even though salt is the opposite of hydration, you know what I mean!!! 

17. Something nonsexual that turns me on…

I guess hands are often sexual, but hands in nonsexual situations are very hot to me. Sometimes a hand is just HOT! 

18. Fill in the blank: ______ drives me absolutely, positively wild.

A clean, air-conditioned bedroom with good lighting and a very comfy bed and blanket plus a million pillows. I am a simple gal!

Communication and listening, an open mind, and a little creativity.

They are tools that we use to help and enhance life, just like virtually everything else in life! Sure they are a little more fun and colorful than your average literal toolbox, but that doesn’t mean that their role isn’t as important or even necessary for people to enjoy a happy, healthy sexually fulfilled life. 