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Oh Fun City! Vancouver's Vibrant Alt-Sex Scene

Reive Doig | Posted 03.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Reive Doig

As a sex positive advocate, fetish event promoter, and editor of Erotic Vancouver Magazine, here are my can't-miss events of the year ahead. While vanilla Vancouver may still be "No Fun City," with its regulations, liquor laws and misguided Granville Entertainment District, for the sexually open or open minded we find ourselves living in "Oh Fun City!"

Is Lifelong Monogamy Possible?

Heather Magee | Posted 03.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Heather Magee

Having recently married, I can't tell you if we'll remain monogamous forever. As it stands today, I certainly intend to try. But I think that's a lot of pressure to put on any relationship. Monogamy has to be a lifelong dialogue that takes place as you grow and evolve.

Some Modern Love Advice From Cleopatra

Debra Macleod | Posted 03.04.2013 | Canada Living
Debra Macleod

As a couples' mediator, I see many women who have stopped having fun in their relationships. This year, I'm going back a couple thousand years to excavate some ancient advice from history's most cunning women, such as Cleopatra. How'd she do it? If it worked for the Queen of Egypt in 41 BC, it may work for you in 2013 AD.

The 20 Things I Learned About Sex After Baby

Trina Read | Posted 03.02.2013 | Canada Living
Trina Read

Six weeks after my second son was born in 2009 I embarked on a "Six Month Sex Challenge." For six months I attempted to have sex with my husband at least once a week. The time was truly a roller-coaster ride and I've learned why it is just so darn difficult to have sex after baby. I also appreciate why it's important to make the effort. Here are the 20 things I learned about having sex after baby.

With More Women in Film, Has Anything Changed?

Erika Lust | Posted 02.27.2013 | Canada Living
Erika Lust

A few weeks ago, my newsfeed was filled with stories from this year's Sundance Film Festival: "Record Number of Female Directors!" However, what little information I could find about the films centering around women with sexual storylines led to utter disappointment -- did they all just happen to be really dark, or is the female perspective on sex an utter failure?

11 Reasons You're Not Having Sex

Everyday Health | Madeline Vann | Posted 12.27.2012 | Canada Living

Madeline Vann, Everyday Health Is fitting sex into your daily life a struggle? “Everybody I know is crazy busy, overscheduled, and running,...

OK Ladies, Time to Start Loving Your Vaginas

Trina Read | Posted 02.18.2013 | Canada Living
Trina Read

There's myriad ideologies that stop women from having a healthy relationship with their privates including: negative socialization, lack of education and exposure when young, stigma when admitting they masturbate, and the list goes on and on. Bottom line: until the average gal can have a positive relationship with her vulva, enjoying sex to the maximum will probably be out of her grasp.

Some of My Penis Pet Peeves

Trina Read | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada Living
Trina Read

Throughout my youth, I was both fascinated and jealous of the relationship men had with their penises. As a result you could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out men are just as uptight about their penises as women are about their vulvas. It's just a different kind of uptight.

Eight Ways to Make Your Husband Want You Again

Debra Macleod | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada Living
Debra Macleod

It's a devastating thing for a woman to admit -- that her husband seems to have lost his desire for her. Women often jump to the conclusion that unsatisfying sex is the reason for the chilly temperatures. Yet as often as not, men withdraw from their wives for non-sexual reasons. Check out these eight Do's and Don'ts to see whether any of them might help reignite his spark for you.

Justin Bieber's Career, Um, Blows Up With New Sex Doll

Huffington Post Canada | Jason MacNeil | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Music

An American adult toy company is courting pervy holiday shoppers with "Just-In Beaver," a blow-up sex doll modeled after pop star Justin Bieber. Ac...

What Sex Sells to Women?

Erika Lust | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada Living
Erika Lust

I don't believe any single person can say what women want, but I can say with certainty that women do want. And the sooner society, media and business realize that this is the case, that men aren't the only sexual beings, the sooner we'll have greater variety to choose from and representations that reflect us.

What Men Can Learn From 50 Shades of Grey

Debra Macleod | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Living
Debra Macleod

This widespread resentment toward Christian Grey -- kink version of the Alpha male -- has sparked a furor among men. But men are missing the point. It isn't Mr. Grey's bank account or bondage gear that makes him Mr. Right. The real reason women lust after him is because he makes them feel lusted after.

Should I Let a Man Be My Domestic Slave?

Delaine Moore | Posted 11.10.2012 | Canada Living
Delaine Moore

So I received a proposition this week from a man I met online. I'm still trying to decide if it's indecent. Is it different? Yes. Freaky? Borderline. Am I considering it? Hmmmm...kind of. This large, manly, uber sexy hunk has an unusual desire: He wants to be my domestic. That's right. Domestic. As in as in down on his hands and knees, cleaning my toilets and floors and whatever else I want him to do.

