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Home » birth control

Tag: birth control

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Help, I WANT SEX all the time, with all sorts of people!’

by Dan Savage August 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan advises a woman whose libido has soared since she went off hormonal birth control, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Women are the most powerful political force in America right now,’ Cecile Richards says

by Allison Duncan April 12, 2018August 18, 2021

The Planned Parenthood leader will be in town this weekend to talk with David Axelrod about her memoir Make Trouble.

Posted inBlogs

Cecile Richards plans for the next century of Planned Parenthood

by Aimee Levitt November 30, 2016August 18, 2021

In a talk at the University of Chicago Law School, the president of Planned Parenthood talked about reproductive rights postelection.

Posted inArts & Culture

In the future, everyone will have only amazing, mind-blowing sex

by Aimee Levitt October 24, 2016August 18, 2021

In her new book Future Sex, Emily Witt examines new ways of fulfilling desire.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Straight guy seeks massive cocks

by Dan Savage March 26, 2015August 18, 2021

Can a guy really identify as straight while wanting to have anal sex with men?

Posted inColumns & Opinion

You’re a cuckold, I presume

by Dan Savage March 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage decodes a cry for help, advises a woman on libidinal mismatch, and announces the 11th annual HUMP! amateur-porn fest.

Posted inBlogs

The man who wrote about the Woman Rebel

by Aimee Levitt October 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Peter Bagge talks about Margaret Sanger, the subject of his new graphic biography.

"Do they still publish Playboy?"
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Should Mom buy Playboy for her kid?

by Dan Savage May 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan on a cross-dresser in a nursing home, drunk straight girls making out, and a kid’s developing porn connoisseurship.

Sometimes beer goggles aren't to blame
Posted inColumns & Opinion

“Stop cock-in-frock-blocking your friend”

by Dan Savage February 28, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan on men who like men in drag.

Never cross a cross-dresser
Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to be a virgin on a technicality

by Dan Savage January 23, 2013August 18, 2021

Dan on the evil-bitch friend and the anal loophole. Also: Remembering Dear Abby.

Choosy moms choose choice
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Abort! Abort!

by Dan Savage October 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Dan on the troubling case of a pro-life boyfriend and the less-than-troubling discovery of porn on a kid’s computer.

As Shania Twain once said, "Man, I feel like a woman"
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Dressing up your boyfriend

by Dan Savage July 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Dan on choosing birth control, cross-dressing a boyfriend, and taking a relationship to the next level.

Posted inBlogs

Birth control and birthday cake

by Sam Worley February 21, 2012August 19, 2021

What the hell is “artificial birth control”?

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Should I let my boyfriend “probe” me down there?

by Dan Savage September 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Plus: Should I stop my boyfriend getting me off in front of my parents? Also: Is it bad for girls to masturbate with porn?

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Savage Love: Don’t be a whiny queer

by Dan Savage May 12, 2011August 19, 2021

Plus: She regrets her decision to dump her bi boyfriend, and a reader confronts Dan on birth control advice

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