A contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: Until about a year ago, my mother was always very close-minded about sex. I never had “the talk” with either of my parents, and I learned about intercourse and other modes of love making via fellow classmates, porn, and the […]
Photography duo Paulie & Pauline are coming out with a new book in April called “Off the Set” which features porn stars and their partners in intimate, non-porn moments. Paired with the images of the ten couples are essays by the photographers and some of their subjects, actual love letters, and stories that humanize people […]
photo by sinabeet Dear Em & Lo, I have a male friend whose company I enjoy very much (I’ve known him for about 3 months). He’s very much attracted to me (or he just wants sex) and we hang out when we can and talk on the phone almost everyday. We are both single at the moment and […]
Julie Klausner’s new memoir, I Don’t Care About Your Band, is one of the funniest books about dating we’ve ever read. And this is coming from two women who are kind of sick of (a) memoirs and (b) books about dating. Her book will remind you that dating can always get worse — but fortunately, […]
photo by Fireflies604 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: In real life, my wonderful relationship with my boyfriend will be ending in about two weeks due to him permanently […]
e-Valentine from Lemondrop Lemondrop is letting you express your geek love with e-Valentines written in Na’vi, Elvish or Klingon! The Frisky lists 10 unique Valentine’s Day gifts (we’ll take a pass on the stir-fried Taiwanese crickets). YourTango’s “Male Take” lists some good Valentine’s Day ideas for couples. Goodvibes has poll on what item you’d most […]
photo by pedrosimoes7 Violet Blue has written about a zillion books on the subject of sex, but finally there’s one you can discuss with your grandmother: Seal It with a Kiss: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Delivering the Knockout Kiss. Seeing as the national smooch holiday is almost upon us, we thought we’d check in […]
Dear Em & Lo, My boyfriend of 2 years just broke up with me. It came out of the blue, to me at least, and I am devastated. I thought he was going to propose and instead he told me he didn’t want to be with me anymore. Didn’t give “specific” reasons, just that he […]
*besides those flicks by the worst rom-com actors ever In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, the most overrated ones, […]
Our reader IC brought our attention to Puma’s genius ad campaign, The Puma Hardchorus, with the tag line “They want to be in your arms. You want to be in the stands. What do you do when Valentine’s Day falls on game day?” The site allows hardcore soccer fans to dedicate and send a video […]
photo by Mykl_Roventine Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here every few weeks. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, I know I am done having children, but I do not want to go under […]
photo via TheStar.com A restaurant in Canada that jokingly (they say) invited diners to have Valentine’s Day sex in its unisex bathroom would now rather forget about the offer. Apparently not everyone got the “joke” part. President Jacob Zuma of South Africa acknowledged that he fathered one child out of marriage, which contradicts the government’s HIV/AIDS campaign […]
Let’s clarify that question: Can/should straight married people have opposite-sex friends? Which begs the question, can/should gay married people have same-sex friends? These questions were inspired by the following recent comment: I have found that even though I’ve been married for years, I never spend time alone with my husband’s male friends, even men who […]
photo by erin MC hammer Writing a love letter can be a daunting endeavor, especially when you’re not sure where to start. Should you put it in verse, use flowery language, get erotic? As with almost anything in life, the simpler you keep it, the easier (and often better) it will be. It doesn’t sound […]
photo by CarbonNYC In honor of Valentine’s Day, MyVeryWorstDate.com is holding a contest for the most cringe-worthy, laugh-out-loud, WTF! dating story in the country. The winner, who’ll be announced on February 14th, will receive 1000 bucks cash to help pay for the PTSD therapy sessions. Here are the basic rules (click here for the fine […]
photo by Ovidio Cordero In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, and the most overrated ones. Today we give you […]
