The Morning After: Ben Affleck and Mary J Edition
* Hot on the heels of G. Keith Harris: Another guy claiming to have inauguration tickets wants you to be his date. This 46-year-old writes, "I got the call today from a Senator that I have a...
View ArticleQuinn Bradlee Loses Virginity to Prostitute, Doesn’t Understand Women
The Times UK has published an excerpt from journalistic power-spawn Quinn Bradlee's new book, A Different Life. The book is about how Bradlee—son to Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee—struggled with...
View ArticleInside the Virginity-Faking Condom
An Egyptian scholar has called for the death penalty for people caught importing a new "female virginity-faking device" into the country. The product, a condom which simulates vaginal bleeding, is...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Abstinence-Only Music Videos
If the Christian Side-Hug has taught us anything, it's that Christians and non-Christians alike can be united by the power of song. Sure, we may not be able to agree on what satire means, or the...
View ArticlePatience Is A (Feminist) Virtue
Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can Seldom found in woman, never found in man. We often hear that "patience is a virtue." It's the second half of the sentiment largely goes unspoken: Patience...
View ArticleThe Decade In Masculinity
Think boys are simply born into their masculine gender role? Consider, for a moment, how quickly the cultural norms of acceptable maleness can change. The past decade of masculine fads saw cultural...
View ArticleIntroducing the Real World D.C. Hook-Up Round-Up
Tonight, the District will finally embark on the long-awaited experiment in forgoing politeness for realness. If these early previews of the Real World D.C. are any indication, the seven housemates...
View ArticleReal World D.C. Hook-Up Round-Up Episode 1: Furries, Virgins, and Bisexual...
The Real World D.C. premiered last night, and MTV's eight strangers picked to live in a house did not disappoint on the sex front: These people are obsessed with gettin' it on. The girls (Callie,...
View ArticleSexist Beatdown: Rethinking Virginity Edition
On Monday, Sady Doyle of Tiger Beatdown will speak at Harvard's "Rethinking Virginity" conference, a summit on the state of sexual purity. But before she Rethinks virginity, Sady must first Think it!...
View ArticleFemale Photographers, the Phallic Camera, and the Male Gaze
If we must turn the art of photography into a sexual metaphor, this is how it usually goes: The camera represents the photographer's phallus. The camera's lens is the artistic extension of the male...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Celebrity Hymen Edition
* Sarah Silverman on losing her virginity: He sat up on the side of the bed to smoke another Merit Light, carefully ridding the end of any excess ash, molding the red tip of it into a constant point....
View ArticleTherese Shechter on Losing Your Virginity
Ever had a sexual experience? Then welcome to the magical world of "virginity," where a white wedding dress can restore a sexually-active 40-something's innocence, a set of pigtails can turn even the...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Fabulous Ex-Gay Scarf Edition
[youtube:v=wD5mFQkenqI] * Via BLOgT: Even ex-gays are allowed to wear fabulous scarves. * Feministing points to a Brightest Young Things piece on how some LGBT folks define queer virginity. * At Tiger...
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