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How To
How to Make Your Love Life Green and Sustainable

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day coming up tomorrow, April 22nd, we had a chat with Stefanie Iris Weiss about her new book Eco Sex: Go Green Between the Sheets and Make Your Love Life Sustainable. How does going green improve your sex life? If your sex life has gone stale, greening […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: A Different Way to Do It

photo by Michael Schubart In response to our chart on reconceptualizing male and female genitalia, Prof V had this to add: [For] men and women who were looking for more than ‘insert tab A into slot B’, [I’ve] always told them to take time to learn about each other’s bodies. Identify certain touches/sensations/pressures they enjoy […]

How To
How to Keep Cohabitation Hot and Heavy

When you move in together, what you lose in mystery you make up for in intimacy. But lack of mystery can kill romance and passion. So here are 7 steps to make sure living together doesn’t ruin good lovin’. 1. Be courteous. People often assume that manners are meant to govern the interactions of strangers […]

News
Naked News: Free Condoms, Demi's Youthful Secret, and Prop 8

photo by soundfromwayout University students in Houston who are members of the Atheist, Agnostic, Humanist and Free thinker Association are running a “Canons for Condoms” campaign: They will accept any religious scripture and trade it for condoms, pamphlets or educational text. Demi Moore credits her youthful appearance to a lot of sex with her husband. […]

Your Call
Your Call – Should She Risk Losing Love Because She’s Young?

Dear Em & Lo, I’m 18 years old and I’ve been with my boyfriend for 3 years now, since I was 15. It’s been great over these few years. We’ve argued but everyone argues and we’ve managed to work things out and talk on a level where we can understand each other. He’s most definitely […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Can Men Spot Fake Orgasms?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Do most guys think they can tell a faked orgasm from a real one? Do they even care? Are they just happy to be blissfully ignorant? Like they’d rather believe a faked orgasm than know she didn’t really have one? And if […]

News
A Catholic Church Sex Scandal Round-Up

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Pope Opera www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party During the Pope’s visit to Malta this past weekend, he visited with abuse victims, paying a lot of lip service to “healing” and “investigations.” Yeah right! He also commended Malta for keeping […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Ex-Husband Gave Birth

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: I recently divorced my ex-husband after his not being there for me and his children for many years. I also took back my […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Bromance, Matchmaking and Childhood Crushes

photo via IMDB Tomfoolery: What’s the Straight Guy Friend Equivalent of Going All the Way? Sexis: Just How Tough IS It, Being a Straight Guy? CollegeCandy: The 5 Douchiest Ways to Dump Someone Lemondrop: IUD, the Birth Control No One’s Heard Of YourTango: 9 Signs You’re a Good Matchmaker TresSugar: Questions to Ask Yourself Before a Friend […]

News
It's National STD Awareness Month

This is just a friendly neighborhood reminder that April is National STD Awareness Month. Yes, if you’re having sex, you’ve still got to worry about those pesky little infections. So several organizations are working to encourage you to get tested. Use Planned Parenthood’s widget to confirm whether you should get yourself to a clinic. MTV’s […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: Can I Cheat on a Cheater?

photo by kevindooley Dear Em & Lo, I am 25 years old and I recently found out that my boyfriend of one year is cheating on me. I confronted him about it and he is adamant that there is nothing going on. Recently I got back in touch with an old boyfriend. I’ve known him […]

How To
How to Reconceptualize Male and Female Genitalia

The following Em & Lo article is also published in Sexis, EdenFantasys.com‘s magazine: So often we focus on the differences between men and women. But we’d do well to consider how alike we are, too — especially when it comes to sexual anatomy. Rather than thinking of a woman’s parts as inferior, miniature versions of […]

Pop Culture
Books: The Husbands and Wives Club

Before we started reading The Husbands and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples Therapy Group by Laurie Abraham (based on this NYT mag cover story), we had a number of preconceived notions. (1) Okay, so other people’s therapy might be interesting when Gabriel Byrne plays the therapist on HBO, but real-life […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Can I Ask My Gyno for Sex Advice?

photo by solcookie Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, Are most gynecologists willing to talk about sex in fairly graphic detail — is it […]

News
Naked News: Gaga on Celibacy, Huckabee on Gay Adoption & Nike on Tiger

photo by Domain Barnyard “[I]t’s not really cool any more to have sex all the time,” says Lady Gaga. Mike Doesn’t-Believe-in-Evolution Huckabee’s deep thoughts on gay couples adopting: “Children are not puppies. This is not a time to see if we can experiment and find out, how does this work?” “It was a surprise for […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Let’s Kill the Cow That Gave the Milk for Free

We know this comment appeared last week, but we are in such hearty agreement that we decided it deserved mentioning this week anyway. Amen, Madamoiselle L! There is NOTHING I HATE as much as the STUPID, PATRIARCHAL, MISOGYNIST bullshit “analogy” “He won’t buy the cow if he can get the milk for free.” Those who […]