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October 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
When the “Weinstein Effect” Hits Washington
A wave of sexual misconduct revelations has sparked a cultural rebellion. But a political agenda is needed to effect lasting change.
September 29, 2017
Jeet Heer
Hugh Hefner’s Incomplete Sexual Revolution
Anti-puritan but blind to his male privilege, the Playboy mogul liberated men by demeaning women.
June 1, 2017
Warren Breckman
The Fortunes of Freud
The prestige that psychoanalysis gained in the midcentury was also its downfall.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
October 10, 2016
Ted Gup
On the Subject of Lust, Donald Trump Is No Jimmy Carter
"I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust," Carter humbly admitted in 1976. Trump's recent remarks show no such humanity.
October 4, 2016
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Tony Tulathimutte
Utopian Kink
Reports from the frontiers of sexual experimentation.
July 11, 2016
James Romm
The Erotic Bard of Ancient Rome
The life of Roman poet Catullus was stranger than fiction, but a new biography speculates far more than any history should.
April 19, 2016
Chelsea G. Summers
Fifty Shades of Shakespeare
In a new memoir, an obsession with the Bard and spanking transforms what it means to live a sensual life.
March 3, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Mitt Romney and Donald Trump both need to lay off the sexual innuendo.
February 1, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Let’s dissect what Match says it knows about the sexual habits of Donald Trump’s voters.
January 20, 2016
Noah Berlatsky
Child Sex Workers’ Biggest Threat: The Police
November 13, 2015
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Rafia Zakaria
Sex and the Muslim Feminist
On refusing to equate sexual pleasure with freedom.
October 21, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is Sex Serious? College Women Won’t Be Satisfied Until They Decide.
September 8, 2015
Laura Miller
Lust for Learning
Is erotic longing between professors and students unavoidable?
August 13, 2015
Moira Weigel
Dating Will Never Die
If the Industrial Revolution didn’t kill it, how could Tinder?
July 16, 2015
Esther Breger
Amy Schumer's Old-Fashioned Family Values
'Trainwreck' is a classic rom-com, not a subversive statement
June 23, 2015
Jordan Michael Smith
Does Hillary Really Believe in the Hillary Doctrine?
June 8, 2015
Molly Smith
The Problem With the "Swedish Model" for Sex Work Laws
May 21, 2015
Rebecca Traister
Marriage Is Evolving. The 'Primates of Park Avenue’ Aren’t.
May 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Jonathan Franzen's “Bad” Sex Writing Isn't His Fault
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