The New Rules of Flirting (For Dudes)

Fellas. Fellas? Fellas. I know how it is out there on the "battlefield of love" in this modern world, so to speak: the rules have changed. It's hard to keep up with what's "politically correct" these days in the wild and wooly dating arena. Can you compliment a coworker? On her outfit? Or her eyes? Or her ass? Can you…
A bracing Thought Catalog essay explores the trials and tribulations of dating an older woman. Four years older.
The Scariest of All Islamist Penalties
The North African nation of Mali is in the midst of an uprising by strict conservative Islamist rebels who have captured Timbuktu and locked it down under harsh Sharia law and are running around with guns and making all the women wear veils and chasing off all the Westerners and generally just throwing a wrench into…
Hitting on Younger Women Is Not a Crime
Oh that John Edwards, that guy, always combing his hair and having babies out of wedlock while his wife is dying of cancer, that jerk. What is his latest outrageous action, that he did, so that we can all get mad at him, once again, the pretty boy? Let's see, here it is, right in the foldy newspaper with all the…
Pick-Up Tips from 22-Year-Old Barack Obama's Sex Life
Today Vanity Fair published an excerpt from Washington Post editor David Maraniss' new Barack Obama biography. The selection focuses on Obama's first serious girlfriend, 25-year-old Genevieve Cook, whom he dated when he was 22 and living in New York.
Lana Del Rey Is Dating Axl Rose? And a List of Other Middle-Aged Musicians She Should Consider
It appears that 50-year-old Guns n' Roses frontman Axl Rose and 25-year-old Lana Del Rey are hanging out together at the same time in the same place. Ipso facto, they are dating. The pair were seen leaving mysterious L.A. laboratory Chateau Marmont before disappearing into the night to discuss all the ways in which…
'Should I Date This Weirdo Who Sniffs My Crotch Sweat at the Gym?' Asks Very Single Lady
What delightful tale of sexual deviance does surprisingly kinky advice columnist Dear Prudence have for us today? A woman contemplating dating a stranger she caught sniffing her crotch sweat at the gym? Yes, I think that will do.
How to Get Some Guy to Marry You
A new government report says that 38% of American women aged 15-44 have never ever been married, not even once. What is wrong with them? Something. Nobody likes them? Apparently. Anyhow. They're not as hopeless as everyone thinks!
Dating Websites Will Seriously Try to Make Sure You Don’t Get Sexually Assaulted
Online dating behemoths Match.com, eHarmony and Spark Networks (which operates JDate and the less buzzword-y ChristianMingle) issued a joint statement Tuesday pledging action to protect users from sexual predators and financial scammers.
Tara Miller of Westville, New Jersey Would Like Her Boyfriend to Change His Facebook Relationship Status
Popular online social networking website Facebook boasts a "relationship status" setting, in which Facebook members can indicate whether or not they are "In a Relationship" with another person. This is often considered a formal social indicator that a couple is officially "together." Sound simple? Not for Tara Miller…
What If Kim and Lin Started Dating?
According to one of Kim Kardashian's friends, Kim's publicist has arranged for her to go on a date with Knicks demigod, Jeremy Lin. And while it's probable that there's no truth in this, it's kind of fun to imagine. Think of the Kimsane headlines. The Keeping Up With the KardashiLins reality show spin-offs. So much…
Columbia Grads: Win a Date With 'The Original Multimedia Gangsta'
Are you a lonely Columbia Journalism School grad whiling away Valentine's Day with thoughts of your persistent crush on your old professor Duy Linh Tu, head of the Digital Media Program and self-proclaimed "Original Multimedia Gangsta?" Cupid is emailing you.
CPAC Attendees Learn How to Pick Up Women, Gay Men
Another year, another wholesome Conservative Political Action Conference. In addition to hearing white rappers drop N-bombs and Ann Coulter talk about how "all real females are conservatives," CPAC attendees were treated to a lesson from pickup artist Juggler. You know, the one who isn't Mystery.
