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Tag Archive | "Confession"

Confession: I’m a Feminine Feminist

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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photo by photogirl7 Our contributor Chloë Browne, who’s pursuing an Honors Major in Gender and Sexuality Studies at at Swarthmore College, has a confession to make: A few weeks ago I was at a bar with some friends when a guy started chatting me up. He asked me what my major was, and when I told him [...]

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Confession: I Am Badass in the Bedroom

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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photo by Jason Clapp Our contributor Abby Spector, who is majoring in Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, has a confession to make: “Abby, you never seem to get angry,” my coworker said to me the other day. I hate that scumbag, but all I knew how to do was smile. If I was in a worse mood [...]

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Confession: Cohabitation Is No Honeymoon

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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photo by JDAC Our contributor Chloë Browne, who’s pursuing an Honors Major in Gender and Sexuality Studies at at Swarthmore College, has a confession to make: About a month ago, tethered to my parents’ couch by a recent wisdom tooth surgery, I found myself in pursuit of life advice from my technological bestie, Google. I was about [...]

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The Virgin Diaries: My Complicated Relationship with Sex

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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photo by woodleywonderworks Our contributor Katherine Chen, who is a sophomore English major at Princeton University (check out her personal site here), is penning a series of confessions for EMandLO.com collectively called “The Virgin Diaries.” Here’s her fourth installment: When I first got my period, my mother wanted to avoid the dreaded “Talk” but still convey the [...]

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Poll: What Are Your Instant Orgasm Killers?

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Imagine you’re on the uphill path to physical bliss, whether traveling alone or with a partner…you’re almost at the edge of that climactic cliff! We want to know what it would take to trip you up, to send you falling backwards down the hill, never to see that potential orgasm again (at least not in [...]

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Comments of the Week – Can Evo Psych Explain Our Celebrity Sex Obsession?

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Last week we wrote a post about our friend’s new guilty pleasure book, Sex Degrees of Separation: The Ultimate Guide to Celebrity Relationships, which sparked an amusing exchange between regular EMandLO.com commenter Johnny and the author of the book, Irad Eyal: Johnny Says: July 9th, 2010 at 1:46 pm Ah jeez. As if Americans weren’t dumb and [...]

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Confession: Withdrawal Is Not an Option

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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photo by David_and_Katarina A college-student contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: “I thought you said you were going to pull out.” In the dark, I could still see his expression, startled yet a little defiant, as if the fact that he had just come inside me without the safety barrier [...]

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Confession: Buddhism, the New Tactic of Players

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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photo by Chi King Our contributor Abby Spector, who is majoring in Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, has a confession to make: Twenty-first century men are stuck between the macho and the metrosexual. They are told to be tough yet sensitive, strong yet vulnerable, careless yet compassionate. The manifestations of this straight man’s limbo differ depending on [...]

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The Virgin Diaries: How I Became a Relationship Guru

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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photo by eflon Our contributor Katherine Chen, who is a sophomore English major at Princeton University (check out her personal site here), is penning a series of confessions for EMandLO.com collectively called “The Virgin Diaries.” Here’s her fourth installment: A few months ago, I was working on a paper at home when the phone rang and on [...]

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Confession: I Don’t Want My Parents’ Relationship

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Mrs. & Mr. Cleaver A college-student contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: I have never met two people who love each other more than my parents. They get a pre-work coffee together every morning. They never get sick of talking to each other. They complete each other’s sentences. They [...]

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