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The Liskula Cohen case could change the way the laws of internet (and ex) defamation work.
There may be a new sheriff coming to the wild, wild web. You probably don't know about the curious case of Liskula Cohen, but you soon may.
Liskula Cohen is a model (you have seen her all up in Vogue, son). Photographs of Liskula Cohen appeared on a Google-housed blog entitled "Skanks in NYC." (There was once a video of Facebook etiquette rules insisting that you don't start hate groups, which someone obviously didn't think applied to her specific situation.) Captions of the photographs were less than flattering and used words like "whore," "psychotic," "lying," and "prestidigitator*." The five … Read More
Try putting together a his-and-hers online journal.
Hey hey. Good news. Over at the New York Times, super sourpuss Paul Krugman thinks the economy may have cratered. Mr. Brightside warns that before we all buy jet skis and charter flights to Monaco to realize things are still grim. Saving more and spending less is a pretty good policy. But dating, mating and the whole relating shebang are tough to do without spending dough. That's when you gotta get creative.
This time around, technology is your buddy (unless they took you job!). Try creating a blog with your spouse or your new (or old, … Read More
April's Mom isn't the only one who's pulled the wool over our eyes.
In recent days, the online world has been shocked and enraged over "April's Mom," a woman who has blogged for months about her supposedly doomed pregnancy with a terminally ill daughter-to-be—only to be revealed as a hoaxster in desperate need of attention.
Winning over thousands of readers, advertisers and endorsements from anti-abortion organizations, "April's Mom" painted herself as a single woman who chose to carry her pregnancy to term, despite the fact that her "daughter" would never survive. When she finally gave birth to the "baby girl" (who only "lived" for a few hours), it didn't take long for readers of … Read More
Intelligence, evolution and sex, the YourTango way.
YourTango this week was fresher than a newborn. From post-preganancy sex to intelligent dating, there was something for everyone. But in case you were too busy, here's what you missed.
Video: How To Date Someone Dumber Than You
Does mismatched intelligence spell relationship doom?
Community Blog: How Evolved Is Your Relationship
johannalyman guides us through the stages of relationships. Where does yours fall?
Tomfoolery: 10 Things Not To Say After Doing It
Tom helps us to not ruin the afterglow.
Feature: Having A Baby Improved My Sex Life
Pregnancy and parenthood doesn't mean an end to sex.
A stripper’s life is revealed post by post.
How do you start a conversation with a woman that says, "I'm sexier than you, I'm more confident than you, and I have more fun than you." You don’t. You don’t normally make friends with strippers either which is why reading the blog Stripper Barbie is so addictive. It’s not as though a lap dance comes with a Q&A. Those are usually extra. So consider Stripper Barbie the ultimate stage show that you don’t even have to pay for. No two drink minimum or husky guy named Hank standing in the corner watching your every move … Read More
Budget savvy brides hit the jackpot with the blog Broke-Ass Bride.
If Wall Street was as sensible and straightforward as Dana, the blogger behind Broke-Ass Bride, we'd all be sitting pretty right now and toasting the economy with an icy margarita in hand.
As confident in her style as she is her spending, Dana and husband-to-be, Hunter, are planning a Los Angeles-area wedding on what she affectionately describes as a "broke-ass budget." A broke-ass budget is part frugality, part eco-friendly with a humorous twist that keeps both Dana and her readers laughing all the way to the bank.
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The blog Newlywedded makes us laugh out loud and say "I do."
Were it not for four single girls and one big city, millions of die hard Sex and the City fans would have been left wondering why men do the things they do and why love is never as simple as it seems. Fortunately we were all blessed with six blissful years of witty narration as Carrie & Co. navigated their way around relationships Big and small. Now that the fashionable foursome are mostly married, we suspect the next SATC sequel will be filled with even more questions about men, such as why Read More
Lena Chan sounds in on her past, present and future as a racy sex blogger.
Lena is the author of SexandtheIvy.com, a blog about sex and dating at Harvard University. She started blogging back in 2006, sparking immediate controversy on campus and off. Lena received lots of attention for her saucy ways and has since been featured as a commentator on college sexuality in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Salon, and Playboy Radio. She currently blogs at TheChicktionary.com. 1. What is your most hysterical/ridiculous college memory or the most trouble you've ever gotten into?A tie between dating my former teaching assistant and my psycho ex posting … Read More
Pamela Tames's blog on post-menopausal sexuality is red hot.
Pamela Tames's sex life was dying, her marriage was ending, and her mood was homicidal. But it wasn't until she received a traumatic wake-up call that she realized it was time to turn her life around."I'd been watching a home movie one evening, scrutinizing this flabby middle-aged woman as she slumped across a room with her back to the camera," she says on her blog, Seasoned Sex. "I was about to say to my friend, 'who's the fat ass?' when I realized in a flash of heart-exploding panic that the fat ass was me. My friend tried to … Read More
Misery finds company at JustBeenDumped blog.
Besides the lucky few who've never suffered a breakup, most of us know the anger/sadness/frustration that boils up during and after a split. Out of this emotional volcano spews a molten mess of post-breakup correspondence we'd just as soon forget.
Thanks to two former New York City roommates, our attempts to clarify, expand upon or close the book after a split can now be forever recorded on their blog, Just Been Dumped. The founders go by Jules and Mer, and ask to remain anonymous to protect the identities of the friends and strangers who have submitted the material for … Read More