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Confessions
Comments of the Week: All the Responses to Our Labia Article

photo by robbie_jim A few days ago, we got this comment in response to the Wise Guy piece “Do Men Care What Labia Look Like?” and all its comments: Amy Lee Says: May 19th, 2012 at 4:57 am e Well,I have large labia and I was hoping to get some assurance from all these men that have […]

News
Just How Stupid Is That Homophobic Pastor’s Plan to Round Up Gays?

This video of a North Carolinian pastor spewing homophobic hate has been making the rounds. Made “pukin’ sick” by the thought of men kissing men, Pastor Charles Worley comes up with a big idea to get rid of homosexuality once and for all — a “final solution,” if you will: Build a great big large fence, 150 […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: I Climax Too Early (And I’m a Woman!)

photo via flickr Dear Em & Lo, I’m an 18-year-old girl/woman and I want to be more sexually active, but every time I have sex with my boyfriend I orgasm super quickly (like in less than 5 minutes) and it feels weird to keep going. What should I do? I really want to keep up […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Boyfriend Ignores Our Baby Named “Forest Potato”

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: Just last night I dreamed that I […]

How To
How to Spot a Hipster in the Bedroom

Last week we wrote about how to spot a hipster in the wild. Inspired by that, we decided to put together our own guide to spotting hipsters. Here are our top twenty ways to know you’re having sex with a hipster. 1. Hipsters love to 69. 2. Hipsters love to make sex tapes using their […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: If a Guy Says He Doesn’t Like Porn, Is He Lying?

Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “If a guy says he doesn’t like porn, is he lying?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Married Bisexual Guy (Bryan Sebeck): Not necessarily. Porn is one of those things that get categorized as a guilty pleasure, but I know more than a few […]

Toys
Lelo’s Short Film of Vibes at Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing right now (May 16-27) and one of its special guests is one of our favorite pleasure-object producers: the high end Swedish design company, Lelo. They’re screening their very own short — okay, it’s a crummy commercial. But as with everything Lelo does, it’s beautiful, sleek, glamourous, luxurious and inviting — like their […]

Websites
Blog Snog: A “Fifty-Shades of Grey” Parody

still from FSoG parody by barelypolitical College Candy: A “Fifty Shades of Grey” spoof The Frisky: “The Rules” are back, and they’re still not helpful. YourTango: 12 ways to start loving your body without hitting the gym How About We: 50 places to meet people (besides a bar) TresSugar: 1940s wedding inspirations

Research
Naked News: Homophobia Is Down, Gaydar Is Up & Mankinis Are on the Way

photo via Flickr Just by looking at picture of someone’s face for a split second, more often than not people can guess that person’s sexual orientation correctly. Australian Olympic hopeful looses a bet and has to wear a Borat-style “mankini” during the opening ceremonies. A majority of Americans find gay/lesbian relationships morally acceptable. Read the rest […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Ex Keeps Rejecting 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 always have dreams about my ex-boyfriend. It’s been 3 […]

Pop Culture
How to Spot a Hipster in the Wild

photo via flickr How is it possible that hipsters have been around since the 1940s? (At least according to the OED, which equates the word with “hepcat.” Er, thanks for that.) Even stranger still, how is it possible that hipsters have been around since the 1940s and we still can’t exactly put our finger on […]

Personal Essays
Confession: 4 Things Emma Goldman Taught Me About Sex

EMandLO.com contributor Jewely Hoxie, who is studying Human Sexuality at the University of California Santa Cruz — you can read her blog here — has this to say: Emma Goldman: 1800’s anarchist, philosopher, and rebel women. She believed in free-thinking, free-love, and birth control. The woman wasn’t so much of a suffragist, seeing as she once said, “If […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Transgender Films

In order to make our list of best transgender films, the movies in question had to feature a sympathetic portrayal of a transgender character in a leading role — hence the very problematic Psycho and Silence of the Lambs did not make the cut, obvs. No, the following films are all thoughtful, moving depictions of […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Easy Orgasms Are No Joking Matter

In an advice column on our site, “I Can Orgasm Easily, What’s Wrong With Me?!” we once made light of the issue of women who climax at the drop of a hat — we told the woman who wrote into us that, basically, she has a gift and should enjoy it. Well, the original post was […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: How Can She Get Over Her Girl-on-Top Fears?

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.  Hi guys, I’m a lesbian and have been […]

Research
Online Dating’s Fatal Flaws

photo via Flickr Researches recently published a book-length article in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest on the scientific flaws of online dating. They wrote a layperson’s summary for Scientific American, but even that was three pages long (practically an eternity in internet time). So here’s what you need to know in a nutshell: Online dating’s […]