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Blog Snog: What to Do After the Sex Is Over

photo via CollegCandy CollegeCandy: What to do after the sex is over. YourTango: 10 things that happy couples talk about. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: How to green your sex life. TheFrisky: 24 places you definitely shouldn’t have sex. TresSugar: Why you haven’t seen an ad for Zestra, the female Viagra. TomFoolery: Could JLo’s movies ruin your relationship? […]

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The Raw Sex Scenes of Blue Valentine

One of the films we’re most excited to see in the next few months is the indie-flick 12 years in the making, “Blue Valentine,” starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling and out December 31st. It’s an intimate portrait — almost documentary style — of a relationship/marriage over the course of several years, cross-cutting between different […]

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Books: How to Find Good Porn

scene from Five Hot Stories by Erika Lust We’ll admit it: we know very little about porn. In theory we know that there’s better porn out there than the crap our male hallmates used to watch in college with their doors “accidentally” left open. Especially now there are many online websites such as hdpornvideo that […]

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Blog Snog: The 5 Most Romantic US Cities

photo by Kiwi Flickr YourTango: The 5 most romantic cities in the US. CollegeCandy: What’s the pointing of dating someone with no future potential? EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Enter their weekly Twitterotica Contest! TheFrisky: 12 advantages to being a single woman. TresSugar: What are these obese Disney princesses so sad about? TomFoolery: Another take on Craigslist haulting […]

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Know Your Meme

We’ve been long-time fans (well, long-time in terms of Internet years) of the website and podcast “Know Your Meme,” a “web series and online database dedicated to documenting Internet culture, one scientismic investigation at a time.” They give you information on the back-story, viral development and spin-offs of every crazy contemporary meme out there, from […]

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Adam Lambert Macks with a Scissor Sister

Scissor Sisters are in the middle of the US leg of their tour to support their new album, Night Work, so Scissor Sisters News just released this update: Katy Perry Watches Adam Lambert Make Out with [lead singer] Jake Shears. Check it out to see the silly backstage shenanigans and get some serious kissing tips […]

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Blog Snog: How to Date Like the Mad Men

YourTango: A crash course in Mad Men-style lovin’. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The Blogess on the weirdest Google queries that led to her page. TheFrisky: 23 really bad sex moves that guys need to ban from their repertoire. TresSugar: Just like Cher, polyamory is making yet another comeback. TomFoolery: Weird beauty trend: bleaching your…everything? CollegeCandy: 6 apps […]

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Bad Sex Advice at the Local Car Wash

photo by jcestnik Normally we don’t bother covering books that we think are terrible, but every now and then we can’t resist. There’s a book available for sale at a car wash (seriously) in L.A. called WTF? How to Survive 101 of Life’s Worst F-ing Situations. (That’s the name of the book, not the car […]

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Blog Snog: How to Write Erotica

. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The “writes” and wrongs of erotica. TheFrisky: A flowchart to help you determine if you should masturbate right now. TresSugar: 10 signs that you’re in love. YourTango: Can a Christian date a non-believer? (which begs the vice versa question) TomFoolery: Rethinking some of this manscaping business. CollegeCandy: One woman’s way to get […]

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Hysteria, a Vibrator Rom-Com

image of antique vibrator from GoodVibes’ Antique Vibrator Museum Back in the 1800s, hysteria (literally, “womb disease”) was considered the most common “disorder” among women; its symptoms were mental and emotional distress, thought to be brought on by the womb’s revolt against sexual deprivation. (Live in a sexist society where you can’t vote or work […]

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Blog Snog – Matchmaker Patti's Own Dating Deal-Breakers

CollegeCandy: The dating deal-breakers you really shouldn’t compromise on (just ask Patti — if you get engaged at 43 and want kids, like she did, don’t wait six freakin’ years to call it off because he doesn’t want kids). LemonDrop: Why women should date younger men… if they’re looking for a soulmate. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Forget […]

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Carole Feurman's Swimmer Sculptures

Thanks to Sprayblog, we were just introduced to Carole Feurman‘s hyper-realistic, larger-than-life sculptures. She currently has a one-person show going on through September at the Louise Alexander and Ilan Engel Gallery in Italy, which is particularly well-suited for the end of the summer: large sculptures of swimmers in caps, suits and goggles. They don’t exactly […]

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The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex

We’ve been a fan of Kristen Schaal’s since she played super-fan Mel on the awesomely genius show Flight of the Conchords. (If you’ve never seen it, stop reading this post immediately and add it to your Netflix queue. But come back!) She’s now a correspondent on The Daily Show, where her boyfriend Rich Blomquist is […]

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Blog Snog – 10 Annoying Wedding Trends That Need to Go

photo by clever cupcakes LemonDrop: I now pronounce you annoying — wedding trends that need to go. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Ladies aren’t the only ones overwhelmed by pubic topiary. TheFrisky: Debriefing with the ex about what went wrong. TresSugar: Should there be warnings on airbrushed images? YourTango: One way to get a man: stop being so […]

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Virgin Dating Site Leaves Us Speechless… Almost

Browsing the dating site YouandMeArePure.com left us temporarily speechless, and then clutching for the right words to express our… awe? The top five things that boggled our minds: For grammar nerds who are bothered by the site’s name, the very first sentence at the top of the entire site helpfully explains, “YouAndMeArePure is NOT a […]

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A (For Lack of a Better Word) Refreshing Anti-Rape Campaign

The Tumblr blog Bitter Buffalo said it best: “What’s this? An anti-rape campaign that focuses on preventing rape instead of preventing women leaving the house? Holy crap it’s Christmas.” Read the full post on SUNfiltered