Sex Advice With An Edge
— In her memoir, “More,” Molly Roden Winter recounts the highs and lows of juggling an open marriage with work and child care. By Alexandra Alter For anyone prone to experiencing secondhand embarrassment, there’s a scene in Molly Roden Winter’s debut, “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage,” that should come with a warning. Winter is …
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— When pets affect human relationships From prophetic pooches to clingy cats, Guardian readers share tales of how pets have influenced their love lives, for better and worse By Doosie Morris While humans have kept domesticated animals for tens of thousands of years, there’s no evidence that anyone was ever driven out of a cave …
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— ‘We are not used to educating about sex beyond the risks it can pose’ The adult film director has created a non-profit online platform that seeks to give parents and educators the tools they need to discuss pornography and sexuality with children and teenagers By Cristina Bisbal Delgado Erika Lust, 46, has been directing …
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But Are We Ready for It? After an awkward MeToo hiatus, ‘May December’ and other films are showing intimacy in messy, complicated ways again. By Alexandra Kleeman In Todd Haynes’s newest film, “May December,” Joe Yoo (Charles Melton) is a 30-something man in a marriage with an unconventional back story. He met his wife, Gracie …
By Jeremy Brown In the movies, we often see a man or woman sweep his or her partner up, kiss them passionately, and have their way with them with barely a word spoken on either end. This notion that a person can simply take what they want when they want is not only false; it …
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— Whatever you’re into, here’s what you need to know… By Alice Porter If you’re looking to change up your sex life and try new things, you might be interested in exploring the world of kink. But whether you’re googling new kinks in a private browser or dipping your toe into something like BDSM with …
— The questions kids ask show the changing reality of sex education By Maani Truu James* was in Year 3 when he walked up to his teacher and asked her what a 69 was. He had heard the number being joked about by other students and wanted to know what on earth they were talking …
— “After a year during which there has been very little good news about people’s reproductive health, this is the first solid win in a long time,” says BU gynecologist By Molly Callahan The FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States could be a revolutionary change in birth control …
— SF State prof sees reasons for rethinking LGBTQ history by Brian Bromberger For Marc Stein, professor of history at San Francisco State University, queer history is a calling, realizing he is part of a network and a community of gay intellectuals. Many U.S. college history departments don’t even define queer history as a bona …
— ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’ More and more people are choosing to go without sex. And, in many cases, they’ve never been happier By Emine Saner Caitlin didn’t set out to become celibate – at least not in the beginning. Three years ago, she was coming out of …
— New York Magazine’s “Sex Diaries” series asks anonymous city dwellers to record a week in their sex lives — with comic, tragic, often sexy, and always revealing results. The column, which began in 2007, is the basis of a new docuseries on HBO. As told to Alyssa Shelasky This week, a landscape architect goes …
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— Teens weigh in on evolving definitions — and habits By JOCELYN GECKER Situationships. “Sneaky links.” The “talking stage,” the flirtatious getting-to-know-you phase — typically done via text — that can lead to a hookup. High school students are having less sexual intercourse. That’s what the studies say. But that doesn’t mean they’re having less …
— The heart of sex research By Justin R. Garcia At the entrance to the Kinsey Institute, at Indiana University, there’s a plaque with a famous quote from its founder, Alfred C. Kinsey: “We are the recorders and reporters of facts — not the judges of the behaviors we describe.” That ethos is at the …
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— The Top 10 Questions to Ask By Ivy Cosca> Having sex is healthy. Most experts also agree that it’s beneficial to couples — it’s basic human nature! Plus, who doesn’t want to see their partners enjoy sex? It’s easy to navigate your way while getting it on in the bedroom. However, communicating with your …
— ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’ More and more people are choosing to go without sex. And, in many cases, they’ve never been happier By Emine Saner Caitlin didn’t set out to become celibate – at least not in the beginning. Three years ago, she was coming out of …
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