Am I a huge creeper for wanting to hold my friends' hands all the time?
friendship
apps
My extremely sore wrist made writing this piece extra challenging.
ball ironing
Apparently George Clooney has inspired a "trend" of dudes getting their balls surgically de-wrinkled. Joke's on you, guys! Balls are ALWAYS horrifying!
Kate Conway in
Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love,
ball ironing,
beauty trends,
body image,
crotch-kraken,
labiaplasty,
vagina lightening
Jun 12, 2013 at 10:00am | 145 comments
oversharing
I love hearing all about people's sexual experiences, even though studies claim promiscuous women eschew our own kind. Screw those studies.
keeping the spark alive
I'm historically pretty terrible at monogamy; apparently, science thinks this may be the case with a hell of a lot of women.
body image
According to a new study out of Finland, high-stress jobs make women less attractive to dudes. Time to quit your job, everyone!
disgusting human kate conway
Life's too short to worry about microbes everywhere. I have a lot of television to catch up on.
boobs
As shocking as it may sound, it is possible to convey that a character is interested in sex and relationships without physically stripping her naked for us to look at. It happens with dudes all the time.
dating
I can't think of a single person I've broken up with that I'm legitimately "over" in the sense that I can still think about them without feeling a bit gut-punched.
Kate Conway in
Relationships,
dating,
ex-boyfriends,
ex-girlfriends,
ex-whatevers,
getting over it,
mopey kate is mopey
May 17, 2013 at 11:00am | 89 comments
gay gay gay
From now on, you can't use the term "bromance" about two people unless they are actually bros in a romance. Those are the new rules.
hobbies
I am such a sucker for props.
fashion
In the interest of not inviting my own bodily harm at the hands of my acquaintances, I have decided to approximate summer to the best of my ability even when the weather outside is driving me to listen to The National and brood about the void of human existence.
boobs
I have been sized by so many salespeople that I feel I may never trust again.
body
A blogger in Oklahoma City recently lost her job for calling a cheerleader "chunky" in a post. Meanwhile, an ESPN reporter declares newly out NBA player Jason Collins to be an "open rebellion to God" as a gay man.
beautiful
We're not saying Gwyneth Paltrow isn't beautiful, but we just think People could, y'know. Branch out a bit.
catcalling
It seems like every woman I know has developed a strategy for dealing with that slimy feeling of a deserted train car or an empty, dark street.
armpit hair
For some reason, I thought that getting my vajay waxed would make me feel less anxious about sleeping with a new dude. This was incorrect.
Kate Conway in
Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love,
armpit hair,
bikini waxes,
body hair,
hair,
shaving,
tmi,
vagina,
vagina boil,
waxing
Apr 19, 2013 at 12:00pm | 105 comments
body image
I offer the following proposal: maybe we should just stop trying to be hot.
fandom
No, YOU'RE crying about LGBT acceptance in professional sports!
fashion
Dudes apparently think girls in sports gear are the hottest thing since those tights with built-in garters. I put this to the test over the weekend. Results were mixed.
naked pictures
BONUS: I ask a bunch of 18-year-olds about their sex lives, feel like a total creeper in the process!
depression
Spring always makes me inexplicably mopey, to the degree that I sometimes have trouble putting food in my mouth on the regular. If you have this problem, too, I have a few suggestions for meals you can survive on until May.
embarrassing moments
For a bunch of people that talk about our personal lives on the Internet, the xoJane editors sure are great at coming up with our most embarrassing moments.
gay
Things I expected from LGBTQ night at our local hockey game: rainbows, ice fights, an LGBTQ-inclusive Kiss Cam. Things I didn't expect: strangers calling me a dyke.
