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Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: In a Casual Relationship, What’s the Diff Btwn Honesty & TMI?

photo via Flickr  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.  So, I have been having a casual sexual […]

Sexual Health
Sad with Shitty Insurance? Try Online Group Therapy

Ever feel like you could benefit from a therapist but you don’t have the cash or you can’t travel to sessions or you just don’t wan to make the commitment? Now the magic Internet is bringing the therapists to you for only $9.99 per hour-long sesh. Talktala:_ is a brand new site (so new they’re […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Dream of Breast Milk and Now I Want It

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: I am a guy and often dream […]

Advice
Wise Guys: Do You Like a Helping Handjob, Or Is Solo Better?

photo via flickr Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “s a handjob better than nothing for most guys, or would they rather just do the job themselves in that case?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Single Guy (Tom Miller): This question is silly. […]

How To
Our Commencement Advice to Grads

In his recent Class Day speech at Princeton University, Steve Carell closed with his version of the “wear sunscreen” list of helpful hints for grads. (Except, of course, the original “wear sunscreen” advice was not given by Kurt Vonnegut during a commencement address at MIT, as the Internets insisted on telling us for years — […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Summer Movies to See (a Guess)

Spider-who? Bourne-who? Nevermind summer action blockbusters, this season we’re much more interested in love, family, and friendship with our summer lineup. Of course, that doesn’t mean you won’t find those themes in films about space, but if you’re a more down-to-earth person (literally) then these sassy and saucy flicks will be just right for you. […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Vintage Tampon Advertising

College Candy: 15 signs it’s time to walk away. YourTango: Are you selfish? 6 ways to tell. TresSugar: A look at vintage tampon and pad advertising. The Frisky: 7 life lessons learned from working at Starbucks. HuffPo Women: Ridiculous boob-centric ads. iVillage: Awkward baby shower cakes. How About We: What your bookshelf says to a […]

News
Naked News: The Karma Edition (Starring Herpes and Adultery!)

photo via flickr Used to be you could lie about your genital herpes or cheat on your wife on a plane without anyone paying too much attention. Let’s give thanks to the information age for bringing some good old-fashioned karma back into the picture! A new strain of gonorrhea is growing resistant to antibiotics. Awesome! […]

Polls
Question of the Week: Could a Roommate Help Your Relationship?

The New York Observer reported this week that more and more married couples are taking in roommates, thanks to the economy (and the always tough real estate market in the city). More than one couple noted that having a roommate was actually good for their marriage — it forced them to have more interesting and […]

Pop Culture
A New App Tries to Make Sending Dirty Pics Safer

A reader just tipped us off to this 99 cent app called Peek: it lets you take naughty pictures of yourself and send them to the object of your affection with a little less risk. The recipient can only view the picture once, through a small circular moveable “keyhole”, for only 30 seconds before it disappears (from […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Gay Sex Scenes in Mainstream Movies

Thanks to the Hays Code, gay characters were largely missing from the movies up until 1968. And even more recently than that, it was considered career suicide for a male actor to “play gay.” These days, it’s not hard to find gay characters in mainstream Hollywood films — the gay best friend has become a […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Keep Cheating and Getting Caught

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: Okay, so lately I’ve been having a lot of dreams […]

News
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

Just in case The Sound of Music didn’t clue you in: it turns out that nuns can be a bit cheeky. Maria Von Trapp sang out of church, ate too much, and fell in love (oh yeah: and evaded the Nazis). These days, nuns behaving badly are more likely to be waving the feminist flag, […]

Toys
Quite Possibly the Best Sex Toys Ever Invented (For Reals)

(Cue the opening music to “2001: A Space Odyssey”:) In the beginning, LELO created the first 24-karat gold sex toy. Next, LELO created the first eco-friendly lithium polymer rechargeable batteries for bedside accessories. Then, LELO created the first wireless massagers whose vibrations are created through movements of the remote. And now? Behold! The SenseMotion™ Insignia 2 line! Seriously, our friends (whom we’re now […]

How To
What Your Vehicle Says About Your Sex Life

photo via flickr Country singer Kip Moore doesn’t rhyme “truck” with “fuck” in his hit song “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” — but he doesn’t have to. Every line of the song oozes sex. Screw rising gas prices and your neighbor with the Porsche, the implication goes: a truck is for getting laid in (in the […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: How Do Men Feel About Dirty Talk?

photo by db*photography Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What’s your opinion of dirty talk?“ To ask the guys your own question, click here. Gay Single Guy (Angelo Nikolopoulos of The White Swallow): I’m not categorically opposed to dirty talk, as long as my sexual soup de jour isn’t a complete moron. Which […]