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Blog Snog: 6 Ways to Burn More Calories During Sex

photo via The Frisky The Frisky: 6 ways to burn more calories when you’re having sex. YourTango: The ultimate guide to hooking up at the holiday office party. Pop Sugar: Romantic Christmas cards that are better than mistletoe. How About We: Sorry, short guys, but I won’t date you. Nerve: The four ways you embarrass […]

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The Best Holiday Gift EVER Is Now Under 10 Bucks!

Okay, we may be overstating things just a tad. But just check out the Amazon reviews and you’ll see that 150 Shades of Play: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink — winner of a 2013 IPPY Award! — is the most perfect, affordable, and easily purchased gift for: Your friend who can’t wait for the Fifty Shades of Grey movies […]

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Blog Snog: The Wives of Nelson Mandela (+ the “One” That Got Away)

Your Tango: The wives of Nelson Mandela (plus the secret “one” that got away). The Frisky: Letting go of celebrity body comparisons. How About We: Everything “The Princess Bride” can teach you about love. Pop Sugar: Romantic Xmas cards that are better than mistletoe. Nerve: Nude models manipulate bodies to be both sexy and unflattering (NSFW).

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Do Naked Images Always Lead to Objectification?

The stars and director of Blue Is the Warmest Color; photo via IMDB.com A lot of the commentary about the new film Blue Is the Warmest Color — in particular, its steamy lesbian sex scenes — has focused on the issue of objectification. The director of the movie is male, and many reviewers — both […]

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Blog Snog: The Thanksgiving Edition

The Frisky: “A Thanksgiving wish list for my future partner.” How About We: 10 hilariously awkward meet-the-parents stories.  Pop Sugar: 5 reasons to be grateful you’re single this Thanksgiving. Nerve: What not to do with your food during Thanksgiving prep. Your Tango: The best Black Friday deals for couples (or as we like to call it, Buy Nothing [Except Our […]

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Erika Lust Wants to Turn Your Fantasy Into an Erotic Film

We frequently hear from couples who disagree on the subject of porn, and one of the first things we advise them is to be ethical and responsible when it comes to porn consumption, and to try out porn made by women and with a feminist perspective. Like Erika Lust, for example, an author and erotic […]

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Blog Snog: Sexy Men and Their Sexy Cat Twins

How About We: Sexy men and their sexy cat twins. The Frisky: No, but seriously: Sex can be satisfying without orgasm. Pop Sugar: 5 reasons to be grateful you’re single this Thanksgiving. Your Tango: Can the ugly green monster actually help a relationship? Nerve: How anonymous sex on Tinder turned into something more.

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Get Mortified: How to Celebrate Your Awkward Teen Years

One of the most moving moments in the new documentary Mortified Nation — based on the popular and hilarious Mortified live show that has been staged across the country — is when a participant talks about how teens just want to be heard. They don’t necessarily need to feel understood — especially by adults — but they […]

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Top 10 Worst “Breast Cancer Awareness” Memes

Don’t get us wrong: We’re all for raising awareness of breast cancer  (we just wish other forms of cancer had such good publicity reps), but we think sometimes all this supposed “awareness” can lull people into thinking they’ve actually contributed something worthwhile and concrete. At their best, these online awareness memes usually do nothing at […]

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Feel the Force: Star Wars Vibrators

Geeks of the world, get excited! Balazs Sarmai, a photography, video and web artist based in Hungary, just designed a series of Star Wars sex toys based on actual LELO pleasure objects. They’re “Force powered,” aw yeah. C-3PO (above) is a LELO GIGI 2, R2-D2 is a LELO ALIA, Vader is a LELO IDA and the Stormtrooper is a LELO TARA. You […]

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Blog Snog: All the Reasons to Love Guys with Beards

The Frisky: 13 totally unsexy ways to improve your love life. Your Tango: Can you have a great marriage without a spicy love life? Nerve: The perils of the seasonal significant other. How About We: All the reasons why you should love guys with beards. PopSugar: Celebrities who dressed up for Halloween.

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Our Favorite #MensRightsMovies on Twitter This Week

Every now and then, a hashtag comes along that renews our faith in the Twitterverse. The latest, #MensRightsMovies, cracked us up. Who knew so many people out there are thinking about equality and feminism this early in the day on a random Tuesday in October? Yay, Internets! Thanks to @jaythenerdkid for kicking off the meme. […]

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Halloween Blog Snog: Which Costume Is Worse?

  The Frisky: Help decide who’s the winner of  the “WTF?! Halloween Costume Battle.” Nerve: Last Halloween’s greatest Missed Connections. YourTango: Vote NOW for the best couple’s costume. How About We: Internet-meme costume-ideas for couples. PopSugar: The best Halloween cards from someecards.com. 150 Shades of Play: Top 10 timely Halloween costumes for couples.

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Top 15 Worst “Sexy” Halloween Costumes

We recently published a top 10 list — only slightly tongue in cheek — of “sexy” Halloween costume ideas for men, in an attempt to balance out the playing field this October 31st. To highlight exactly why the world needs more Sexy John Boehner Crying and Sexy Walter White, here is a top 15 list of […]

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Top 10 “Sexy” Halloween Costume Ideas for Men

You’d think by now we’d be unshockable, but every year we continue to be flabbergasted by the sheer range of Halloween costumes that are sexed up. (Sexy cheeseburger, seriously?!) What’s not shocking at all: That 99.9% of these costumes are for women. So here are some ideas for men who are looking to gratuitously sex […]

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Top 10 Timely Halloween Costumes for Couples

It’s only three weeks to Halloween, which means that if you plan on doing something more elaborate than throwing a sheet over your head and saying BOO! a lot, you better get your act together soon. So, with that in mind, here are our top ten ideas for timely Halloween costumes for couples. We make […]