Sex Advice With An Edge
— And what it really means Yes, it’s an identity, but it also conveys a sense of community BY Sophie Saint Thomas and Rachel Varina A quick geography lesson: whether you live in a loud and proud liberal city or a small, conservative town, queer people are everywhere. And, hi, even though we still have …
— And can it harm your penis? Gripping your penis too tightly could cause some issues Masturbation isn’t something any of us should be shy about, but when the mood strikes, some of us seize it a little too tightly. By Alice Giddings To put it plainly, if you’ve got a penis, grabbing it too …
— These titles can offer insight, whether you’re polycurious or already exploring. By Hope Reese When Mel Cassidy first became curious about nonmonogamy, there weren’t many helpful resources. Most of the books focused on the transition from monogamy to nonmonogamy, but Cassidy, who goes by them/them pronouns, was “freshly divorced, hadn’t really dated as an …
— Why You Shouldn’t Judge Others’ Sexual Desires Never yuck someone’s yum. By Gigi Fong Kink-shaming is the act of making someone feel less than or problematic for their sexual desires. To some, the act of your partner putting a collar around your neck during sex or spanking you in the bedroom is a definite …
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 at all. And, really, what was stopping me from never sleeping with a guy again? …
Plato’s Symposium, Anselm Feuerbach, 1869 By Matthew Sharpe 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 of the principal sources of the Greek philosopher’s views on love and beauty. There are …
— 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 front page of this newspaper along with stories about Yasir Arafat’s health and the looming …
— 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 Modern Love. “Oh, you know,” I say, “a lot.” Or, “Most clichés are accurate.” Or …
— 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 zamiifolia, a large tropical plant I had just bought at a greenhouse. I couldn’t hear …
William Shakespeare Memorial Statue at Westminster Abbey in London, England. 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 tobacco and boys” and wrote a historical tragedy about England’s queer king Edward II? Or have …
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