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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 […]

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
Erotic Deathmatch: Fifty Shades of Grey vs. 150 Shades of Play

This is the face the other Jamie makes when judging our book better than the one his movie is based on Jamie Maclean is the founder and editor of the Erotic Review Magazine, an intelligent and artsy London-based website dedicated to sex (and NOT the US-based Yelp for escorts of a similar name). So how could we […]

Pop Culture
Fifty Shades Parody Tells of Dungeons… and Dragons

Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is on sale at Amazon If you’re planning on seeing the Fifty Shades movie only so you can get your snark on, then we have a reading assignment for you. Of course, the web is littered with Fifty Shades of Grey parodies, but “Fanny Merkin” (a.k.a. Andrew Shaffer, author of […]

Pop Culture
“150 Shades of Play” Is on Kindle for Valentine’s Day!

Our latest book, now available in a discreet Kindle edition We get it: 150 Shades of Play: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink is not necessarily the book you want to be caught reading on the bus, or during your lunch break, and it’s definitely not the book you want sitting on your nightstand when your […]

Special Issues
The Naughty & Nice Issue

‘Tis the season to be sexy. So brush up on your sex etiquette for the holidays with our best festive advice below. This of course includes buying everyone you know our book 150 SHADES OF PLAY, now available as an affordable Kindle E-Book and the print version on sale for under 10 bucks, so you […]

Toys
Em & Lo’s Sexy Holiday Gift Guide!

This is our five-part series on sexy gift giving this holiday season. We start with the affordable gifts around 10 bucks and work our way up with gifts priced around $25, $50, $100 and $150+. They’re not all sex toys, so you’re sure to find something for every adult on your shopping list! Gifts for […]

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The Halloween Issue

The 10 Sexiest Scary Movies Horrifying and hot. The 10 Most Romantic “Monster” Movies Love can be scary. How to Have Sex with a Vampire A top 10 for all you Twilight fans. Are Halloween Couples’ Costumes Cute or Cloying? What do you think? Let us know! Halloween Haiku Contest Winners please, babe? just the tip? / he […]

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The Valentine’s Day Issue

The Best Valentine’s Day Present Ever! The top 10 reasons why our new book 150 Shades of Play makes the best Valentine’s Day present ever!   10 Easy Ways to Be More Romantic Romance is contagious. So the best way to get your partner to be more romantic is to be more romantic with them first. […]

Dear Em & Lo
The New Year’s Issue

A Refresher Course for Your New Year’s Kiss Brush up on your midnight pucker up.   20 Naughty New Year’s Resolutions Screw the gym membership. What’s a Man’s Ideal New Year’s Eve? Good wine. Good food. Good friends. And maybe a disco beat?   One More Time: What’s a Man’s Ideal New Year’s Eve? Three […]

Special Issues
The Naughty and Nice Issue

‘Tis the season to be sexy. So brush up on your sex etiquette for the holidays with our best festive advice below. This of course includes buying everyone you know our book 150 SHADES OF PLAY, now at a special holiday price of under ten bucks for the first time ever, so you can give […]

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The Threeway Issue

Confession: 8 Rules for the Third Wheel in a Threeway And you thought the couple had it hard!   Top 10 Tangled Love Triangles in Film The tangled love triangle is such a cinematic trope that we could probably put together a list for every year. Here, we just pick the best ever.   Poll: Have […]

Special Issues
The New Year’s Issue

A Refresher Course for Your New Year’s Kiss Brush up on your midnight pucker up. 20 Naughty New Year’s Resolutions Screw the gym membership. What’s a Man’s Ideal New Year’s Eve? Good wine. Good food. Good friends. And maybe a disco beat? One More Time: What’s a Man’s Ideal New Year’s Eve? Three more of […]

Special Issues
The Naughty and Nice Issue

‘Tis the season to be sexy. So brush up on your sex etiquette for the holidays with our best festive advice below. This of course includes buying everyone you know our new book 150 SHADES OF PLAY, so you can give everyone a Merry Kinkmas! What’s the Worst Holiday Present You Ever Received from a […]

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The Thanksgiving Issue: Love in the Time of Turkey

Wise Guys: How to Win Over His Mother at Thanksgiving Don’t miss Joel Derner’s fail-safe technique for winning over mothers at the holidays! Wise Guys – When Can I Invite Him for Thanksgiving? Sage advice from three men who like turkey. 10 Ways to Win Over Your Partner’s Parents This Thanksgiving “Engage in no more […]