The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell Turns out we were wrong in our Roth prediction — this year’s Bad Sex Award ended up going to Jonathan Littell for his novel The Kindly Ones. Other fancy-pants runners up included Paul Theroux, Nick Cave, Amos Oz, and John Banville. The judges said very nice things about Littell’s […]
photo by Eleaf Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, As a full-time student with a full-time job in a very bike-friendly college town, I […]
photo by our “wise guy” Figleaf I have the privilege of teaching sex ed to my sixth graders. However, there are so many limitations to what I can tell my kids. It can be SO frustrating. I am deeply spiritual and a devout Christian but I have no intention of forcing my beliefs on my […]
photo of the Capitol Building dome interior (looking kind of like a pack of birth control pills) by opalsson Today, Planned Parenthood is organizing a “National Day of Action” to inform people about the Stupak Amendment and to lobby the Senate for health care reform that ensures women’s access to reproductive health care. Their bullet […]
photo by mangpages Dear Em & Lo, When I was 18 I walked away from the first love in my life. He has been the man that I based all other relationships on. Recently, thanks to Facebook, we have reunited as friends. We email and text and met for lunch once. We are both married […]
photo by TheNaughtyAmerican.com Have we succeeded in scaring you off? According to the latest research by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair mag, zero percent of people aged 18-44 are likely to kiss a co-worker at their office holiday party. A study finds that a penis-numbing spray can help prevent premature ejaculation and may hit the marketplace soon. […]
photo via IMDB Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: I had a dream my boyfriend and I were re-living a fight we had about him cheating. I asked him […]
photo by kalleboo Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “How do you feel about being given directions while you’re going downtown? Do you appreciate instructions on what works for that particular woman, or do you feel like it’s backseat driving, or that you’re just a tool or a […]
Last year we threw a holiday party and wanted to avoid the season’s musical dead horses. Don’t get us wrong: we’re suckers for anything Burl Ives or Andy Williams around this time of year, but for a festive get-together of friends we wanted something slightly more unexpected: a mix of both new and old but […]
photo by walknboston We hope that you’re sitting down to enjoy turkey (or tofurkey) with a loved one today. But if your loved one refuses to partake in the holiday celebration, we thought you should know that — acccording to a New York court, at least — that’s not as bad as refusing to partake in […]
photo by thestarmama This year, we’re thankful for you visiting EMandLO.com and making it such a vibrant site with lots of thoughtful reader advice, good suggestions and often hilarious commentary. We hope you have a great T(of)urkey Day and nice long weekend off! Our post load will be light the next few days, but we’ll […]
photo by galateadia Please help us welcome Dr. Vanessa Cullins into the EMandLO.com fold. She is a board-certified obstetrician/ gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America who will be answering your questions here every few weeks. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, My husband […]
photo by spine YourTango suggests three ways to celebrate Thanksgiving if it’s just the two of you this year. Lemondrop lists the 11 blasts from the past you’ll meet at your hometown bar on Black Friday. The Frisky tells you what booze to bring to Thanksgiving dindin. Goodvibes gets the holiday season in gear with […]
We’re thrilled to introduce “What’s Up Doc?”, the EMandLO.com area where you can find answers to your sex-related medical questions from our long-time friend Dr. Kate, and our new contributor, Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Vanessa Cullins — every week! Dr. Kate, of Gynotalk.com, is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City; […]
Adam Lambert calls the west coast feed editing of his American Music Awards performance this past Sunday (which included simulating receiving oral sex and tonguing a dude) “discrimination.” A new study analyzed 914 films released widely between 2001 and 2005 and concluded that “sex and nudity do not, on the average, boost box office performance, […]
Barb, on the post “My New Boyfriend Has a Small Penis”: I went from dating a very well endowed man to dating a, well, not so well endowed man. I was shocked at first too. He was without a doubt the smallest man I had ever dated. To my amazement, he was also the most […]
