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Top 5 Love Lessons from The Bachelor (Juan Pablo, Ep 4)

photo courtesy of ABC/Christopher Jue When your date confides in you about their terrible, deadbeat, alcoholic father who abandoned them, do NOT respond with, “Wow, that must have been so difficult for your father.” The appropriate response is, “Wow, that must have been so difficult for your YOU.” Don’t tell your date what you think […]

Movies
Which Disney Princess Are You? (Em & Lo Style)

Results from the Zimbio quiz “Which Disney Princess Are You?” have been popping up in our Facebook feed this week. Most of them are as saccharine and subtly sexist as the Disney movies themselves: They’re just begging for a more honest edit, with a little tough love thrown in — one that reflects the disturbing […]

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Blog Snog: The Ultimate Breakup Playlist

The Frisky: 6 ways to deal when you hate your friend’s boyfriend. Pop Sugar: The ultimate breakup playlist. Your Tango: The Oscar love curse… who’s in danger this year? Nerve: Everything you need to know before you become a porn star. How About We: Too busy for love? Try a part-time relationship. 150 Shades of Play: The […]

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Top 5 Love Lessons from The Bachelor (Juan Pablo, Ep 3)

photo courtesy of ABC/Rick Rowell Date location don’ts: cold and dirty city harbors (that you intend to swim in), sport stadium hot dog kitchens (that you intend to make out in), and bungee-jumping bridges next to busy 8-lane freeways. If you put just the tip in, it doesn’t count. We’re of course talking about putting just […]

How To
Hot & Cheap: How to Make a Home-Cooked Meal for a Dollar!

Being able to cook is traditionally seen as sexy, but frugality? Not so much. But when you save money on food, think of all that leftover moolah you can apply to romantic dinners out, just-because gifts, and sex toy upgrades! When we think of sexiness and frugality, we think of Jack Murnighan. We used to […]

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Blog Snog: Your Relationship Is an Oscar Movie (in GIFS!)

Pop Sugar: Your Relationship Is Basically a Movie (in GIFs of Oscar-Nominated Films) The Frisky: Beyoncé Pens An Essay For The Shriver Report: “Gender Equality Is A Myth“ YourTango: 7 Science-Based Secrets to a Happy Relationship Nerve: Gynecologists Designed a G-Spot Vibe That Supposedly Gets You to a ‘3rd Level Orgasm’ How About We: Bravo’s New Show About […]

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Top 5 Kinds of “Porn” That Should Exist (If They Don’t Already)

Real estate porn, food porn, weather porn, disaster porn, gastro-porn, travel porn… doesn’t anyone watch plain ol’ porn anymore? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this use of the term porn denotes “written or visual material that emphasizes the sensuous or sensational aspects of a non-sexual subject, appealing to its audience in a manner likened […]

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Top 5 Love Lessons Learned from The Bachelor: Juan Pablo, Ep 2

photo courtesy of ABC/Todd Wawrychuk Sensual massage and talk of the dearly departed do not mix. If someone on a date is pressuring you to do something that you don’t feel comfortable with, that goes against your values, and that you simply don’t want to do, then stand up for yourself and don’t do it! […]

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Blog Snog: Inner Monologues on Boobs, His vs. Hers

  The Frisky: Boob thoughts: his inner monologue vs. yours. YourTango: This just in: pubic hair is making a comeback! Pop Sugar: Polar vorsex and pickup lines. Nerve: All the awful things that can happen to a penis during sex. How About We: Ban over-the-top marriage proposals, already. 150 Shades of Play: The best, most affordable […]

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Book Excerpt: Bedded Bliss – A Couple’s Guide to Lust Ever After

Bedded Bliss: A Couple’s Guide to Lust Ever After does something novel: it intersperses marital advice for keeping long-term monogamy hot with a collection of erotica. Author Kristina Wright — the editor of a over dozen Cleis Press anthologies, including Fairy Tale Lust, Dream Lover, Lustfully Ever After, Duty and Desire and the Best Erotic Romance series — begins each chapter of […]

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Blog Snog: Everything Science Taught Us About Sex in 2013

Nerve.com: Everything science taught us about sex in 2013. Pop Sugar: How the world kicked off 2014. How About We: The best possible dating site profile pics, according to science. The Frisky: Why having a gay best friend is mandatory. YourTango: Going to school to learn…how to orgasm better. Nerve: The best Netflix movies that […]

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Funniest Reviews of the iPhone Spin the Bottle App

image via Rankopedia The iPhone app “Spin the Bottle!” says you must be 17 to download it, but what 17 year old still plays Spin the Bottle?! There are 18,695 (and counting) reviews of this app, almost all of them hilarious. And not one of them, we’re willing to bet, is written by anyone 17 […]

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Blog Snog: Holiday Office Party Don’ts

Pop Sugar: How to Survive Your Office Holiday Party – in Gifs How About We: Watch This Mistletoe Drone Spread the Love The Frisky: How To Sidestep Various Awkward Mistletoe Situations YourTango: 7 Naughty Holiday Traditions to Try Nerve: The 12 Sex Positions of Xmas 150 Shades of Play: Our kinky book is now less than $10 […]

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The Year According to Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Lawrence

2013 was the year when two twenty-something women, Miley Cyrus, 21, and Jennifer Lawrence, 23, mouthed off — like, a lot. They both talked like they couldn’t give a sh*$, but we happen to think that JLaw (is that how the kids do it these days?) really doesn’t care what we think, while Miley’s quotes are a […]

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Porn & Romance: An Odd Couple?

The following is a sub-chapter about “the age of hypersexualization” from the new book “THE NEW SOFT WAR ON WOMEN: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men — and Our Economy” by Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett, Ph.D. It’s the perfect holiday gift for anyone who says we live in a […]

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Last Week for FREE Shipping of 150 SHADES OF PLAY!

Kimono Robe by LELO Your holiday shopping days are dwindling, so don’t miss out on the chance to give your lover a naughty stocking stuffer, your best friend a companion piece to her dog-eared copy of Fifty Shades, or your coworkers something to blush over during the Secret Santa exchange at your holiday office party! […]