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Cute Little F*ckers Breaks Sex Tech Mold with Kickstarter Campaign

By M. Christian
October 16, 2019
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Gender-inclusive toy manufacturer scores big with crowdfunding giant.

We might jump in with both feet by saying that Step Tranovich deserves a massive round of applause.

Why? Well, because Tranovich is the person behind recently launched Cute Little F*ckers, an innovative sex toy company on a mission to break the mold when it comes to sex tech, by making its products gender-inclusive.

Plus, Tranovich managed to get approved to run a crowdfunding campaign on the notoriously sex-phobic Kickstarter.  

And it only gets better, and more interesting, from there.

Say hello to the Cute Little F*ckers

Talking to Techcrunch, Tranovich explains why they created their new line of adult toys: 

I am gender-fluid and do a lot of sex-positive and queer activism. I felt like there weren’t a lot of toys that felt gender-inclusive. As someone who spends a lot of time helping people feel more sexually expressive, a lot of toys felt very stiff or foreboding.

In fact, Tranovich’s designs are far from “stiff or foreboding”. It wouldn’t be a huge stretch at all to call them endearingly playful—if not charmingly silly.

Cute Little F*ckers (CLF) was born through random sketches, which Tranovich’s team later took out into the world. Soon, it became clear that four of the designs kept coming out as favorites, and they became the first ones in the CLF line. 

Each “monster” in the CLF range has a unique shape that’s designed to suit any combination of gender, genitalia, or orientation. That’s why those sex toys are ideal for people who might have gender dysphoria or are undergoing a gender transition.

Or, as Tranovich’s team puts it on the site: 

These are transgender sex toys, queer sex toys, intersex sex toys, non-binary sex toys, genderqueer sex toys, cisgender sex toys, male sex toys, female sex toys, and more because all genders are beautiful! We can't emphasize that enough!

You can even check out the adventures of the CLFs, called Princette Puppypus, Galh, and Trinity, on a colorful webcomic. It’s available both in English and in different foreign languages.  

In addition to their unique shapes,  the toys also include some pretty effective mechanisms under their waterproof silicone exteriors, like a five-speed vibrating motor. Each one can also be juiced up through a standard USB charger, for added convenience.

A Kickstarter victory

But Tranovich and their team were able to break another mold. They passed through an extremely tough hurdle for a sex tech company to overcome: getting their campaign approved on Kickstarter. 

In the same TechCrunch, Tranovich stated that the crowdfunding website was positive about their company and their products, but that was only the first step.  

“It was a process. In general, it was positive and it wasn’t easy. It was positive and not easy because there was a lot of support from the individuals at Kickstarter and it was a bit of a feat to turn that individual support into the company actually taking a stance,” said CLF’s founder.

Fortunately, that support yielded the desired results: CLF was approved, and the campaign could finally launch. 

According to Tranovich, being gender-inclusive played a big role in gaining Kickstarter’s approval. Additionally, having the webcomic already in place certainly didn’t hurt. 

The campaign was a resounding success. In just 12 hours CLF was fully funded to get the octopus-like Princette Puppypus,  its first sex toy, into production.

If this momentum continues, and there’s every sign that it will, the company will release Trinity next, with the other friends coming up for sale afterward.  

A huge step toward gender-inclusive sex tech

Here at Future of Sex, we’ve already talked many times about the intersections between sex tech and gender-inclusivity. Many developers have already taken steps toward creating products that are suitable for everyone, with their own interpretation of what inclusivity might look like.

What makes Tranovich’s approach so innovative, is that their adorable toys were created with nothing in mind but inclusivity. 

 These aren’t toys for one gender or another, but for anyone. 

Plus, they’re presented with a joyous enthusiasm for the whole spectrum of human sexuality: this sets the Cute Little F*ckers apart from many other pleasure devices.  

They’re bouncy, whimsical, colorful, and erotically delightful. But they’ve been created with clear determination to serve an often neglected segment of humanity. 

So, with a smile and a sincere bravo, we wish the very best to Tranovich and his magical Cute Little F*ckers: may all of them continue to bring smiles and pleasure to the world for a very long time.  

Image sources: Cute Little F*ckers Kickstarter

M. Christian

M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.”

Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.

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