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Top 10 Secretly Feminist Movies

No filmmaker in their right mind would advertise the fact that their film has feminist ambitions — we’re pretty sure that’s box office suicide (sad, but true). Despite that, some films have pretty obvious feminist heroes — think Thelma and Louise, G.I. Jane., Jodie Foster’s character in THE ACC– USED, and Erin Brockovich. And then there are […]

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Blog Snog: 16 Things People Masturbated to Before Discovering Porn

Flowers in the Attic The Frisky: 16 things you might have masturbated to before you knew porn existed. Tres Sugar: Steamy, edgy, and sentimental German romances to stream on Netflix. YourTango: 4 steps to a “Pitch Perfect” relationship. How About We: 12 surprisingly intelligent love lessons from “Jersey Shore.” Huffpo Women: The real reason men love breasts.

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Blog Snog: 12 Very Real, Very WTF Children’s Books

College Candy: 12 very real, very WTF childrens’ books. Tres Sugar: How to get sexy time back after having kids. YourTango: 4 reasons why “Fifty Shades” is still so popular. Nerve: Ron Swanson’s greatest sex advice.  The Frisky: The sexiest restaurants in the world. How About We: 6 lesbian secrets for straight men. Huffpo Women: How Kate […]

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Blog Snog: Armpit Licking and 17 Other Celebrity Fetishes

College Candy: An open letter to guys about consent. The Frisky: 18 celebrity fetishes. How About We: 25 places to hook up this autumn. TresSugar: Meet Mr. Fifty Shades, a.k.a. E.L. James’s husband. YourTango: 3 fall TV shows to watch as a couple and 3 to watch solo. HuffPo Women: Why everyone secretly envies their single […]

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Playing Ukelele Can Save the World

Last week we saw Amanda Palmer perform live (and totally drunk-Tweeted her afterward, oops) — but right before the show, we saw her hubby, author Neil Gaiman, read a new, unpublished short story. (To seven hundred freakin’ people, holy shit — some of them queued all day to get a good seat!) Anyway, as a […]

Personal Essays
In Defense of the “Woman-Child”

photo via Flickr I (Lo here) consider myself a pretty hardcore feminist. And I love Jezebel.com. So I expected their “Woman-Child” article today to be just my kind of internet candy. My best guess about its focus? The media’s obsession with infantalizing women to make them seem cuter, softer, more likeable. But it actually turned out to […]

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“For a Good Time Call…” Contest!

***THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*** We’re suckers for swag. And for sex-positive movies with strong, independent, female characters. So it was fortuitous when the people behind the new Focus Features movie “For a Good Time Call…” offered to give our readers the chance to win the following prize package: $100 Visa gift card to have […]

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Blog Snog: 10 TV Couples Who Love to Kiss & Make Up

photo via College Candy College Candy: 10 TV couples that love to kiss and make up. The Frisky: On hearing men talk about women’s bodies. How About We: 4 things Congress doesn’t know about sex. TresSugar: He dumped me via text.  YourTango: Experts reveal how to revive your sex life post-kids. HuffPo Women: Why I chose not to […]

Movies
Top 10 Reasons Why SECRETARY Is Better Than FIFTY SHADES

You’ve got to give the Fifty Shades of Grey books credit. The erotic trilogy by E.L. James has single-handedly made BDSM mainstream (now everyone knows what a safe word is), been a boon to the sex toy industry (hello, love beads!), and improved the sex lives of many a long-married couple (a chapter a day will keep […]

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Top 10 Sexiest Foreign Films

American exceptional-ism? Phooey! Countries across the pond have better food, more civilized health care, and way sexier films (what a buzzkill a Puritanical national origin can be). And our friends at the Sundance Channel aren’t afraid to embrace their frisky foreign friends: check out their line-up anytime, and chances are you’ll find a cool film […]

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Blog Snog: Sh*t White, Middle-Class, Married People Do

photo via Better Homes and Gardens Ideas The Frisky: Shit white, middle-class, married people do. College Candy: Signs You’re Not Ready to Have Sex. How About We: 10 things that were awesome about crushing in school. TresSugar: Michelle Obama vs. Ann Romney. YourTango: 3 surprising ways porn affects your relationship. HuffPo Women: 5 mistakes women […]

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Janeane Garofalo Wants to Make Love to Bob Dylan

The right soundtrack can transform a so-so sexual encounter into something memorable (just ask Hollywood producers). And the wrong soundtrack? Well, that can really screw things up, as it were. Imagine: you’re feeling all lovey-dovey and want to hold your lover’s face while you make sweet missionary love… and then your partner puts on some […]

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Top 10 Tangled Love Triangles in Film

The tangled love triangle is such a cinematic trope that we could probably put together a list for every year (or a list of Top 10 love triangles with bad ’80s haircuts… or Top 10 love triangles starring Reese Witherspoon…). We decided to limit this list to love-triangle films we actually enjoyed (and not in a guilty-pleasure kind of way) — […]

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A Dinner Table Debate Over Gay Marriage

photo by Stuart Isett for The New York Times With all the backlash over “legitimate rape” vs. illegitimate (sic) rape last week, another great debate got a little lost in the shuffle: the one over gay marriage between sex columnist and married gay dad of one adopted son, Dan Savage, and the president of the National Organization for […]

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Blog Snog: Love, Sex & Marriage in the Days of “Downton Abbey”

photo via Flickr College Candy: 10 foolproof conversation starters. How About We: 10 songs to ease your dating anxiety. TresSugar: Love, sex and marriage in the days of “Downton Abbey.” The Frisky: 8 good reasons to have a one-night stand. YourTango: How not to obsess over every guy you date. HuffPo Women: Make room for […]

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The “Fifty Shades” Generator

Are you a print or web designer in search of exciting placeholder text? Are you a fledgling author struggling with a sex scene? You’re in luck! The “Fifty Shades Generator” creates “world-class literature based on a pre-defined vocabulary” — a pre-defined vocabulary of clever, creative and totally offensive slang for genitalia and coitus culled from […]