Holidays
Pop Culture
The 12 Days of Kinkmas

In honor of the holidays and the recent publication of our new book, 150 SHADES OF PLAY: A Beginner’s Guide to Kink, we wanted to put our own special sexy sacrilegious spin on a Xmas classic. Enjoy: On the 12th Day of Kinkmas my true sub gave to me… 12 Crops a Cracking Disciplinary devices […]

News
Last Week for FREE Shipping of 150 SHADES OF PLAY!

Kimono Robe by LELO Your holiday shopping days are dwindling, so don’t miss out on the chance to give your lover a naughty stocking stuffer, your best friend a companion piece to her dog-eared copy of Fifty Shades, or your coworkers something to blush over during the Secret Santa exchange at your holiday office party! […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What’s a Good Present for a Crush / a Boyfriend / a Husband?

photo via Flickr Advice from three of EM & LO‘s guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “What’s a good holiday present for 1) a guy you’ve just started dating (sleeping with), 2) a guy you’ve been exclusive with for a year or so, 3) a husband?” Ask the Wise Guys Your Own Question! […]

Polls
What Is the Etiquette of Saucy Holiday Gifting?

photo via flickr At what point in a relationship is it acceptable to give a gift that is sex-related — a high-end toy, perhaps, or a saucy costume or, say, a beginner’s guide to kink* (to offer a completely random example…)? After you’ve met each other’s parents? After you’ve met each other’s a-holes? After you’ve […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Is a Saucy Love Ring a Good Gift for a Dude?

Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Would a really nice love ring (a.k.a. c*ck ring) be an appropriate holiday gift for a woman’s new sex partner, boyfriend or husband?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Single Straight Guy (Scott Phrenetik): Definitely! I mean, you’re pretty much giving him the […]

Toys
LELO’s Pleasure Sets: For Someone Who’s Been Naughty AND Nice

This post is sponsored by LELO* We are firm believers in giving saucy presents at the holidays — and we don’t mean raunchy tacky underwear that gives you an embarrassing rash. No, we mean the kind of gift that keeps on giving, like a high-end vibrator or a sensual suede flogger. Of course, not every […]

News
Happy Thanksgiving!

photo via flickr This Thanksgiving, we are giving thanks for four more years of Obama, and in particular we are thankful for the preservation of safe and legal abortion; for the trend toward marriage equality; for contraceptive coverage by health insurance companies; for the continued existence of Planned Parenthood (ditto Big Bird); and for a […]

Websites
Blog Snog: 5 Smartass Replies to Probing Holiday Questions

photo via Flickr YourTango: 5 Smartass Replies to Probing Holiday Questions Nerve: Why Everyone Should Be Offended By the Term “Friend Zone” The Frisky: 10 Important Moments In The History Of Pubic Hair How About We: 4 Relationships Don’ts, Courtesy of Patraeus HuffPo Women: 8 Great Book Epigraphs About Love TresSugar: How to Be the Sexiest Man Alive

Special Issues
The Thanksgiving Issue: Love in the Time of Turkey

Wise Guys: How to Win Over His Mother at Thanksgiving Don’t miss Joel Derner’s fail-safe technique for winning over mothers at the holidays! Wise Guys – When Can I Invite Him for Thanksgiving? Sage advice from three men who like turkey. 10 Ways to Win Over Your Partner’s Parents This Thanksgiving “Engage in no more […]

Pop Culture
A Virtual Halloween Costume Contest!

This post is sponsored by LELO After you’ve entered our Breast Cancer Awareness Month Contest, enter another easy-peasy one from LELO: Just tweet them an image of you in your Halloween costume with the hashtag #HallowINA and you could be one of 2 people who will win our amazing INA 2 rabbit style massager! Whatever internet meme, political […]

Special Issues
The Halloween Issue

How to Have Sex with a Vampire A top 10 for all you Twilight fans. Are Halloween Couples’ Costumes Cute or Cloying? What do you think? Let us know! Halloween Haiku Contest Winners please, babe? just the tip? / he thrusts, and…did it break off? / no more zombie sex Wise Guys: How Can I Get Him to […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Best Halloween Costume You’ve Ever Seen a Woman Wear?

Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What’s the best Halloween costume you’ve ever seen a woman wear?” Straight Single Guy (Chris): I once saw a nerdy Lisa Loeb-looking girl dressed in a full R2-D2 costume. It was elaborately constructed, included a drink holder, a bench to sit down, electronic beeping noises, […]

Horoscopes
Your Weekly Horoscopes: 10-22-2012 (The Halloween Edition)

photo via Flickr Each week, we at EMandLO.com predict the course of your love life for the week with our own version of irreverent horoscopes — ignore our advice at your own peril! (Hyperbole intended for dramatic effect.) aries (Mar. 21st-Apr. 20th) How can anyone resist you this week? Especially in that provocative Halloween costume you chose to don […]

Websites
Blog Snog: Scary Movies Perfect for a Halloween Date Night

Tres Sugar: Scary movies with a dash of romance you can stream for a Halloween date night. YourTango: Should vegetarians and carnivores date each other? The Frisky: 6 Couples’ Halloween costume ideas that have nothing to do with “Fifty Shades of Grey” How About We: 10 dating lessons from “Seinfeld” that were completely wrong Huffpo Women: My night […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Scenes of Bare America

In honor of the birth month of our nation, we collected the top 10 classic birthday-suit scenes from American movies with American themes. The fact that only a minority of them are healthy depictions of sex reflects our puritanical country’s fucked-up relationship with the topic. Feel free to light a sparkler and disrobe in patriotic solidarity — […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: How to Make Fireworks in the Bedroom

Advice from three of EM & LO‘s guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “Seeing as it was Independence Day yesterday, what’s your number 1 tip for making fireworks in the bedroom?” Straight Single Guy (Tyler Barnett): Pop champagne! Sex is all about letting go of inhibitions and nothing helps you tap into those deep, […]