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Hip-Hop is For Lovers: Sex and Intimacy Through the Lens of Pop Culture's Most Influential Music Form

Lauren Bruce, Feministe. April 4, 2012.

Speaking with Uche and Lenée, hosts of the weekly podcast "Hip-Hop is For Lovers."

11 Interracial Romances that Changed America

Nicholas Powers, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

A history of how the interracial relationship has altered in culture through literature and film.

Wondering if Your Relationship Will Last? Why Your Levels of the 'Cuddle Hormone' May Be the Decider

Ron Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. February 21, 2012.

Newly published research has found some interesting results when it comes to the role of oxytocin, commonly called the "cuddle hormone."

How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana

Tony Newman, AlterNet. February 15, 2012.

After spending weeks sharing stories about his life, texting and flirting, one 18-year-old honor student fell in love with the cop who busted him.

Occupy Valentines Day: Celebrate Love, Not Commerce

B Michael Payne, AlterNet. February 13, 2012.

An Occupy V-Day Tumblr makes the point that it's wonderful to celebrate love, but it shouldn’t depend on buying certain products for the perfect experience.

Dirty Minds: How the Brain Evolved to Glorify Monogamy Yet Make Screwing Around Irresistible

Kayt Sukel, Free Press. January 9, 2012.

With so many of these same cultures putting a premium on monogamy, why do huge numbers of people around the world still cheat?

Sex or Love? New Study Shows Women AND Men Prefer Romance to Sex

Jennifer Moss, The Good Men Project. December 16, 2011.

We should jettison the myth that most men care more about sex than deep relationships.

Is Cheating the Rational Reaction to Monogamy?

Mark McCormack, The Good Men Project. November 29, 2011.

A new book offers a provocative exploration of sex and love, critiquing monogamy as a failed social institution that works to limit our sexual pleasure.

Wife Auctions? Why Marriage Has Never Had Any "Sanctity"

Rachel Rabbit White, SeXis Magazine. November 4, 2011.

Historically marriage has varied widely, from polygamy to the wife-auctions of the 17th century, to the monogamy of today. Which type of marriage again is the one with sanctity?

Crazy Little Thing: Why Love and Sex Drive Us Mad

Liz Langley, Verso. October 20, 2011.

What do we see in some people and not in others? More importantly, why can’t everyone see how great we are and fall for us right this minute?

The Distorted Idea That the So-Called "Masculinity Crisis" Is Caused by Successful Women

Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Seal Press. October 4, 2011.

From the new book "Outdated," a look at our very dated ideas of masculinity and how they hurt our relationships and sex lives.

Can We Make Time For Love? ColorLines Brings Something Positive to Social Justice Journalism

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. August 13, 2011.

A family supporting their "princess boy" and a love song for women of color are just some of the ways that Colorlines, a daily news site, seeks to articulate love.

Love-Drug: How We Self-Medicate With - And Get Addicted To - Love

Liz Langley, SeXis Magazine. August 11, 2011.

Examining how and why love cycles affect the brain (and our loves).

Is Internet Dating Destroying Love?

John Walters, Comment Is Free. July 27, 2011.

Dating websites distort the very core of interpersonal relations and turn love into a consumer product.

Is This the Last Generation That Will Face Opposition to Interracial Marriage?

Elissa Strauss, AlterNet. July 15, 2011.

In her memoir, “Kissing Outside the Lines” actress and writer Diane Farr unveils the xenophobia and racism that continues to persist in, of all things, the realm of love.

What Do You Do When Your Best Friend Is Dating Someone Who Is Obviously Going to Ruin His or Her Life?

Toni Nagy, AlterNet. April 23, 2011.

How do you protect your friend by helping her see the truth about her soul-sucking mate?

Why Do People Have Affairs?

Blixa Scott, The Good Men Project. March 14, 2011.

Cheating involves some mixture of emotions, ranging from bare appreciation of beauty or desire for validation to deep longing. The Greeks had a word for this: Eros.

Why "Eat, Pray, Love" Makes Me Want to Gag

Sandip Roy, New America Media. August 15, 2010.

Do we need another movie about a self-centered Westerner squeezing one-dimensional natives for exotic food, wisdom, and spirituality?

Can Adultery Be Healthy? 6 Kinds of Sexual Affairs and How They Can Be Good for You

Douglas LaBier, Huffington Post. June 23, 2010.

Some affairs are psychologically healthy. That's right. An affair can help leverage you out of a destructive or deadened relationship that's beyond the point of renewal.

Can Drugs Make You Love Someone You Don't?

Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. October 22, 2009.

Research into the chemicals that control love, lust and attachment could eventually result in drugs that would make you fall in love and bond with another person.

Let's Bring Love and Revolution Together

Grace Lee Boggs, Boggs Center. July 24, 2009.

Radical activist for more than sixty years, Boggs says a new generation of change-makers have embraced the idea of love to bring about revolution.

"Sinful" Sex Addiction: The Newest Way to Demonize Sexuality

Dr. Susan Block, CounterPunch. April 21, 2009.

Sex addiction has emerged as the 21st century version of sin -- the latest way to guilt people about sex.

Are Sex and Love Mutually Exclusive?

William Jankowiak, American Sexuality Magazine. February 12, 2009.

In most cultures, the urge for sexual adventure is difficult to reconcile with the comforts of companionship and domesticity.

This Is Your Brain on Bliss

YES! MagazineDecember 19, 2008.

Happiness doesn't have conditions; it can't be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being.

Much Ado About Prop 8, El Coyote and the LA Times

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. December 15, 2008.

A response to influential Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez's piece about Marjorie Christoffersen of El Coyote.

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