Nowadays, almost every child has a smartphone, which helps them stay in touch with everyone or reach their parents easily if any kind of emergency happens. Besides the fact that phones offer a sense of security, owning a phone exposes a child to inappropriate web search and communications. It is often the case that parents […]
As a person with both a voracious sexual appetite and serious loner tendencies, I really enjoy sexting. I love the process of cowriting filthy Choose Your Own Adventure-style erotic scenarios, upping the ante with each exchange, my imagination inspired by whatever textual sex act my partner has just suggested until my thumbs start to cramp and […]
Sending the sexiest text is a difficult game, but it’s one I excel at. And lucky for you ladies, I’m here to help and tell you my best-kept, juiciest, sexting secrets. Use these tips and believe me, the men will come running! 1. If there’s one thing I know about guys, it’s that they don’t […]
The shadowy Unicode Consortium has revealed the list of 72 emoji scheduled for release on June 21, which is exciting news for those of us who prefer to communicate nuanced and complicated emotions via pictures instead of words. This news comes on the heels of last week’s Bible Emoji translator, which will translate the words […]
You give good text and are proud of it. Often finding yourself heavy texting with a crush or brand new love interest, you delight in the back-and-forth repartee, the dings announcing his new message, the way that crafting witty responses keeps your brain sharp and you on your toes. When you talk to your friends, they […]
I got my first text from this guy I’ve liked forever. Finally, after years of subtly dangling the carrot that is moi, he started running for the bait. But what was I supposed to text back? I decided to call in reinforcements. I phoned my friend in a healthy, awesome, long-term relationship and I asked her […]
“Sexting” is one of those words you’re probably really tired of hearing. Not least of all because you’re wondering how you can get in on the action. Sexting by itself isn’t a bad way to spend your time—especially if it happens to be with Rihanna—but if you’re like every other red-blooded male, you’re eventually going to want […]
For a long time, eyebrow-arching and pearl-clutching over “hookup culture” has focused on young women: they will feel used by young men and come to believe they can only derive value in themselves from their sexuality. Such concerns have been roundly and fairly criticizing as portraying young women as victims lacking in agency, or worse, […]
My cell phone is more broke than I am. Over the weekend, I got a case of the butterfingers and dropped it again — now it won’t text. Wah! Is it trying to ruin my social sex life? Without the ability to sext, my game is weak! I know a few dudes are missing my […]
