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Fooling around with feng shui: How to turn your bedroom into a smoldering den of sex
Even if you’re having adventurous sex all over the place , bedrooms are still where the magic happens the majority of the time. Does yours have a let’s-get-it-on vibe? Here’s how to use feng shui –the ancient Chinese art of creating spaces that foster harmony, health, and good fortune—to turn a drab bedroom into a […]
Abuse by birth control sabotage
By Dr. Liz Miller, MD, PhD, the Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. About twelve years ago, I was working as a doctor in a clinic in California. A young woman came in and requested a pregnancy test. Her test was negative. I asked her if she wanted to be […]
What Santa does the other 364 days: Getting to know Mrs. Claus
He gets most of the attention while she’s usually in the background baking cookies , pouring cocoa, and mending his famous red suit. But don’t be fooled by her sweet demeanor. Vixen was named after Mrs. Claus , if you know what we mean. Here’s how she heats things up this time of year. His […]
Frisky Friday Top 5: Erotic everyday activities
You’ve been going there forever and every time it was meh . Until that one time. When it set your pants on fire. Sometimes a random outing with the person you’re sleeping with can turn the most average place into one that’s full of sexually-charged energy. These are our favorite places where that has happened. […]
How to make sex safer in 4 simple steps
Most of us have said, or heard a friend say, at one point or another “Hello birth control—goodbye condoms!” I get the thought process behind this—but as a healthcare provider for young women, it worries me. Here’s why: young women have the highest risk for accidental pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Double trouble… A […]
Frisky Friday Top 5: Where to have YOLO sex
Every so often, it’s good to shake things up, leave your bedroom behind, shed inhibitions, and have the kind of sex you never, ever forget. Here’s our short list of where to have YOLO sex . If you try them, do use birth control and please don’t get caught in the act . Big Night […]
We need to talk: How to reveal something they may not want to hear
First the good news: What you think is a deal breaker might not be a big deal to the person you’re dating. Now some bad news: You’re going to have to have the talk to find out. Here are a few tips to get you through it. I’m a virgin If you strongly self-identify as […]
Birth control bullies: When your partner wants your method to fail
When I was training to become a doctor, one of my patients was a 25-year-old woman. She already had one child and didn’t want to get pregnant again. She’d been using the birth control patch , but came to me because the patch wasn’t working for her. When I asked her “why not?” she said, […]
No to yes. Yes to no. What to do when attraction changes
First there was the kissing, licking, snuggling, shagging, restless nights apart, and torrid reunions even if only 11 hours passed since you last saw each other. Or maybe it started out with you thinking you would never, ever be attracted to them. They turned you off or elicited no reaction at all. Then… One day… […]
Are those SpongeBob bed sheets? What it’s really like to date younger guys
We’ve talked about dating a silver fox . Now it’s time to salute younger men. They can be eager, passionate, funny, wild, less rigid (except where it counts), and up for anything (exactly where it counts). And it’s kind of fun being the one with more worldly experience to share. But if your guy is […]
