Pop Culture
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

This new Old Spice ad is genius. Check out this Twit interview with the creators of the ad for the play-by-play of how they did it.  The commercial pokes fun at both men and women (refreshing!), which means it appeals to both men and women and thus doubles Old Spice’s potential buying market. Since being […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Can I Get Addicted to My Vibrator?

photo by James_Cridland Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, I use my vibrator pretty much every night, and the vibrations are incredibly intense (it’s […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: I Don't Care About Pubic Hair

photo by J. Tann The fact that I can’t seem to form an opinion on this topic troubles me slightly. Is there something (other than the obvious) wrong with me? Am I ‘too nice’ to even have a conviction? Most of my firsthand experiences came at a time when pubic topiary was a rarity so […]

How To
How to Turn Your Headphones Into a Bedside Accessory

photo by carolyn.will You know the basic idea of sensory deprivation, right? You limit one or more senses, and the others get stronger. Limit everything but touch, and your orgasm will feel like the center of the universe. You may have done this without even knowing you were practicing sensory deprivation — with a blindfold, […]

News
Naked News: Facebook Divorces, Risky Love, and Sex Addicts

photo by benstein Okay, so we know this article was written by a high schooler and all, but we can’t help being fascinated by the statistic she mentions that 20% of new divorce cases in the US include the word “Facebook” in them. Australian study shows that despite drugs that sharply reduce the concentration of […]

How To
7 Ways to Seduce a Straight Guy

photo by Ezyan Y. Let’s face it: seducing guys ain’t that hard. A little cleavage and some footsie is pretty much all it takes. The challenge is making your moves really memorable. What follows are seven classic approaches to seduction that you can make your own — and have fun doing it. The Detective: It’s […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What Are the Best Condoms for Men?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What are the best condoms for guys? And please don’t say the imaginary kind. We want brand names…” Gay Single Guy (Daniel): Don’t be surprised that the best condoms are made by the Japanese. The two best are Crown Skinless Skin Condoms […]

Sexual Health
Sex at the Winter Olympics

Vancouver is continuing the tradition, started in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics, of making free condoms available to athletes. They’re matching the amount of 100,000 that the Chinese provided at the last Summer Games. But since there are fewer athletes in the Winter Games than in the Summer, it works out to more condoms per […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Boyfriend Gave Birth to Our Baby!

photo of seahorse — the only male animal that gets knocked up — by cliff1066 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: Just for some background information, I have been […]

Sexual Health
What Kind of Birth Control Should You Use?

The good news is there are a lot of birth control options available to women. The bad news is you have to figure out which one is right for you — how to choose?! Planned Parenthood has a pretty cool, new widget that can help take a little bit of the guesswork out of it. […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Amour, Grocery Stores, and Condom Sizes

photo by Malias TomFoolery reports on a survey finding that the French word “amour” is the most romantic in the world, narrowly pipping the Italian “amore” to the post. What, no “I wuv you”? Speaking of, TresSugar is here to help: They list 15 foreign words Americans could use for dating. We love them all, […]

Books
Everything You Wanted to Know About Marriage But Were Afraid to Ask

Neither one of us ever read Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love (soon to be a movie starring Julia Roberts) — we were both faintly annoyed by the idea of being along for the ride while some over-analytical divorcee worked through her problems on paper. But then Curtis Sittenfeld’s review of Gilbert’s Committed: A […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa: Can I Get HPV Orally?

photo by db*photography 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. Dear Dr. Vanessa, Can you get genital HPV orally? — Orally Fixated Dear O.F., Yes, you can.  […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: To Tattoo, or Not To Tattoo…

photo by madaboutasia I’d agree with everything on this list except #7. For chrissake, don’t get a tattoo that has anything to do with the ex. It’s inevitably the same in a breakup: at first it consumes your world to an extent that makes it seem tattoo-worthy — oh, the pain! But by the time you screw […]