True Story: I’m A Travel Writer Who Has Never Had A Vacation Hookup
I’m a travel writer. I’ve visited Seoul, Santiago, and Vancouver in the past few months alone. My job sounds pretty glamorous on paper: I get to sample exotic foods, visit locations that others own...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From My First One-Night Stand (In My 40s)
Raised as a fundamental Christian in a patriarchal society, I married the first man I slept with. Before my wedding, my feisty Irish Grandma Pat had asked me why I wanted to marry so young and sign up...
View ArticleAsk A Married Guy: “Will My Boyfriend Get Over The Fact That I Hooked Up With...
I’ve been dating this guy for a while now and last night he called me while he was with his friends. Our conversation was normal until he suddenly asked, “Did you hook up with one of my friends?” I...
View ArticleStudy Finds That Beer Goggles Are An Actual Thing (As If We Had Any Doubts)
Surprise! Researchers from the University of Bristol found in a study that booze really does make you find people more attractive than you would if you were sober. Yes, beer goggles are real— even...
View ArticleDater X: State Of The Union
I’ve always been told that true love will find you when you’re least expecting it. I’ve always thought that was a load of bullshit. Like I’m supposed to believe that right after you, for example,...
View ArticlePurrVerse: Getting Lucky With San Francisco’s Hook-Up Truck
I live in San Francisco, land of art, sexual experimentation, and entrepreneurial spirit. Since I’ve moved here I’ve explored the boundaries between public and private sex in multiple ways – in the...
View ArticleFrisky Rant: On Dudes Who Ghost And Then Suddenly Text Me Every Six Months Or So
“Hey.” “Hey you.” “What’s up?” “Yo.” “Heyyyy.” These are the types of messages I’ve been getting from former flings and lovers about every six months or so. And I’m fucking sick and tired of it. If you...
View ArticleNow Available For XXX Enthusiasts: Just-For-Porn Headphones
If you’re sick of watching porn and having to lower the volume for fear that your roommate/partner/neighbors will hear all of those sensual moans and groans, have we got good news for you! A Taiwanese...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Hookup Websites
Whether you’re freshly divorced and just dipping your toes back into the singles pool, or if you’ve been wading in the deep end for years, you’d likely be intrigued by a list purporting to lead you by...
View ArticleFunny Girl Sex Guide: 5 Underrated Sex Acts Worth Giving Another Shot
I’m a pretty open-minded chick and the last few months have involved quite a bit of open-legged-ness as well. This sort of slutty period in my life has been both fun and educational, not to mention...
View ArticleThere Are 237 Reasons People Have Sex, According To Science
I would naively assume that the main reason a person would have sex would be simply because they wanted to. As it turns out, there are a whole slew of complicated reasons why people have sex. The...
View ArticleDating Don’ts: How To Juggle Dating Multiple People At The Same Time
There comes a time in everybody’s dating career when your dance card suddenly becomes fuller than you know what to do with. One day, you’re swiping sullenly through Tinder bemoaning the lack of...
View ArticleGirl Talk: Some Thoughts On Fingering
From the time I learned what fingering was at age 11, it sounded not that great to me, and that didn’t really change for about 15 years. Even the idea of fingering (or “fingerbanging,” yikes) sounded...
View ArticleYour Ultimate Guide To Having Sex In Public (Without Getting Caught!)
I hate admitting that I even have a bucket list in the first place, but I do and there are many things on it, and I hope to eventually cross all most of them off. While I know “Yoko-ing” a band and...
View ArticleRandom Hookups Are Actually Good For You, Says Science
In a study called Who Benefits From Casual Sex? The Moderating Role of Sociosexuality, researchers found that, “having casual sex was associated with higher self-esteem and life satisfaction and lower...
View ArticleHow To Be Cool On A Sex Date
There’s nothing worse than being on a date, one that’s not too exciting, and just wishing it could end in sex. It’s as though you’re counting down the minutes, maybe even weighing the social graces of...
View ArticleTrue Story: In Defense Of Revenge Sex
When my first love and I broke up, I was still new to the world of sex. I was 22 years old when we said our tearful goodbye, knowing full well that what we had at that young age wouldn’t be able to...
View ArticleThe 8-Step Guide To Getting Laid This Weekend
I’m so sick of men saying that all you need to get laid is “to be a woman.” If that were truly the case, would all women, everywhere, be getting laid at all times whenever and however they want? Yes....
View Article8 Signs You Fail At Flirting
Fair warning, I don’t know how to flirt either. But I do know how to fail at it! To that end, here are eight definite signs that you don’t know how to flirt. Employ none of these, and you will be on a...
View ArticleDater X: To Bang Or Not To Bang?
In the lifecycle of dating, there’s a black hole smack dab in the middle of “I’m talking to someone” and “He’s my boyfriend,” that I like to call Exclusivity Limbo. I’ve been in that spot before and...
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