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Top 5 Love Lessons from “The Bachelor” (Prince Farming’s Season Premiere)

photo via ABC’s The Bachelor It’s been a long, grueling wait, but last night we finally got our fix with the live season premiere of ABC’s “The Bachelor”! This season features “Prince Farming” and Bachelorette runner-up, Chris Soules — a guy who’s so deep in the Iowa boondocks, the closest Starbucks is over an hour […]

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35 Ways Mindy Kaling Won the Internet in 2014

photo via @MindyKaling People often say they love Mindy Kaling because she is “relatable,” but we’re going to avoid that word because we think it’s kind of a backhanded compliment. We can imagine the Underminer saying it. Like, the only reason you love Mindy Kaling is because she doesn’t make you feel bad about your […]

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New Year’s Kisses in New York

Times Square is about the last place we’d want to be on New Year’s Eve, but these folks from Getty seem to be having a good time. Here’s hoping you’ve got someone to smooch in the first few seconds of the first day of the new year, no matter where you are! View image | […]

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25 Romantic Comedies Turned Very, Very Scary

We’re suckers for a good Twitter meme, even if they do make us feel like the clumsy kid who always gets picks last in gym class (i.e. when we contribute to a meme in what we consider to be a hilarious fashion, and are met with resounding Twitter silence). But like the clumsy kid in […]

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Blog Snog: The 7 Sexiest Santas of the 21st Century

photo via YourTango YourTango: The Seven Sexiest Santas of the 21st century. The Frisky: 10 Holiday Party Dresses Under $50. PopSugar: (forgive us:) 30 Hot Guys That Will Get You in the Christmas Spirit Nerve: The 12 Positions of Christmas 150 Shades of Play: Now on Kindle!!! Only $4.99!!! Perfect Last-Minute Gift!!!

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Retro Mistletoe Pics

Just to prove we’re not total Scrooges when it comes to old-timey holiday lovin’ — as perhaps recently suggested by our brutal take-down of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” — we’ve collected some cute, retro, mistletoe images from Getty to get you in the mood, Christmas or otherwise.     View image | gettyimages.com   View […]

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Blog Snog: 9 Ways Love Changes Your Brain

photo via YourTango YourTango: 9 Ways Being Smitten Alters Your Personality (According to Science) The Frisky: Who Said Hate F*&#ing Can’t Be Romantic? PopSugar: 26 Types of Emotionally Intense Proposal Reactions Nerve: What It’s Really Like Being an Up-and-Coming Woman in the World of Web Comedy 150 Shades of Play: Now on Kindle! Now on […]

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“150 Shades of Play” Is Now Available on Kindle!

Our latest book, now available in a discreet Kindle edition We get it: 150 Shades of Play: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink is not necessarily the book you want to be caught reading on the bus, or during your lunch break, and it’s definitely not the book you want sitting on your nightstand when your […]

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Blog Snog: Sex Acts As Represented by Thanksgiving Dinner Dishes

photo via The Frisky The Frisky: Sex Acts As Represented by Thanksgiving Dinner Dishes Nerve Classics: “Feast,” a short story that includes mashed potatoes in places you won’t believe! PopSugar: Your Holiday Guide to Staying Healthy & Happy This Season YourTango: 9 Ways To Make Sure His Family Doesn’t Hate You This Holiday 150 Shades of Play: Get your Xmas […]

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This Week in Great Subliminal Phalluses from History

We just finished Sam Harris’s Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion for our book club last night. It was a spirited debate, which went a little something like this: – Harris is self-centered, arrogant and off-putting. – But you just don’t know him like we do. – He condones drug use. – And that’s […]

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New “Fifty Shades of Grey” Trailer

  It’s like the tingly excitement you felt in your stomach as a kid as Christmas approached with the promise of your most wished-for present, except now that tingling is lower, the holiday is Valentine’s Day, and the present is the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The second trailer was released yesterday and […]

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Blog Snog: Why I Dated a Guy Even After He Raped Me

photo via YourTango PopSugar: Ryan Gosling’s sex appeal explain in more than 130 GIFs. YourTango: Why I continued to date him after he raped me. The Frisky: 6 times I’m happy to be single. Nerve: The 50 greatest songs about one-night stands. 150 Shades of Play: Get your Xmas shopping done early! Our book is less […]

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Blog Snog: The Cure for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Engagement News

PopSugar: The cure for Benedict Cumberbatch’s engagement news. YourTango: Why you absolutely must date more than one guy at a time. The Frisky: On teaching children about boundaries and consent. Nerve: How behavioral science helped train her boyfriend to call her. 150 Shades of Play: Get your Xmas shopping done early! Our book is less than […]

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10 Quick Lessons from “Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue”

I consider myself a hardcore feminist (I’ve even got the T-shirt), one who’s attuned to all the gender stereotypes bombarding us daily. I work hard to combat them whenever and wherever I can. But I don’t live in a vacuum, and I’ve found myself falling into traps I thought I could avoid: like talking tougher […]

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Blog Snog: An Open Letter to Men Who Think Catcalling Is Flattery

PopSugar: The best celebrity couple Halloween costumes. YourTango: An open letter to men who think street harassment is flattering. The Frisky: 10 things stock photography taught me about gender equality. Nerve: Everyone I’ve ever had sex with: Female, 21, Amsterdam. 150 Shades of Play: Get some last-minute kinky ideas for Halloween… and then leave your wig […]

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Blog Snog: Lot’s o’ Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

PopSugar: Which couples costume should you be this yea? Take the quiz! YourTango: 50 crazy and creative couples costumes. The Frisky: 5 technological breakthroughs that will change the way women & men interact. Nerve: Inside the world of an after-hours fetish party. 150 Shades of Play: Get some kinky ideas for your Halloween costume this year… and […]