Sex Advice With An Edge
— A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding All LGBTQIA+ Terms By Prakriti Bhat As kids we’re always taught the world is black and white. There are men and women. Certain characteristics make men masculine and women feminine. There are no in-betweens. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Between these black-and-white boundaries lies a whole other …
— The pioneering gay writer and editor Michael Denneny, who died on April 12, learned from his teacher Arendt that an individual can be free only as part of a free community by Blake Smith Hannah Arendt left behind little in the way of an obvious institutional or intellectual legacy during her brief years at …
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— Communication is key, but so is kindness Some people say that when you’re in a healthy relationship, everything just comes easy. Others will say that’s not exactly true — the best long-term relationships require a lot of hard work, dedication and determination. While we can certainly all agree that no one relationship is perfect …
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By Mira Miller Gender-affirming generally refers to the medical, psychological, and social support provided to individuals who are transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive. to help align their gender identity with their outward appearance and improve their overall well-being. This type of care can include socially transitioning by changing one’s name, pronouns or way of presenting; …
— Ways to Avoid Unsatisfying Sex It’s time we all elevated our sex lives to the next level. By Ally Sweeten You’re about to have a sexual encounter. All the elements seem to be in place, and you have high hopes. But in its aftermath, you may be forced to face an unfortunate reality. The …
— And about asexuality, too 5 books explore why we don’t have to tolerate ‘bad sex,’ and what it means to have loving connections with no sex at all By Julie Kliegman Sex therapist Ruth Westheimer once said, when asked about the possibility of a “sex recession”: “Here is an activity that is free, here …
— 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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By Adrienne Santos-Longhurst What’s the short answer? No, penis size doesn’t matter — at least not in terms of desirability or function. Its size has zero bearing on its ability to give and receive pleasure or do any of what it’s supposed to do. That’s not to say that some people don’t prefer a bigger …
— 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 …
— Here’s How I Handle the Fear and Jealousy That Can Come With Non-Monogamy By Quean Mo Even if you know wholeheartedly that you want to be non-monogamous, actually engaging in that relationship structure can elicit a variety of complex emotions. At the same time that you feel desire, you might also feel fear and jealousy—and …
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— There’s a lot more to this kink than meets the eye By Abigail Moss Financial domination (sometimes shortened to fin dom) is a sexual kink whereby one person allows another to control them financially in some way. This might be by handing over their credit card(s) for a pre-agreed period of time, or by …
— According to Trauma-Informed Sex Educators Who Are Also Survivors By Erica Sloan If you think of the body like a circuit system, “sexual trauma has a way of rewiring things,” says trauma-informed sex educator Jimanekia Eborn, founder of Tending the Garden, a support organization for marginalized sexual-assault survivors that offers a quarterly subscription care …
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— We should not only include but celebrate people with disabilities in conversations about sex. By Kelly Kling The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as someone “who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or …
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— Across the life span — from infancy to the teen years, midlife and old age — boys and men are more likely to die than girls and women By Tara Parker-Pope and Caitlin Gilbert A silent crisis in men’s health is shortening the life spans of fathers, husbands, brothers and sons. For years, the …
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— By focusing on sex, Republicans can court both the evangelical right and the right-wing extreme QAnon vote. By Robert Reich The Republican Party, once a proud proponent of limited government, has become a font of government intrusion into the most intimate aspects of personal and family life. Last Friday, a judge who previously worked …
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