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Watch This, Not That: 5 Netflix Instant Date Movies to Watch (& 5 Not To)

There are some gems on Netflix that you can watch instantly, and many of them are especially good for a date night. But choose wisely: some are perfect for cuddling up on the couch together, while others just seem that way.   1.Recent Indie RomCom: Watch Safety Not Guaranteed, NOT No Strings Attached The huge star power of No Strings […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My BF Dreamed We Had a Threeway

photo via flickr Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. Got a dream you want Lauri to analyze? Click here to submit it. This week, a reader asks Lauri: Technically, this isn’t my dream, it’s the dream of a guy […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: My Girlfriend Isn’t As Hot As Other Girls

This is what you get if you Google-Image “douchebag” Submit Your Own Question to EMandLO.comTry Our New *PRIVATE* Advice Service! Dear Em and Lo, I love my girlfriend, but she isn’t as hot as other girls I see around, and I’m attracted to them, too. I would likely bang one if I had the chance. […]

Toys
Say “I Do” to Hot Monogamy with LELO’s Bridal Pleasure Set

sponsored post Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something… really blue. LELO’s Bridal Pleasure Set — gorgeously packaged in wedding white, naturally — is here to spice up this year’s wedding season. It’s a saucy and unique gift idea for a bridal shower, bachelorette party, or even a surprise wedding gift — trust us, […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: How to Talk About His Penis Size

photo via Flickr Reader Orchid offers the following suggestion in response to our post, “Your Call: If He Asks About Size, Can I Tell Him the Truth?”  We’re not entirely sure how many guys would let a woman leave things at this short and sweet reply, but it’s worth a try — love the suggestion! […]

TV
Top 5 Lessons Learned from Season 9 Episode 2 of The Bachelorette

Take a tip from a 12 Step Program: no trauma bonding! Admitting to your absentee father / drug-addict mother / type 1 diabetes / poverty status / lactose intolerance is not first-date A material. That said, if you’re forced to wear an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny flesh-colored bikini bottom and shake your junk in front of the […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: How Can She Get a Boyfriend?

We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call on the letter below by leaving your advice in the comments section.  Submit Your Own Question to EMandLO.comTry Our New […]

TV
Why “The Killing” Is One of the Best Feminist Shows on TV

photo by Carole Segal/AMC Okay, if you can get past the fact that the entire series revolves around the brutal murders of pretty young girls, “The Killing” on AMC (whose third season premiered last night) is actually a great feminist television show: – The main character, homicide detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos), is a strong, tough, […]

Horoscopes
Your Weekly Horoscopes: The Road Sign Edition

Years ago, while driving around San Diego on a book tour, we saw what to us was the craziest road sign: the black silhouettes of two adults running for their lives, dragging a youngster behind them, all on a yellow, rectangular background. You don’t get many of those in the Northeast. (Though maybe you yanks […]

Websites
People “Lean In” to Facebook’s Policies on Gender-Based Hate Speech

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 […]

Websites
Blog Snog: How I Broke All the “Rules” and Still Found Love

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 […]

Pop Culture
“150 Shades of Play” at the IPPY Awards!

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 […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Recurring Lesbian Friend Dream

Strength and Patience by Hendrick Goltzius (1500s) Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. Got a dream you want Lauri to analyze? Click here to submit it. This week, a reader asks Lauri: I keep having a reoccurring dream were I […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Genitals Don’t Wear Out Like Sneakers

photo via Flickr This week’s Comment of the Week was in response to the following comment on the post “Wise Guys: Do Men Care What Labia Look Like?”: So my boyfriend of three years just informed me that my lips looked like they have been used frequently. I am not quite sure how to take […]

How To
Why Public Proposals Are a Bad Idea

If you’re thinking about proposing to your partner in public, you might want to browse the stories on Quora.com first. If you haven’t been sucked into Quora.com yet, it’s an addictive awesome time-suck (okay, so maybe you shouldn’t check it out then!), where real people answer questions about everything from “What is the nicest thing […]

Personal Essays
The Inspiring Results of One Couple’s Better Sex Experiment (Part 2 of 2)

If you’ve been in a relationship for a while, you’ll find yourself wanting to spice up your sex life a bit. You might not have the same drive as you used to and want to get it back. You could achieve this by introducing toys, trying foreplay, or even trying an aphrodisiac like Spanish Fly […]