Special Issues
Special Issues
Special Issue: Summer Lovin’

Your beach reading should include all our articles on how to make summer lovin’ a blast!

Special Issues
Our 16 Best Advice Columns of 2016

In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite love & sex tips from the past year on EMandLO.com.

Special Issues
Our 16 Best Think Pieces of 2016

In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite essays and videos from the past year on EMandLO.com!

Pop Culture
The Best Last Minute Valentine’s Day Present This Year!

Here are the top 10 reasons why our book 150 Shades of Play: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink — now also available in a discreet Kindle edition! — makes the best Valentine’s Day present this year: It gives you the great excuse to try something new in the bedroom — perfect for longterm couples on Valentine’s Day. […]

Pop Culture
Happy 40th Anniversary, Rocky Horror!

This week (Friday, the 14th to be exact) marks the — brace yourself — 40th(!) anniversary of the release of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Below, you’ll find all the romantic, sensual and scandalous scenes that’ll take you down memory lane so you don’t have to commit to a nearby midnight screening — unless that’s […]

Movies
Top 10 Reasons Why “Secretary” Is Better Than “Fifty Shades”

Okay, so yes, the Fifty Shades movie was better than the Fifty Shades book. But, like we said, the bar wasn’t exactly set high for that. And yes, the movie may help to make BDSM even more mainstream, just as the book did. (Now everyone and their grandmother knows what a safe word is!) It […]

Movies
Top 10 Things We Hope the “Fifty Shades” Movie Does Better Than the Book

OMG IT’S TONIGHT OMG IT’S TONIGHT OMG IT’S TONIGHT! The film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, the first book in the mega-selling erotic trilogy by E.L. James, finally opens tonight! Well, officially it opens tomorrow, but a bunch of theaters are holding screenings tonight. Ladies, we hope your limos are booked (ours is… seriously). […]

Toys
I Dropped My Ben-Wa Balls on Date Night

by Alex Alexander for YourTango I think we can all blame Fifty Shades of Grey for our knowledge and misconceptions about Ben-Wa balls – or at least I can. I’ve known about the existence of them for a long time – and it’s why I always giggled when Ben Wallace took the court during an […]

Toys
Fifty Shades of Luxury: How to Shop for Toys Like Christian Grey

LELO’s 20-karat gold Luna Beads Luxe | Sponsored Post One of our theories about why the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy sold so well (despite terrible writing and a thin, derivative plot) is that it’s dripping with wealth. The private jets and the fancy gifts and the luxurious home are like a spoonful of sugar that help […]

Pop Culture
How to See the “Fifty Shades of Grey” Movie in Style

In case you couldn’t tell from the onslaught of Fifty Shades posts on our site in the past week, we’re a teensy little bit excited about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie that opens this Friday. It’s not because we loved E.L. James’ book. (We didn’t. Too many inner goddesses doing cartwheels and too much […]