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What people do if they’re “not dating”

Dates don’t usually come until after you’re a bona fide couple, but who knows what that looks like anymore? Are you two a ‘thing’? Are you seeing each other? Are…

Throwing labels out the window

The first time I found myself attracted to a woman I was about 13 years old, watching Step Up in a local movie theatre. Partway through the sweaty hip-hop scenes…

Sex vs. making love

I hate the term “making love” almost as much as calling my vagina a “flower.” It sounds sensual in the creepiest way, like a trembling hairless cat; however, regardless of…

America needs a chocolate fix

Five years after purchasing Cadbury for $19.6 billion, Hershey’s has decided to ban imports of all British-produced Cadbury chocolate into the United States—this includes Kit Kat bars, Toffee Crisps, Maltesers,…

Ever thought of just not doin’ it?

This sex season, take some time to acknowledge the asexuals among us

What are men good for?

What are men good for? Spider-killing, shelf-reaching, and sex. Right?

Women don’t need children to be women

As a child who loved skipping rope, a common tune I was used to chanting was “First comes love / Then comes marriage / Then comes mommy with the baby…

I stopped having sex because of the Catholic Church

Here’s how to have a relationship without sex

Bad date confessions

There are plenty of ways a date can go bad. We've decided to share some anonymous stories from writers about how their hot dates got put on ice.

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