By Katie Simon
“If I liked women, I’d never date a man again,” my friend Caroline said to me after a recent breakup. Bemoaning the straight dating scene, she seemed genuinely confused as to why someone bisexual—like me—would date men
How Project 2025 Seeks to Obliterate Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
— The far-right blueprint would severely limit reproductive autonomy and access to reproductive healthcare, while turning back the clock on hard-won gains, both domestically and globally.
Why We Need to Prioritize Pleasure-Centric Approaches in Sex Education
— The risk-reduction framework that guides most U.S. sex ed focuses almost exclusively on avoiding unintended pregnancy and STDs—overlooking other critical topics such as healthy relationships, consent and pleasure.
By Ale Pedraza Buenahora and Mia Henderson
In her essay collection … Continue reading
What is Plato’s Symposium, the classic book drawn into the Gender Queer culture wars?
It was probably inevitable, but is deeply sad, that Plato’s Symposium (circa 380 BCE), has been drawn into the culture wars. A dialogue of great complexity and elegance, the book is one
Seven Ways to Love Better
— Reading some 200,000 love stories has taught me a few lessons about love and life. Here are the ones that help me most.
By Daniel Jones
Two decades ago, on Oct. 31, 2004, a short note appeared on the … Continue reading
Stories That Changed Lives
— For 20 years, Modern Love has recorded people’s lives. The column has also had real-life reverberations on readers.
By Miya Lee
“So what have you learned about love?” people often ask when they find out I’m an editor of … Continue reading
My Body Doesn’t Belong to You
— In this essay from 2017, a young woman offers powerful testimony about the damaging effects of men’s possessiveness over women’s bodies.
By Heather Burtman
When the stranger yelled at me from his car window, I was carrying my Zamioculcas … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Obsession With Queer Desire
By Will Tosh
Where should we look for an LGBTQ+ icon from the Elizabethan age? How about the playwright Christopher Marlowe, a dissident who scorned those “that love not
Six Signs You Should Go To Sex Therapy
— Psycho-Sexologist and host of Audible’s ‘Sex Therapy’ podcast, Chantelle Otten, on how it could improve your life.
If your sex life feels like it’s missing something—be it connection, pleasure, or understanding—it might be time to consider … Continue reading
Breaking the virginity myth
— How gender shapes the double standard
By Radhya Comar
Already-chewed gum, tape that has lost its stickiness and an unwrapped lollipop are not just random remnants of an office dustbin but a collection of metaphors. These metaphors compare … Continue reading