Why Sex Needs To Be About More Than Orgasms
Changing what "counts" as pleasurable sex is the first step to closing the orgasm gap between genders.
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Middle-Aged Women and the Men Who Disdain Them
Novelist Yann Moix says women 50 and over are invisible to him. But should our visibility really rely on whether men like him desire us?
Talking With Ruby Karp, the Upright Teen Feminist Citizen
Our parenting columnist sits down with the 17-year-old author of 'Earth Hates Me' and learns why some girls recoil at the word "feminist" while still embracing its principles.
Screw You, GOP! And Everyone Else, While We’re At It!
The Trump administration is going full-on Handmaid’s Tale dystopia. But the writer has an idea for revolt that might just enrage the Right and boost morale on the Left.
Sex and the Kitty
When writer Carrie Borzillo's new boyfriend moved in, she was excited for a new man in her bed. Her cat Aidan had other ideas.
Is Outrage Addiction Derailing Our Most Important Conversations?
Social media could be the ideal space to discuss our collective rage against an increasingly terrifying world. So why have we turned it into a boxing ring where we’re fighting each other?
What Can the Lesbian Handmaids Teach Us About Resistance?
There's a limit to how much the horrors exacted on the “gender traitors” of Gilead can suppress them because, as sexpert Tina Horn explains, queer sexuality inherently rejects the patriarchy.
‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Ep. 8: Would You Rather Be a Handmaid or a Jezebel?
As it turns out, the sanctimonious evangelical Commanders are just as hypocritical and corrupt in dystopic Gilead as their evangelical GOP lawmaking counterparts in present-day U.S.A.
Can Issa Rae’s “Insecure” Start a Sexual Revolution?
The star and creator of the HBO series, who earned a Golden Globe last week, is blazing a trail for doing something quite simple: portraying authentic Black sexual relationships on TV.
Meet the Real Face of the Trump Voter
Many voters elected Trump not for his economic policies, but for the hate and fear he’s stoked in the American people—which this half-Black, half-White writer discovered first-hand.