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Happy Fourth!

photo by foxypar4 We’re taking it a bit easy this week to celebrate the fourth, and we hope you are, too. No posts today, and just two posts a day for the rest of the week. (Please tell us you do notice that we typically bring you three posts a day!!) We’ll return to our regularly […]

Pop Culture
Great Music to Have Sex To: Patrick Watson

photo via Flickr Or maybe we should say “great music to make love to” (if we actually used that terminology). It definitely works for making out to. Not frantic rip-off-each-others’-clothes sessions, but more deliberate, sensual interludes that last longer than an hour, the kind earnest teenagers in love engage in. Patrick Watson, the Montreal-based band (fronted by singer-songwriter […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Go Down on My Wife and She Has a Penis

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: Been having the strangest dream: I’m a […]

Sexual Health
German Court Rules Circumcision a “Bodily Harm”

This week a court in Germany ruled that circumcising boys for religious reasons is “bodily harm.” The ruling came as a result of a court case about medical complications following the circumcision of a four-year-old boy. The doctor was acquitted, but apparently the court felt like stirring up a shit-storm anyway.  The ruling isn’t binding […]

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Blog Snog: The Pros & Cons of the Pill

College Candy: The pros and cons of the birth control pill.  How About We: Dude, women are porn watchers too! TresSugar: A Nora Ephron video round-up.  The Frisky: Why you should show your online dating profile to your friends. Nerve.com: 16 hilarious hook-up stories. HuffPo Women: Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling has a few thoughts on […]

News
Naked News: Bieber Fever Explained

photo by Emily Grace Photography What’s behind Bieber Fever? Neuroscience offers an explanation: a ‘safe’ infatuation. Zynga, the company that makes FarmVille and all those other Villes, now has a game called simply The Ville, in which users can have virtual sex. RIP, Nora Ephron. Buzzfeed collects five of her most memorable scenes. Read the rest of this […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Why Does My Vagina Taste Bitter Sometimes?

Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City who answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Hello Dr. Kate, My question is about the taste of my vagina. Both from what my boyfriend has said/his reactions and my […]

Pop Culture
This Is Your Brain on Facebook

image via Zazzle.com Did you know that when someone “likes” your Facebook status — or, even better, actually comments on it — that warm fuzzy feeling you get is akin to the feeling you get from good food or good sex? Of course you knew that! Why else do you waste so many hours on […]

Personal Essays
Confession: I’m a BDSM Beginner

Lelo’s “Etherea” Silk Cuffs A female friend of ours, a recent college grad who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: I think I might be kinky. I know, I know: These days, who isn’t? With Fifty Shades of Grey refusing to budge from the bestseller list and Rihanna singing about how chains […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Watching Women Kiss Is About Control, Not Sex

photo via flickr Reader Michael wrote the following in response to our post “Wise Guys: How Do Men Feel About Their Girlfriends Kissing Other Women?” From childhood we are conditioned to this reaction we have regarding same sex intimacy. Girls run around the playground holding hands and hugging. Boys face a very different environment in […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Why Won’t My Boyfriend Sleep with Me?

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 by leaving your advice in the comments section below.  Dear Em & Lo, I am writing for a few reasons, […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My BF and Ex Coach a Guy on Sex with Me

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’ve had a recurring dream that tends to confuse me. […]

Toys
A New App DOES Make Sending Dirty Pics Safer (Get It Free!)

Once again, the Internets really DO work! Two-and-a-half weeks ago, we told you about a new app called Peek that tried to make sending dirty pics to the objects of your affection safer. The original idea: You take a naughty picture with your phone via Peek, send it out and the recipient can only view the picture once, through a […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What Will Men NEVER Tell Their Partner?

photo via flickr Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What are some sex-related things a guy will NEVER tell the person he’s dating?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Married Guy (James Glazebrook):  What he really wants to do. Openness is the key to any […]

Pop Culture
Monday Mix: Muppet Dating Advice, Porn Dilemmas, and More

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… these are a few of our favorite things making the rounds on the Internets of late: Muppet Dating Advice: An awesome article on Slate explains how everyone is either a Chaos Muppet (Cookie Monster, Ernie, Grover, Gonzo, Animal, Miss Piggy, etc.), or an Order Muppet (Burt, Scooter, Kermit, […]

Websites
Blog Snog: 18 Comebacks to “Why Aren’t You Married Yet?”

How About We: 18 comebacks to “Why aren’t you married yet?” YourTango: 6 surprising myths about infidelity. (Though we take serious issue with #3… clearly they didn’t poll yours truly on the topic.) College Candy: In defense of dating multiple guys at once. TresSugar: Hot hair metal dudes. The Frisky: 7 ways to mess up the morning after. […]