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  • Why The Best Girlfriend For Me Is A Man

    by Traci Foust
  • My Partner And I Live In Separate Houses

    by Samantha Eyler
  • Consorting With The Enemy: How I Became Best Friends With My Boyfriend’s Ex

    by Tessa Torgeson
  • 10 Things Porn Gets Horribly Wrong About Men

    by Anna Pulley
  • It Was My Worst Breakup Ever, And We Weren’t Even Sleeping Together

    By Emily Heist Moss
    January 6, 2014

    Emily Heist Moss’ best guy friend suddenly stopped returning her calls. They were not lovers, they never even kissed. But it broke her heart as much as any other breakup. My worst breakup was not the one when he called me eight hours before our three-day weekend adventure and told me he was rerouting his […]

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  • I’m Not Gay, Straight, Or Bisexual: Why I Threw Out The Sexual Preference Label

    By John Buchwald
    January 3, 2014

    When I am asked, I simply say that I don’t feel the need to identify with one. Girls are “beautiful” and boys are “handsome.” It was a simple enough rule to most, but to my 7-year-old logic, it seemed a rather silly convention. My failure to understand such distinctions was largely because I couldn’t distinguish […]

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  • How Trying To Be The Perfect Wife Hurt My Relationship

    By Nancy Townsley
    January 2, 2014

    What may have appeared perfect from the outside was just one big mess on the inside. From the moment I got engaged to be married for the first time, I waged a ridiculous—and tyrannical—battle for domestic supremacy. Once my then-husband and I crossed the threshold into our rented one-bedroom apartment after our wedding in March […]

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  • Love Always Comes Around

    By Wendy Fontaine
    January 1, 2014

    It may not come from the people we expected it to come from. It may not be found in the places we expected to find it. But it always comes, right when it should. Five years ago, I sat at my computer on a snowy winter evening and scrolled through the Craigslist personal ads, wondering […]

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  • A Letter To My Son About Porn

    By Harriet Pawson
    December 17, 2013

    This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. To my darling son, I know this is not a conversation any boy wants to have with his mom at any age, so I’m going to let you off the hook. Sort of. By writing you this letter, I’m going to spare you from having a […]

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  • A Holiday Survival Guide For Singles

    By Christan Marashio
    December 17, 2013

    For some singles, the holidays can feel like a constant reminder of their relationship status. It’s that time of year again. Over the next couple weeks, you’ll be invited to parties or forced to socialize with people you work with. A lot of single folks feel trepidation about these gatherings. Their greatest concern? Having to […]

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  • How The ‘Friend Zone’ Harms Opposite-Sex Relationships

    By Chelsea Cristene
    December 11, 2013

    The “friend zone” myth reinforces that men and women can’t be friends, reeks of entitlement, and impedes the natural development of relationships. The “friend zone” is stupid, throw rocks at it.  This is my perpetual gut reaction to these two words and their compound variant, whether the concept is coming from someone I know (“She […]

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  • I Tried Cosmo’s Weirdest Sex Tips So You Don’t Have To

    By Anna Pulley
    December 9, 2013

    This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Cosmopolitan magazine has long been a bastion of weird, implausible, and downright baffling sex advice. But with that knowledge also comes the question, “Has anyone actually tried their tips?” With a little nerve, a supportive and willing partner, and a high tolerance for humiliation, I aimed […]

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