Bumble's billboard ads made fun of celibacy as an alternative to dating. It didn't go down well.

To exist on a dating app is to be constantly inundated by the pressure to meet up, regardless of your readiness. And for women, that pressure is reinforced by existing in a world that hates them for being single.

“For any small business owner, that’s more than just frustrating,” she said. “Facebook and Instagram are the ideal places to initiate meaningful discussion about sexual health and happiness as well as to introduce our products. This makes it very difficult to grow our audience and connect with the women who most need our products and positive body ... See more

In her new memoir Consent , writer Jill Ciment revisits her celebrated memoir of 20 years ago, Half a Life , about her marriage to the man she met when she was 17 and he was her 47-year-old art professor.

“Should I refer to him in the language of today — sexual offender , transgressor , abuser of power ?” Ciment asks, referring to her late husband,... See more

Today’s Goopified self-love messaging has been a core pillar of the capitalist “girlboss” mindset that lingers on, despite that era being declared over. The remains have left romance in the dust to leave more room for productivity and monetized self-development