Websites
Blog Snog: Kissing, Players, and Summer Flings

photo by © LOVE © Eden Fantasys: Nina Hartley on what to avoid when locking lips. YourTango: 10 signs you’re dating a player. LemonDrop: A three-step guide to having a filthy summer fling. CollegeCandy: Should you admit to cheating? TresSugar: Robbing the cradle may shorten your life. TheFrisky: What his favorite sexual position says about him. […]

Vids
Geekiest Marriage Proposal Ever

Warning: only hardcore nerds — or those with a soft spot for hardcore nerds — will find this YouTube footage (below) touching. Game designer Anders Howard, with the help of his friends, designed a video game to propose to his girlfriend Steffany; he got friends and family together for a launch event of the game […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo – What's Between a Boyfriend and a Booty Call?

photo by balinto Dear Em & Lo, Not too long ago I was in a committed relationship with a great guy. However, he wanted to be a bigger part of my life than I was really hoping for, and we ended up breaking up because of it. I’m nineteen, in college, and figuring my own […]

Pop Culture
What We Talk About When We Talk About Boobs, Part 2

On Monday here we introduced the book Uncovered by Jordan Matter, and featured four of the women in the book. Today we feature four more portraits and interviews. Em & Lo: How did you two end up taking part in this photo shoot? Mike: I heard about the project somewhat based on my working as […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa – Swollen Vulva & Painful Urination Post-Sex

Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, will be answering your questions here. To ask her your own question, click here. Lately after my boyfriend and I are done having sex, I swell up down there, and it is really sore, […]

Confessions
Comments of the Week: Learn to Dance, Men!

photo by tauress We were expecting most of the advice for the “Your Call” post about a guy who doesn’t like it when his girlfriend dances with other guys to focus on jealousy and insecurity issues. But instead you surprised us with some awesome practical advice on taking dance lessons… Why aren’t YOU dancing with […]

Personal Essays
The Virgin Diaries: How I Became a Relationship Guru

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 fifth installment: A few months ago, I was working on a paper at home when the phone rang […]

Music
Christina Aguilera Replaces "Vajayjay" with "Woohoo"

We’re predicting the big pop hit of the summer is here — and it’s a going to be an anthem for girls nights out all over the country. For Christina Aguilera’s new song “Woohoo” featuring Nicki Minaj (from her album Bionic out this June) is all about the joys of cunnilingus. Best line ever: “All […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call – I Hate It When My GF Dances with Other Guys

Dear Em & Lo, I’ve been with my girlfriend for over two years and I still get very upset when other guys ask her to dance. I understand she’s not doing anything wrong, just going out and having a good time. I assume it’s because I’m just very scared of losing her. I think it […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys – Do Men Differentiate Between Sex and Makin' Love?

photo by geishaboy500 Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Do guys differentiate between having sex and makin’ love?“ Straight Married Guy (David): A rose by any other name… would still be fucking. Simply a matter of semantics, two sides of the same slippery coin. Actually, bad analogy, since […]

Pop Culture
What We Talk About When We Talk About Boobs

We have to admit, when we first heard about Jordan Matter’s book Uncovered — topless portraits of more than 80 normal women (i.e. not models), all shot in public in NYC — we were cynical. First of all, it’s hard to get past the fact that Jordan Matter is a dude, who spent six years […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Starred in My Friend's Orgy Dream

photo by Vacasion 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: My friend had a dream about me being in an orgy with two people that I know and one of […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Skinny Jeans Don't Mean "Rape Me"

photo by CastawayVintage.com Lemondrop explains why skinny jeans don’t give a guy the right to rape the wearer. Your Tango, in honor of Mother’s Day, presents their top 15 posts about motherhood. Edenfantasys’ Bloggess confronts the myth of the elegant-looking vagina. Tomfoolery has 5 products that will “save” your relationship. The Frisky covers Ms. Magazine‘s […]

News
The 50th Anniversary of The Pill

photo by Jenny Lee Silver This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Pill, and there’s been some interesting coverage of it by the media. Margaret Marsh, one of the first researchers granted access to the personal letters of the Pill’s co-developer, John Rock, discusses his Catholicism, among other Pill tidbits. The Guardian points out […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: Is Long-Distance, Virtual Love Real?

photo by NightRPStar Dear Em & Lo, I am a 64 yr old widow of 16 yrs. I met a 59 yr old divorced firefighter online.He says he loves me and is planning to move to my hometown to be with me when he retires this summer. We’ve been chatting online for a month. We […]