This is an update of last week’s post (see below): Our book group just read “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. According to its Amazon descrip, she (and let’s be honest, her writing and research team) examine “why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the […]
photo via flickr The Frisky: I did everything “wrong” but still found love. Nerve: Top 10 sexual proclivities you might not have known existed. YourTango: Is it too late to save your marriage with therapy? How About We: The 10 best things about being single in the summer. HuffPo Women: How NOT to write about […]
Last night, we attended the IPPY Awards ceremony in NYC to receive our silver medals for all-around awesomeness in an independently-published sex & relationship book.150 SHADES OF PLAY: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink is now an award-winner! While sipping our complimentary cocktails (yay, open bar!), nibbling the mediocre passed apps (free food, eh), listening to all the award announcements (there […]
photo via flickr The bizarre, unsettling cicada invasion got us thinking about all the other kinds of things that would be way easier to handle if they occurred only every 17 years… A D-list reality TV star’s sex tape is “accidentally” distributed. UTI’s. Someone says “I’ll call you” and never does. Reverse wheelbarrow sex. A […]
photo via ABC.com 1. Vocal fry is so not hot. 2. If you have a sense of humor, please use it when you’re one on one with the person you’re trying to charm. (We’re talking to you, Mr. ER doctor with the glasses and the droopy eyes). And while we’re at it, if you have […]
Our book group just read “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. According to its Amazon descrip, she (and let’s be honest, her writing and research team) examine “why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower […]
photo via Flickr Nerve: Does a higher IQ lead to kinkier sex? The Frisky: An erotica eBook with…Rep. Michele Bachmann as the inspiration? YourTango: Take the Durex Sex Survey! HuffPo Women: Are shirtless men the new big thing in advertising? PopSugar: The 10 rules of the wedding hook-up. How About We: An ode to long walks […]
More than half of all women have put off sex — even when they were in the mood — because they felt too fat. A recent study showed that how a woman feels about her body has more influence on libido than even menopause — and we have the letters in our inbox to back […]
photo via The Frisky The Frisky: 11 times when it’s totally appropriate to have a loud orgasm. Nerve: Which Arrested Development star would you get sex advice from? YourTango: 4 reasons why second marriages are better than first. HuffPo Women: The man no woman needs in her life. PopSugar: GIF Quiz: Are you over him […]
Lelo’s Etherea Silk Cuffs (a black version is part of their Dare Me Pleasure Set) The following is from our very own naughty, award-winning dictionary, 150 SHADES OF PLAY: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink. Bolded words signify individual entries that appear elsewhere in the A-to-Z section of the book. Anything with a tie icon indicates an activity or […]
photo via Flickr Angelina Jolie wrote an op ed in the New York Times today about her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy in order to greatly reduce her risk of breast cancer, which she had an almost 90% chance of getting due to a “faulty” gene (BRCA1) which greatly predisposes carriers to the disease. Her acting […]
One of our new favorite songs is a cover one of our new favorite songs by one-man-show (and total cutie) George Barnett — The Frisky‘s post this week about the realities of dating musicians helps keep our little fantasies in check: The Frisky: 12 things to know about dating a musician. Nerve: Why more […]
Woohoo!!!! Our most recent book, “150 SHADES OF PLAY: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink” has won a 2013 IPPY Award! The Independent Publishers Book Awards is the world’s largest book awards contest and the longest-running unaffiliated independent publishing awards contest (since 1996). It’s designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles […]
photo via Favim YourTango: Crazy places to have sex (and not get arrested). The Frisky: My mom was a sex professor at my college. How About We: It’s time to shatter one of the biggest remaining glass ceilings. Nerve: A Cosmo-inspired guide to destroying a woman’s libido. PopSugar: Wes Anderson’s guide to love. HuffPo Women: How […]
1. A little dab’ll do ya. They were talking about Brylcreem, but every time we hear this we remember it’s time to stock up on lube. 2. Let your fingers do the walking. We think we’ve probably co-opted this Yellow Pages slogan pretty much every time we’ve written about the importance of a little […]
How About We: The complete guide to Googling your date/ex/crush. The Frisky: How NOT to have a travel romance. Nerve: How a sexless relationship saved one woman. YourTango: Win $50! Tell them how you talk about sex. PopSugar: A guide to royal weddings around the world. HuffPo Women: 10 frustrating gender myths. 150 Shades of Play: Moms are kinky people […]
