• Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 1:37pm By Carol Queen
    This essay originally appeared in the October, 2009 issue of Adult Video News.  Reprinted with Permission.  Joani Blank broke a mold in the adult toy industry 32 years ago when she created Good Vibrations as a place for women to...
  • Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 10:47am By Chris Hall
    The American Psychological Association announced a resolution yesterday saying that trying to change a client's sexual orientation through "reparative therapy" is neither effective nor ethical. The announcement sounds a little bit like...
  • Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 3:11pm By Gabriele Hoff
    Carnal Nation is proud to present Erotic Powerplay™ in Healthy Relationships, a series of videos by Dr Gabriele Hoff. These video podcasts are interviews with articulate individuals and couples about their experiences with erotic powerplay in...
  • Monday, June 15, 2009 - 2:26pm By Perv Panel
    A little over 6 months ago, I broke up with the woman I had been seeing for a year and half. Well, to be fair, I was dumped. It's been 5 months since I last saw her, much less spoke to her (she was rather adamant in stating that she didn't want to...
  • Monday, June 15, 2009 - 1:51pm By Juba Kalamka
    When I first read your letter, I was concerned about how any answer I gave might be taken given the emotionally delicate space you’re in at the moment. I feel OK saying that you’re doing a great job at being present with your feelings and what’s...
  • Monday, June 15, 2009 - 1:08pm By Chip August
    I really get how hurt and broken you feel, and your feelings of grief that come when a relationship dies really resonate with me. That’s the odd thing about the human heart – often the way we really know it works is when it breaks (sigh...
  • Monday, June 15, 2009 - 12:58pm By Sadie Lune
    Oh man! Oh man! Oh whomever! Can I just say: I FEEL YOU. Now let's all take a deep breath of empathy for ourselves and every other soul in heartbreak recovery. This is some of the toughest and most humanizing work of life. You mentioned therapy, and...
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 5:28pm By Gabriele Hoff
    Carnal Nation is proud to present Erotic Powerplay™ in Healthy Relationships, a series of videos by Dr Gabriele Hoff. These video podcasts are interviews with articulate individuals and couples about their experiences with erotic powerplay in...
  • Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 12:20pm By Gabriele Hoff
    Carnal Nation is proud to present Erotic Powerplay™ in Healthy Relationships, a series of videos by Dr Gabriele Hoff. These video podcasts are interviews with articulate individuals and couples about their experiences with erotic powerplay in...
  • Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 4:09pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Associated Press reports that GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Pfizer Inc. have annouced their intention to form a new company dedicated entirely to the research and development of treatments for HIV and AIDS. “By combining Pfizer’s and GlaxoSmithKline’s...
  • Friday, April 3, 2009 - 11:40am By Lisa Carr
    Howard was a 34-year-old virgin suffering from bipolar disorder and severe ADD. When we began our sessions, Howard had little sense of his own agency. He had a job, but he still lived with his parents, who dispensed his medications and micromanaged...
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 12:55pm By Adam Zimbardo & Jezzie Fulmen
    In the last couple of columns, we've shared some of our thoughts on the principles of sex therapy and touched a bit on the history and theory of various approaches. In this column, we want to focus on an issue often overlooked when folks set out to...
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 1:00am By Gabriele Hoff
    Carnal Nation is proud to present Erotic Powerplay™ in Healthy Relationships, a series of videos by Dr Gabriele Hoff. These video podcasts are interviews with articulate individuals and couples about their experiences with erotic powerplay in...
  • Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:00pm By Gabriele Hoff
    Carnal Nation is proud to present Erotic Powerplay™ in Healthy Relationships, a series of videos by Dr Gabriele Hoff. These video podcasts are interviews with articulate individuals and couples about their experiences with erotic powerplay in...
  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 12:00pm By Adam Zimbardo & Jezzie Fulmen
    Up until the 1960s, if you had a sexual problem, you got psychoanalysis. A few times a week, you'd go to your analyst's office and free-associate. The analyst would make comments based on your early childhood experiences, and by gaining insight into...