Relationships

Illustration of a man, woman and non-binary person holding hands walking together with the sun shining behind them.

Love No Limit: Sliding into Nonmonogamy Safely and Ethically

by Josie Pickens
August 11, 2020 at 10:00am
There’s a prevalent notion that women only choose to practice nonmonogamy because the men in their lives guide them toward it. Read more »
Jada Pinkett-Smith, a light-skinned Black woman with cropped, curly blond hair, on Red Table Talk

Jada Pinkett-Smith Isn’t the Villain in Her Entanglement. Nobody Is.

by Gabrielle Smith
July 23, 2020 at 12:04pm
Will and Jada’s public relationship has resulted in explosive discourse online. Read more »
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Love No Limit: Exploring Sexual Fantasy during the Pandemic

by Josie Pickens
May 19, 2020 at 9:17am
We only have shame about our sexual thoughts or desires because we don’t openly discuss how natural and human they are. Read more »
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Love No Limit: Can a Relationship Survive a Pandemic?

by Josie Pickens
April 21, 2020 at 11:00am
This pandemic will give us the space and opportunity to dig deep into the love, compassion, and care we have for our lovers and ourselves. Read more »
illustration of a Black woman's hands holding a heart that resembles a strawberry

Love No Limit Is a Space for Radical, Expansive Conversations about Love

by Josie Pickens
March 17, 2020 at 10:43am
It will be a safe space where we can discover, together, how we can find, foster, and harbor the most radical kinds of joy within our hearts, minds, and bodies. Read more »
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, a white couple both wearing all black outfits, pose together on a red carpet in 2015

All Victims Can Be Perpetrators

by Nylah Burton
February 14, 2020 at 1:37pm
Our society has not yet accepted that women can inflict horrible wounds and still be horribly wounded themselves. Read more »
a white couple lays in bed with a small, white child between them in Marriage Story

Screaming Match: “Marriage Story” Doesn’t Reckon with the Misogyny of Its Male Protagonist

by Kyndall Cunningham
January 17, 2020 at 12:47pm
What’s most disheartening about Marriage Story is that Noah Baumbach clearly believes Charlie and Nicole deserve the same happy ending. Read more »
Summer Walker, a Black woman R&B singer, poses in a white durag while talking into a pink phone

(Black) Girls Need Love Too: R&B Creates New Standards for Situationships

by Eden Bekele
December 10, 2019 at 3:11pm
This generation of Black women R&B artists are seeking clarity and setting new relationship standards for themselves—and their devoted fanbases. Read more »
A black and white photo of author Annabel Gat, a white woman who has bangs and leans her head against her hands

Annabel Gat on Astrology, Heartbreak, and Embracing the Unknown

by Katherine Speller
August 11, 2019 at 7:15am
It’s not so much about our birth or the stars dictating how we love, flirt, and fuck. Instead it’s about wanting to understand the hows and whys of the ways we navigate our relationships. Read more »
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Mastering Life: How BDSM Is Teaching Women to Become More Assertive

by Margaret Andersen
June 12, 2019 at 12:32pm
The negotiation skills that you learn through BDSM will carry over into your everyday because relationships, whether romantic or professional, always require communication to be successful. Read more »

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