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Maureen O'Connor

  1. sex lives
    Just How Preposterous Is the Fantasy of No-Strings Threesomes?It seems a third person forces the other two to realize exactly how much — or little — they have in common.
  2. dating
    When Breaking Up by Email Is the Best ChoiceReally? You’re going to cry while you dump me? Shut up.
  3. exchange rates
    Italian Dating Is a Lot Like Italian SwearingIt’s all about dicks.
  4. exchange rates
    Up With Adultery! An Italian Woman’s Manifesto“Women are the real cheaters now,” says Guia Soncini, author of Other Women’s Husbands.
  5. the past
    I Found a Digital Photo Archive From My Teens, and It Was TerribleSo I set out to delete everything.
  6. ovaries week
    Blood Hounds: They’re Obsessed With Period Sex“A real man goes down on you on your period. And loves it.”
  7. weddings!
    The 5 Kinds of Poems You Hear at WeddingsAnd the two I chose for my childhood friend.
  8. the lingerie paradox
    When Do You Actually Wear Your Fancy Lingerie?Do you only resort to fancy panties on laundry day, like me?
  9. music video
    And Now, a Pop Song About TinderIt’s a romantic duet about love and battery life.
  10. unplugging
    Do You Hate Facebook, or Do You Hate Your Life?I thought I was allergic to the internet. Actually, I was just sad.
  11. the ivy league
    The New Privilege: Loudly Denouncing Your PrivilegeParadoxes of elite populism.
  12. beauty
    Is Race Plastic? My Trip Into the ‘Ethnic Plastic Surgery’ MinefieldThe more you talk to people who have actually undergone these procedures, the harder it becomes to view their choices as simple racial capitulations.
  13. true stories
    10 Awkward, Nostalgic Stories of Summer-Camp Sexual AwakeningsSkinny-dipping, vagina-shaving, and orgasms on horseback.
  14. sex lives
    The Porn Flâneur: What Baudelaire and LubeTube Have in CommonFor the viewer, the internet is a garden of carnal delight—and carnal anthropology. 
  15. q&a
    Emily Gould Didn’t Mean to Provoke Lena DunhamAn interview with the debut novelist and reluctant lightning rod.
  16. adventures in dating
    The New Abstinence: Not Googling Your DateMeet the singles saving Facebook-stalking for marriage. Or the third date, at least.
  17. gallery
    Celebrities Wearing Their Own Faces on T-ShirtsNotes on a strange trend.
  18. adventures in dating
    What to Do When You See Someone You Know on TinderIt might be more awkward with the new photo function.
  19. adventures in dating
    I Got Shipped to California to Date Tech GuysFive days with the great single-girl airlift from NYC to SF.
  20. our selfies ourselves
    How Instagram Became the Best Crisis PRWho needs Olivia Pope? Beyoncé, Bieber, and Jill Abramson prefer pictures.
  21. interview
    Are the French Better at Sex? A DiscussionAn interview with French GQ sex columnist Maïa Mazaurette.
  22. reinventions
    Monica Lewinsky: Righteous Good GirlHer reinvention is well timed. By modern standards, Monica is downright prude.
  23. love and war
    Could It Be That Long-Distance Relationships Are Actually Healthy? Sometimes, you have to not be there.
  24. titsplainer
    How to Stuff Your Bra When You’re a Grown-Ass WomanKate Upton wants “clip-on” tits. I’ve got them. They’re called gym socks.
  25. sex
    Marijuana: The Natural Viagra?Doctors, stoners, and skeptics talk cannabis in the bedroom.
  26. sex lives
    Warning: A Column on Butt StuffIn exquisite detail.
  27. grooming
    The Full-Bush Brazilian: ‘Having It All’ With PubesHippie in the front, porn star in the back.
  28. advice
    What If You’re Too Good at Colleague-Zoning Men?Follow-up advice for a reader who asked.
  29. dating
    Colleague Zone: The ‘Friend Zone’ of Work“So! What’s on the agenda?” I asked in a briskly asexual manner.
  30. girl talk
    The Great Digital BFF RenaissanceGroup text messages are slumber parties for adults.
  31. interview
    ‘Mistake Sex,’ an Orange Boa, and a Bronx Accent: At Home With Princeton MomSusan Patton is a gleefully snobby rape-denier. You’re going to love her.
  32. adventures in dating
    How to Ruin Your Social Life With Dating Apps (It’s Fun)“You dropped our conversation on Tinder,” the stranger shouted.
  33. sex lives
    Sexting’s Strange Paradox: It’s Just No FunHalf the people who send lewd messages are just not that into it. So why press “send”?
  34. digital life
    Addicted to Likes: How Social Media Feeds Our NeedinessHow many times have you checked your favorites today?
  35. sexiquette
    Do Not Apologize for Having Loud SexAnd leave your sexually noisy neighbors alone.
  36. do we want prenup?
    The Great First-Date Prenup ExperimentWe planned our breakup before we met.
  37. feminism
    The Revolution Will Not Be Screen-Printed on a ThongEven if the ads feature unretouched photos.
  38. get over it
    The Joy of UnfollowingThere’s no such thing as TMI online: if you don’t like it, quit looking.
  39. mating habits
    Sneaking In (or Out) a Relationship’s Back Door“I shut down my OkCupid profile,” she said. “We never defined the relationship,” he said.
  40. twitter feminism
    Can Feminist Hashtags ‘Dismantle the State’?Or will feuds dismantle #TwitterFeminism?
  41. interview
    Is It Fair to Compare Feminists to Mean Girls?Forty years later, “Trashing” author Jo Freeman revises her theories.
  42. girlsplainer
    Why Adult Women Squeal Like Teenage Girls Sometimes“Why do women squeal?” he asked. Let me explain.
  43. our selfies ourselves
    Heartbreak and the Quantified SelfieThe lovelorn poetry of personal data analysis.
  44. our selfies ourselves
    Stealing From the Paparazzi to Feed Instagram“Is it copyright infringement? Yes.” But suing your subjects would be weird.
  45. there’s an app for that
    The Nice Girls of Lulu, So-Called ‘Yelp for Men’On the app for slandering ex-boyfriends, courtesy reigns.
  46. nudity
    How to Be Naked in a Full-Length, Long-Sleeve GownAn oxymoronic study of clothed nudity.
  47. scary stories
    12 Horrifying Halloween Walk-of-Shame StoriesMay they caution and inspire you.
  48. micro-fame
    ‘Am I Pretty or Ugly?’: When Teen Girls Court HatersCaught in the feedback loop between haters and fame.
  49. studies
    There Is No Difference Between Online and ‘Real-Life’ DatingHalf of single people flirt online — even if they don’t use dating websites.
  50. meet the new matchmaker
    The Cupid of Nerds: Ryan Glitch’s Comic-Con Speed-Dating EmpireFive marriages, nineteen engagements, and countless cosplay hookups.
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