Let’s face it: Breakups suck.
But in the era of social media where Facebook friends morph within nanoseconds into real-time lovers, then descend just as quickly into frenemy territory, splits and their attendant issues now live on the World Wide Web for all your so-called “friends” to see and engage with. News about relationship difficulties, alleged […]

Elisabeth Moss, best known for playing presidential daughter Zoey Bartlet on the West Wing, portrays young secretary-turned-copywriter Peggy Olson on AMC’s Mad Men. Here, she discusses her character’s journey, her on-show style and her off-show dating life.

The 1970s are over, but some things seem to be making a comeback: lava lamps, wallpaper, Donna Summer’s concert tour and…swingers. The fascination with “the lifestyle” (as swingers fondly call it) is seeping into suburban, upper-middle class social scenes. Over drinks and dessert, discussions once focused on home renovations and restaurant openings are giving way […]

Marriage is not going so well for my husband Rob and me. Our fifth anniversary approaches, and we haven’t had sex in more than a year. We’ve buried our feelings about that deep. We also avoid talking about finances and children, and anything else you could file under the category “future hopes.” Outside of an […]

On the surface, Joan Holloway is a secretarial stereotype: the super-sexy, head-turning queen bee of the office, the one who’s having a hot affair with her married boss. But as played by Christina Hendricks, Joan is so much more, and one of the many delights of Mad Men, which begins its second season on AMC […]

I am a closet exhibitionist. Very few people know this about me because I’m a bookish introvert who has seldom been the life of a phone call, let alone a party. However, the vast majority of my masturbation fantasies involve me having sex with one or several partners, while one or several other people […]

As a 23-year-old editorial assistant living in New York City, I was confident in my relationship and in my reasons for wanting to move in with my boyfriend of two years. I’d become a bag lady lugging my life between our apartments just as the hobo chic look had lost its appeal. I dreaded forfeiting […]

Several years ago my father’s friend Jack (names have been changed) divorced his wife of nearly 30 years and married his first love, a woman he first met when they were both counselors at a sleep-away camp in upstate New York. Jack and Lorna had drifted apart, but never forgot one another. They built lives […]

Chances are you’ve heard the story: an unmarked door leads to a dimly-lit massage parlor where women with strong hands and tolerant smiles await a train of libidinous male patrons. The “happy ending” tale is all too common, a mixture of truth and urban legend that captivates male imaginations even in an age of casual […]

Eyebrows rose all over Hollywood when Oscar winner Holly Hunter signed on to star in the TNT drama series “Saving Grace.” Why would the star of The Piano, Broadcast News and Thirteen take on the weekly grind of TV in yet another police procedural series? Well, this is no ordinary cop show, and Grace has […]