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Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Should I Lie to Virgin BF About My Body Count?

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, My boyfriend […]

Research
How Sexually Adventurous Are You?

If you answer, there’s a free sex book in it for you! GoodInBed.com next’s survey is on sexual adventure (Would you like to try something new in the bedroom? What have you done, and what are you up for? What turns you on with your partner?). Take the survey between now and June 22, 2011, and […]

How To
How to Talk Dirty Without Being Dirty

photo via Flickr A lot of people refuse to talk dirty because they are afraid of sounding stupid (see this week’s Wise Guys about what NOT to say in bed). But you don’t have to say things out of character, throw around more four-letter words than Gordon Ramsay, or speak in pornographic detail in order […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Vanessa, Is There a Pill That Won’t Make Me Moody or Pudgy?

Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood ® Federation of America, will be answering your questions here. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, The last time I tried going on the Pill, it made me crazy (depressed, overly emotional, […]

News
The First Cut Is the Deepest: The Circumcision Debate

photo via Flickr Thanks to San Francisco’s proposed circumcision ban on the ballot this coming November, there’s been a lot of turtleneck debate of late. Many have been crying antisemitism, which seems a bit ludicrous if you think of male bodily integrity as a human rights issue (i.e. no one would call fighting against female […]

How To
The 10 Rules of Wrist Restraint

Lelo cuffs Today we are going to talk about “sensual bondage.” This is a kinder, gentler BDSM that just focuses on the simple wrist restraint of a partner who gives you their permission to do so first. Anything more complicated and you’ll need to school yourself thoroughly in the safety aspects of bondage, either with […]

News
Naked News: Declining Sperm Count Just a Nasty Rumor After All

photo via flickr The myth is debunked – humankind’s sperm count is a-okay! Alabama passes “fetal pain” anti-abortion bill, with no exceptions for rape and incest. Miami high school elects transgender senior as prom queen. Tracy Morgan says gay is something kids learn from the media. Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Getting Your Libido Back After Babies

photo via Flickr MrsMuggs commenting on the post Your Call: She Wants to Want It But Doesn’t: I went through a period of hating sex after my kids were born. One thing I realized was that I never thought about sex except at bedtime and then it was “Oh, shit, he’s going to want to […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What’s Bad Dirty Talk?

photo by Tim Morgan Advice from three of our guy friends. This week a straight woman asks,”Is the word “penis” a buzz-killer during dirty talk? What other words/phrases should be avoided?” Straight Single Guy (Tyler Barnett): Penis penis penis penis penis! It’s just such a funny word, isn’t it? Penis! And laughter is not exactly […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Was Pushed Off the Empire State Building

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. This week, a reader asks Lauri: My boyfriend said he had a dream that someone pushed me off the Empire State Building. He said he went […]

Websites
My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

Last week it was Awesome People Hanging Out Together; this week it’s My Daguerreotype Boyfriend (“Where Early Photography Meets Extreme Hotness”), which, officially or not, seems to be a subset of Fuck Yeah Victorians. So if your “type” existed in the wrong century or you had a really hot great grandpa, then this site is […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Favorite On-Screen Bromances

CollegeCandy: 12 reasons men wish they were women YourTango: What happy couples have in common MyDaily: Why one woman is swearing off primping TresSugar: 5 romantic dates beyond dinner EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Favorite on-screen bromances TheFrisky: Worst Father’s Day Gift ever!

Pop Culture
Beyonce, Who Run the World? Not Girls.

Beyonce’s latest hit “Run the World” is a girl-power anthem, sort of: “Who run the world? Girls” over and over. Maybe it’s aspirational. Eh, probably not. We think this smart and harsh take by Vlogger “Nineteen Percent” is a better breakdown of the song: we don’t run the world, we do get disrespected, gypped at […]

Your Call
Your Call: She Wants to Want It But Doesn’t

photo by SLR Jester 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 […]

Pop Culture
Blocking a Sex Tape Is Like Getting Toothpaste Back in the Tube

J.Lo in wax via Flickr We never thought we’d say this, but we feel kind of bad for Jennifer Lopez. Apparently she made a sex tape of sorts — there was no actual sex in it — with her ex-hubby on their honeymoon back in 1997, and now he’s shopping it around. J.Lo fought to […]

Personal Essays
Top 10 Date Activities I Enjoy Solo

Our contributor Abby Spector, who is majoring in Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, confesses her love for the table for one: People are impressed if you travel to Africa on your own, but if your solo adventuring is a tad less exotic, they tend to look down on it. It is considered “bizarre” to enjoy […]