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Blog Snog: Haitian Donations, Marriage Tips & Penis-Size Provocateurs

GoodVibrations has teamed up with the Red Cross so you can easily donate to help Haiti when you shop online at GoodVibes or in any GV store. YourTango lists 8 principles to a successful marriage. College Candy tackles the penis size issue — have fun storming the castle, kids! Two writers on The Frisky debate […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Sex Tapes We REALLY Don't Want to See

photo by marcn When we read the horrifying news that there’s a John Edwards sex tape out there, we wondered, yet again, when celebrities will realize that the only way to guarantee your sex tape won’t leak is not to make it. But we guess that as long as egotistic, power-drunk celebs continue to think they […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Overlooked Rom Coms

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of top ten lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Last Thursday, it was classic rom coms. On Tuesday, it was alternative love stories. Today, we continue with ten lesser known romantic comedies that never became classics, cult or […]

Research
NOW Can We Give Up Abstinence-Only Programs?

photo by Marina(im.back) You might have seen the headlines this week that read “Rise in Teen Pregnancy Rates.” Of course what’s missing from that title is the fact that these are not real-time figures they’re talking about. The 3% rise in teen pregnancies among 15-to-19-year-olds increased between 2005 and 2006 — the first jump since […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Does My Gyno Care If I Shave?

photo by Eljay 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, Do gynecologists care whether or not your pubic hair is trimmed or au natural? I’m […]

Confessions
Wanna Ask Us a Personal Question?

photo by psd We’re doing an online interview over the next few days on EdenFantasys.com. We’ve already answered a bunch of questions (“What’s your favorite sexual aspect to write about?”, “What’s the difference between writing for books/mags and writing for TV?”, “What are your don’t-go-there topics?”), and will be fielding more through the end of […]

News
Naked News: Sex-Induced Carpal Tunnel and Adultery Billboards

photo via NY Daily News li>Scientists say too much sex (with you supporting your weight on your hands) can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. So switch it up, people! In the wake of rumors that Tiger Woods’ is seeking help at an addiction center, sex therapists, professors, and psychologists are left pondering whether sex addiction really exists. […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Alternative Rom Coms, A.K.A. Chick Flicks Guys Dig

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve decided to rerun a series of top ten lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Last Thursday, it was classic rom coms. Today, we continue with a less traditional list: movies that you might not automatically consider romantic comedies, but movies that […]

Research
The 4 Myths of Online Profile Pictures

OkCupid.com is a free online dating site (with, btw, a weirdly all-male staff, save for the one woman on their about page whose title is, even more disturbingly, “office chick”). They cataloged over 7000 photographs (with average attraction ratings and aged 18 to 32) on their site, analyzing 1) facial attitude (Is the person smiling? […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Fantasize About Anorexic Girls

photo by sernandrea 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’ve been having a series of dreams in which I feel serious affection for other women. In each dream I […]

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Blog Snog: Sexy Superheroes and Ex Lessons

photo by lu_lu GoodVibes imagines some Bay Area Superheroes, from Big Cock Spirit Man (“He speaks of his Buddha nature. He sits very still in parks. And then he takes your hand and places it over his very big cock”) to Lady of the Erogenous Knee (“She is so free of all boundaries, so liberated from […]

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ThingsThatAreDoingIt.com

If you like your humor cheap and juvenile but find PeopleOfWalmart.com just a bit too mean and depressing, then check out ThingsThatAreDoingIt.com — a collection of inadvertently sexually-charged inanimate objects. Many of the coolest ones seem to have dubious origins (no way is that naked tree goddess not Photoshopped) but the ones that look genuine […]

Personal Essays
Baby Talk: Intimacy Tool or Just Plain Gross?

Lo thinks that baby talk is an expression and facilitator of intimacy, that it encourages pair-bonding and protective instincts in romantic relationships. Which is to say, hating it outright is like hating kittens. Em thinks that baby talk is gross. So we decided to settle this once and for all like grownups — in an iChat […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Classic Rom Coms

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve decided to rerun a series of top ten lists over the next few weeks dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Today, we’re starting with the gimmies, the classic rom coms. We defy you not to watch and enjoy these movies when they […]

Research
The Rise of the Sugar Mama

photo via IMDB A recent study by the Pew Research Center, comparing marriages in 2007 with those in 1970, found that husbands whose wives earn more than they do jumped from 4% to 22%. This is partly because, for the first time ever, in the under 44 age group, more women than men have college […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa: Help, Something's Off Down There!

photo by striatic 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, For nearly 5 months I have had a sour tasting vaginal discharge.  It is […]