How Julian Assange Made it Harder for Women to Report Rape

Erika Lust | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Erika Lust

Julian Assange faces an Interpol order for his extradition to Sweden for the crime of sexual assault, though he has sought asylum to avoid these charges (among others). This case infuriates me: as a Swedish woman, a feminist, and someone who works to promote sex as passionate and beautiful act within the adult industry. Rape is a gross power play and the message to victims needs to be that, though they were violated, they can regain control through reporting their rape. I understand that many have no faith in the legal and political system, and that Assange is responsible for a lot of disillusionment in this regard.

Just Because Your Brain Objectifies Women Doesn't Make it Right

Jeff Fraser | Posted 10.09.2012 | Canada Living
Jeff Fraser

Cognitive psychologists have discovered that our brains reduce women to their sexual body parts, and treat those parts as objects. The data confirms what many of us have suspected all along: we objectify women without even thinking about it. But does that mean that sexism is an inevitable result of our physiology? That's not so easy to answer.

Eight Common Sex Problems and How to Solve Them

Debra Macleod | Posted 10.03.2012 | Canada
Debra Macleod

The truth is, both men and women tend to complain about the same things when it comes to sex, particularly when they're in a long-term relationship. Here are eight of the most common complaints I hear from couples, along with suggestions to turn a partner's frown upside down.

Are We More Likely To Google Sex Partner Or Tennis Partner?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada Living

Even if sex does sell, it may not be what Google users are most likely to search online. According to an infographic by sex product website JimmyJa...

Is Dating a Cold, Careless Game?

Rachel Ryan | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada Living
Rachel Ryan

There is a very prevalent hostility between the sexes, constantly reinforced by today's no-strings-attached dating game. No one has to commit. No one is responsible. Everyone is out for himself or herself. Everyone is on the defensive. So many options and no need to choose. Immediate gratification coupled with complete lack of empathy.

Change My Mind: Is the Modern Woman Too Picky?

JD Halperin | Posted 09.23.2012 | Canada Living
JD Halperin

Incredibly, there are no statistics on this. And yet women hear about this topic all the time -- and not just from their mothers. It's an anthem playing throughout our modern culture, along with all those girl empowerment, Beyonce-style pop songs. So HuffPost put the topic to two young single men, active on the dating frontier. In our latest "Change My Mind" debate, you the reader get to decide on the loser. Just be kind. Reject him nicely.

If We Had Cheating Olympics, Who Would Win?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 07.19.2012 | Canada Living

As the world waits for the 2012 London Olympics next week, one sexier version just ended. In an exclusive poll, online affair service AshleyMadiso...

What Does "Having it All" Mean for Men?

Aviva Rubin | Posted 09.15.2012 | Canada
Aviva Rubin

Jim Power, school principal of the elite all-male Upper Canada College (UCC), recently wrote that boys need to know they can't have it all either. The fathers Power meets talk about the pressure they're under -- how they badly want to find time to watch their child "master a new acrobatic trick," that they often experience a "tug at their hearts that they keep to themselves." What about the other 99.99 per cent of parenting responsibilities?

Smut With Soul: 50 Ways to a Sexier Marriage

Debra Macleod | Posted 09.04.2012 | Canada Living
Debra Macleod

According to a recent survey in the UK's Daily Mail, almost 80 per cent of women and 90 per cent of men were excited by the domination and submission theme of the 50 Shades trilogy. Why? Well, if you've been having sex with the same person, in the same place and positions for years, it is incredibly exciting to have that person behave in a way that is unfamiliar and unexpected.

50 Shades of Grey: Cheaper Than Sex Therapy

Barb Sibbald | Posted 09.03.2012 | Canada Living
Barb Sibbald

How do you explain the unprecedented success of a trilogy of mommy porn: soft porn aimed at and read by, predominantly, women? In a word: Play. The 50 Shades of Grey books have so far sold 10 million copies in 37 countries. Admittedly, the book's shenanigans could intimidate some couples, but judging by most media reports, the effect has been just the opposite. Women find the books are sparking their libido (the sex scenes are very graphic) and men are loving that.

I Made Out With a Married Man, and Told His Wife

Delaine Moore | Posted 08.21.2012 | Canada Living
Delaine Moore

Last year I spent out eight hours with a handsome "urban cowboy" at a bar. A day and a make-out session later, I found out he was married. I told his wife what had happened. I don't know if I made the right decision, so after a year of not speaking to her, I got in contact with her, and here's what she had to say about knowing that her husband cheated on her.

The Kind of Porn You SHOULD be Watching

Erika Lust | Posted 08.19.2012 | Canada Living
Erika Lust

Porn is out there, it's accessible, and it's here to stay. Sex and porn are so inextricably linked that it's as impossible to imagine the world without the one as it is without the other. The problem with most porn is that it reflects a weird world of hairlessness, bleaching athleticism and diminutive speech. It's not real, and this can lead to some serious social problems for teens.