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Blog Snog: Amour, Grocery Stores, and Condom Sizes

photo by Malias TomFoolery reports on a survey finding that the French word “amour” is the most romantic in the world, narrowly pipping the Italian “amore” to the post. What, no “I wuv you”? Speaking of, TresSugar is here to help: They list 15 foreign words Americans could use for dating. We love them all, […]

Books
Everything You Wanted to Know About Marriage But Were Afraid to Ask

Neither one of us ever read Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love (soon to be a movie starring Julia Roberts) — we were both faintly annoyed by the idea of being along for the ride while some over-analytical divorcee worked through her problems on paper. But then Curtis Sittenfeld’s review of Gilbert’s Committed: A […]

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Dear Dr. Vanessa: Can I Get HPV Orally?

photo by db*photography 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, Can you get genital HPV orally? — Orally Fixated Dear O.F., Yes, you can.  […]

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Comment of the Week: To Tattoo, or Not To Tattoo…

photo by madaboutasia I’d agree with everything on this list except #7. For chrissake, don’t get a tattoo that has anything to do with the ex. It’s inevitably the same in a breakup: at first it consumes your world to an extent that makes it seem tattoo-worthy — oh, the pain! But by the time you screw […]

Personal Essays
My New Sex Ed Teacher: Mom

A contributor friend of ours, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: Until about a year ago, my mother was always very close-minded about sex. I never had “the talk” with either of my parents, and I learned about intercourse and other modes of love making via fellow classmates, porn, and the […]

Pop Culture
Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners

Photography duo Paulie & Pauline are coming out with a new book in April called “Off the Set” which features porn stars and their partners in intimate, non-porn moments. Paired with the images of the ten couples are essays by the photographers and some of their subjects, actual love letters, and stories that humanize people […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: How Can I Tell If He Wants More Than Sex?

photo by sinabeet Dear Em & Lo, I have a male friend whose company I enjoy very much (I’ve known him for about 3 months). He’s very much attracted to me (or he just wants sex) and we hang out when we can and talk on the phone almost everyday. We are both single at the moment and […]

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Kermit the Frog Is a Terrible Boyfriend

Julie Klausner’s new memoir, I Don’t Care About Your Band, is one of the funniest books about dating we’ve ever read. And this is coming from two women who are kind of sick of (a) memoirs and (b) books about dating. Her book will remind you that dating can always get worse — but fortunately, […]

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Dream Interpretation: My Boyfriend Loses His Head

photo by Fireflies604 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: In real life, my wonderful relationship with my boyfriend will be ending in about two weeks due to him permanently […]

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Blog Snog: Valentine E-Cards, Gifts and Haikus

e-Valentine from Lemondrop Lemondrop is letting you express your geek love with e-Valentines written in Na’vi, Elvish or Klingon! The Frisky lists 10 unique Valentine’s Day gifts (we’ll take a pass on the stir-fried Taiwanese crickets). YourTango’s “Male Take” lists some good Valentine’s Day ideas for couples. Goodvibes has poll on what item you’d most […]

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How Not to Kiss Like a Zombie and Other Helpful Kissing Tips

photo by pedrosimoes7 Violet Blue has written about a zillion books on the subject of sex, but finally there’s one you can discuss with your grandmother: Seal It with a Kiss: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Delivering the Knockout Kiss. Seeing as the national smooch holiday is almost upon us, we thought we’d check in […]

Dear Em & Lo
How to Get Over a Break Up (in 10 Easy Steps)

Dear Em & Lo, My boyfriend of 2 years just broke up with me. It came out of the blue, to me at least, and I am devastated. I thought he was going to propose and instead he told me he didn’t want to be with me anymore. Didn’t give “specific” reasons, just that he […]

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The Worst Rom Coms Ever

*besides those flicks by the worst rom-com actors ever In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, the most overrated ones, […]

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The Puma Hardchorus

Our reader IC brought our attention to Puma’s genius ad campaign, The Puma Hardchorus, with the tag line “They want to be in your arms. You want to be in the stands. What do you do when Valentine’s Day falls on game day?” The site allows hardcore soccer fans to dedicate and send a video […]