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Blog Snog: The 20 Hottest Sex Scenes in “Game of Thrones”

YourTango: 18 signs you’re dating a man who “collects” women. The Frisky: What Time magazine gets all wrong about Pretty Woman, sex trafficking, and sex work. Pop Sugar: The 20 hottest sex scenes from Game of Thrones. Nerve: “Artsy nudes” and the naked cellist (NSFW). 150 Shades of Play: Now you’ve seen the movie, learn how […]

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An Open Marriage Can’t Fix Something That’s Already Broken

A new memoir called The Wild Oats Project: One Woman’s Midlife Quest for Passion At Any Cost is giving a lot of committed monogamists the chance to say “I told you so!” about open marriage. Here’s the book in a nutshell: San Francisco-based magazine editor Robin Rinaldi felt like her marriage was in a rut, […]

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New Web Series: “Swipe Click Bang”

The new web series from director Michael Sasso called “Swipe Click Bang” is about the mating habits of Millennials in the age of Tinder. Each webisode focuses on one couple who’ve just met through a hookup app and are either about to do it, are doing it, and/or just did it. According to Sasso, the […]

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Blog Snog: 10 “Weird” Things You Do As a Couple That Are Actually Normal

photo via YourTango YourTango: 10 “weird” things couples do that are actually pretty normal. The Frisky: I got my tubes tied at 28 because I don’t want kids. Ever.  Pop Sugar: You won’t believe where this couple crossed paths 16 years earlier. Nerve: Meet kink photographer Natasha Gornik. (“[Gay male fisting] was like a comfy sweater […]

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TBT: Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church’s Obsession with Sex

Lo listens to YouTube debates on religion for fun. (Seriously, it makes doing the dishes so much more entertaining.) She just came across an oldie-but-a-goodie: A 2009 “Intelligence Squared” debate entitled “The Catholic Church Is a Force for Good in the World” featuring Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Ann Widdecombe (with a voice only a Monty […]

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Photos of the Week: Feet in Bed

When you do a search for “sex” on Getty Images, you get a lot of interesting results — so many, in fact, that we were compelled to create a superlative series of Getty “sex” search images. Since we’re in the market for a lot of PG-rated images that convey sexual congress here at EMandLO.com, we decided to narrow our […]

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Blog Snog: The Double Life of a Human Carpet

YourTango: 8 good reasons to read a book tonight, instead of having sex. The Frisky: The lesbian obsession with straight women. Pop Sugar: The Bachelorette couples – where are they now? Nerve: The double life of a human carpet. 150 Shades of Play: Now you’ve seen the movie, learn how to do all that stuff without losing […]

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Word of the Week: Cinemadultery

photo via flickr These days, most of us watch TV on our own schedule, rather than sitting down in front of the box when the networks tell us to. In fact, plenty of people never even sit in front of a television set to watch their favorite shows! And plenty of us wait until an […]

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The 15 Best Sexiest Movies on Netflix Right Now

We’ve scanned Netflix for the best sex-related movies so you don’t have to. Are they all “sexy,” in the traditional sense of the word? No. In fact, you might consider some the opposite of sexy. But most of them deal with issues related to mating and relating with ingenuity, style and/or intelligence. We’ve ranked them […]

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Making a Bad Show Worse: Turning “The Bachelorette” Into “Highlander”

Well, we’ve made it through another season of The Bachelor. The editors cut the footage with a heavy hand to make us think Chris would ultimately think with his dick and pick the distant, unamused, hot virgin, Becca, instead of the much more sensible choice, Iowa-loving, family-embracing, 100% gung-ho, baby-talking (in ALL senses of the word) […]

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Blog Snog: How the New Cinderella Movie Is Just Like “The Bachelor”

YourTango: Your Tweets about feminism are good for you, according to science. The Frisky: A very important update on average penis size. Pop Sugar: Cinderella is basically “The Bachelor,” and 6 more thoughts on the new film. Nerve: I was a street walker for a night. 150 Shades of Play: Now you’ve seen the movie, learn how to […]

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Top 10 Life Lessons from “The Bachelor” (The Women Tell All)

via The Bachelor’s Twitter feed Last night, we came to the cat fight portion of the season with “The Women Tell All” episode of The Bachelor, in which producers gather together all rejected participants in a room with a live studio audience to watch — and defend — their most humiliating, offensive, mean-spirited and basically […]

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Blog Snog: Photos of Kansas City’s 1960s Drag Scene

YourTango: 10 reasons every woman needs a male BFF (as written by a man). The Frisky: Seven rules for fighting fair with your partner, according to science. Pop Sugar: If Disney Princesses met their Princes on Tinder Nerve: Photos from Kansas City’s 1960’s drag scene. 150 Shades of Play: Now you’ve seen the movie, learn how to do […]

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LELO’s First Movie Explores Modern Intimacy… Without Sex Toys

You may know LELO as the creator of some of your favorite pleasure objects, but now they would also like you to think of them as movie people… though it’s all still in the interest of intimacy. Sex toy skeptics like to claim that bedside accessories reduce intimacy, inserting a piece of high-end silicone where […]

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The Best (and Worst) Quotes from the 2015 Oscars

Speeches about equal pay for women and gay rights…equal opportunity objectification (thanks, Neil!)…straight men being sensitive and highly emotional about their mothers…more jokes about balls than boobs…anyone would think it was 2015 out there! Here are our favorite quotes from the Oscars last night: “I tried to commit suicide at 16, and now I’m standing […]

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Blog Snog: What I Learned From Remarrying My Ex

YourTango: What remarrying my ex taught me about anger and forgiveness. The Frisky: How to host a small penis party. Pop Sugar: Promposals are the new proposals. Nerve: The year I spent as a phone-sex operator. 150 Shades of Play: Now you’ve seen the movie, learn how to do all that stuff without losing an […]