How To
Top 10 Spanking Tips

Hand-to-bum contact, if you can pull it off without cracking up (heh, we said crack), is a great way to add some kinky flavor to your next sesh. It’s intimate, it’s saucy, and — when compared to, say, a whip or a flogger — it’s safe for newbies to try out. Also, a recent study […]

Polls
Poll: When Do You Ask About STDs?

Hooking up with someone the first time, do you ask about their sexual health history (e.g. if they’ve ever had an STD, when they last got tested and for what)?(answers) Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

How To
How to Kiss and Tell

photo by Tuftronic10000 We can’t deny the simple joy of a good, discreet dish session. Follow these rules: No X-rated group emails. Choose one or two close, tight-lipped friends who can keep their mouths shut. A one-night-stand with someone outside your social circle is fair fodder for a slightly wider audience, as are generic and complimentary […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Four Thoughts on Fantasizing

1) I fantasize about other women all the time. All The Time. I’m in a wonderful, committed relationship with a gorgeous woman. I’m able to have my fantasies, and tell her about them — which means that they become part of our relationship. Something that brings us together, rather than something that drives us apart. […]

News
Naked News (09-22-09)

photo by VirtualErn An anthropologist claims that hot dinners — rather than sex — were the basis for early human marriages. A Kansas couple is robbed at knifepoint while having sex in a dumpster. Seriously, people, a dumpster? We try not to be judgmental around these parts when it comes to sex, but that’s just plain nasty. […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Why Do Men Hate Talking on the Phone?

photo by Mykl_Roventine Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following:  Why do guys seem to hate talking on the phone? Gay Single Guy (Daniel): My suspicion is that it has to do with how most straight guys talk, or rather, don’t talk. Straight men seem to not indulge in […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Do His Fantasies Mean He’ll Cheat?

Dear Em & Lo, I’m a 23-year-old woman who has been in a relationship with my partner for over a year and a half. The sex is good, but I recently found out my partner fantasizes about other women he has seen whilst he has been out with me, or out on his own. How […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: He Cheated While I Threw Up

photo by WayTru 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 that I was in the living room and had taken some pills and I was getting […]

Pop Culture
Al Franken’s Love Letter from Washington

How novel is this? A politician sends out an email to his supporters and doesn’t ask for money…he doesn’t ask you to write letters about policy…or to volunteer your time to some campaign. He simply asks you to “remember a funny story about someone you love, smile, and be thankful.” We heart Al Franken. Thank goodness he’s […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: My Work-Crush Won’t Dump His GF

Dear Em & Lo, I am torn. I don’t want to be a male poacher, however, “Bob,” who is my coworker, and I have undeniable chemistry. We have never physically done anything — nothing! He does say to me quite often that he wishes he and I were together. He has cooked for me, he […]

Pop Culture
Korean Air Ad Lays It On Thick

This ad from Korean Air called “The Color of Perfection” has been around for a while, but it’s making the rounds again on the some of the news networks (just accidentally saw it during a commercial break of the awesome “Rachel Maddow Show” after an amateur forwarding maneuver on TiVo). Some have referred to it as […]

Websites
Blog Snog (09-18-09)

photo via amanda_christine A weekly roundup of some of our favorite sex- and love-related posts from various blogs and websites: CollegeCandy is on Team Kanye, and only slightly ashamed to say it. We’re on Team Obama-Swift, and proud as hell to say it. Also, we’ll say this: Jackass! TresSugar lists the top 15 movies featuring cougars, including one […]

Vids
Green Porno’s Season Three Contest

This week, the Sundance Channel launched its third season of “Green Porno,” Isabella Rossellini’s wacky exploration of all the weird ways animals do it (this time around, there are more overt environmental messages throughout). To honor the show, we’re holding another contest where one lucky EMandLO.com reader will win an eco-friendly prize pack. It includes […]

News
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Sex Toy Ban

We have a special place in our hearts for Sherri Williams: the owner of a sex toy store called Love Stuff in Hoover, Alabama, she has been fighting her state’s ban on sex toys since the law was enacted in 1998. Yep, you read right, 1998: this isn’t an antiquated law Williams is trying to […]

How To
How to Have a One-Night Stand in 10 Easy Steps

Yesterday our first weekly column appeared in Metro, the 6th largest circulated newspaper in the U.S., with an audience of more than 1.2 million daily readers in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. If you’re outside these three cities or missed us on your morning commute, we’ll be reprinting our how-to column, unabridged, every Wednesday. This week’s […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: On Post-Sex Cuddling vs. Sleep

photo by tiffa130 I’ve never understood the general female sentiment (and I am female) that it’s a negative thing to “roll over” and fall asleep after sex. In my opinion, your level of exhaustion/sleepiness is directly proportional to how good the sex was. After a really fantastic session, if I lie perfectly still I can […]