Ask Olivia: The Transparency of Anonymity
Dear Olivia, You remain anonymous as a sex blogger. My question is, do you think hiding your face makes you complicit in slut-shaming? By playing along with and accommodating the social norms you seek...
View ArticleThe Check
As a modern-day, financially-independent, feminist woman, one of the sides of dating that still bamboozles me is the dance for the check. This hilarious video by The Discipline Committee, a film...
View ArticleAsk Olivia: Is There Any Motion That’s Simply Better?
Dear Olivia, Now, we’ve all heard it’s not the size of the wave but the motion of the ocean. Right? I mean, let’s be honest, certainly size matters–especially for girls that enjoy fornical orgasms or...
View ArticleJust Doing It Isn’t Enough
It’s an all-too familiar scene: a slightly smug, self-satisfied face emerging from in between your legs, his expression indicating he’s convinced you’ve just seen God when the reality is anything but....
View ArticleFive Most Awkward Sexual Positions
Imagine, if you will, a lifetime of missionary. It would get old pretty quickly, right? Part of what keeps sex from getting boring is the vast assortment of sexual positions that you can engage in....
View ArticleAsk Olivia: Is It Wrong to Be Turned On By This?
Dear Olivia, I literally abhor demeaning phrases and words toward women–stated in public–that use their sex/reproductive organs/gender as a way to belittle them, accuse them of weakness,...
View ArticleAn “Ass” of “U” and “Me”
I rarely write about the people that I’m currently seeing.Unless it’s to use a specific sexy moment as an example, I don’t think it’s fair, or necessarily interesting, to kiss and tell. It’s my privacy...
View ArticleThe Two-Headed Monster
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and whether you’re single, married, dating, divorced, excited, bitter, hopeful, or sad, it’s impossible to let the day go by without thinking about Love just a little...
View ArticleA Heaping Bowl of Serial Flakes
Dating isn’t easy.You don’t need me to tell you that between texting, social media, our generation’s inexplicable phobia of actually talking on the phone, and the advent of this so-called “hook up...
View ArticleThe Ten Worst Lovers
The new year is often a time for new goals. (Or old goals, depending on whether or not you achieved them last year.)We make resolutions about everything from losing weight to being more organized to...
View ArticleAsk Olivia! How Do I Slow Down Something That Is Moving Too Fast?
Dear Olivia,I would love to hear your thoughts on something that I currently have been debating with some of my close female friends. In my experiences, a girl seems to become extremely attached to a...
View ArticleSaucy Stories from the Archives: Hot Tub Hookup
After the Boy from the Booze Cruise and I spent those first few days together, we stayed in touch while he was back across the country and later gallivanting around South America for a few months. A...
View ArticleA House Divided Cannot Stand
Today is Election Day–marking the end of a long and extremely contentious campaign season. Over the last few months I’ve seen a lot of positive political passion expressed on Facebook and Twitter...
View ArticleTried and True Tips for Texting as a Tool
There’s no denying that somewhere in the last decade we’ve transitioned from a society of talkers to a society of texters.For many things it’s great. It’s more discreet; you don’t feel like you’re...
View ArticleThe Cunning Linguist
My last article was about blow jobs.More specifically, why I love giving them and why you should too.It prompted a response from my friend and fellow sex columnist, Alice Paloma, which prompted a...
View ArticleWhy I Love Giving Blow Jobs and Why You Should Too
The other night I was having dinner with a friend and he shared some very disturbing news: apparently there are still girls who don’t give head.(I mean “still” in the relative sense of at this point...
View ArticleGuest Post: Dr. J and the Princess
If you’ve been reading The Sauce for a while, you’ll know that every once in a while I post a Saucy Story from the Archive, a series which is less about sex in theory and more about sex in practice.But...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Assholes
Dear Toolbags,When you go on a first date, there are only so many things—broadly speaking—that you can want going into it:1) Sex2) A short-term fling3) A long-term relationship(We’ll...
View ArticleGuest Post: London vs. New York
I’ve lived in half a dozen cities and each one has had its own vibe and its own personality. And so have the people living in them. From slight changes in customs to major language differences, what...
View ArticleYou Always Find It in the Last Place You Look
Over dinner with friends tonight we stumbled on the subject of relationships that don’t seem to be destined for the long term. Sometimes when you start dating someone, things start out great. You’re...
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