HAVE YOU EVER…? Been on a blind date? No 69.5% Yes 30.5% Been in a long term relationship? Yes 87.4% No 12.6% Had a one-night stand? Yes 67.6% No 32.4% One-and-only: More than two-thirds of respondents have had a one-night stand. Had sex on a first date? Yes 57.1% No 42.9% Hot meet: Almost three […]
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We are all anal-sexers!
In the Halifax of the ’90s, not long after The Coast brought Dan Savage and a generally queer-friendly outlook to public discussion, another newspaper columnist invented a homophobic insult. Harry Flemming of the Daily News used the term “anal-sexers” whenever he wanted to complain about something the gays had done. This prompted a local activist […]
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Map: where to have sex outside in Halifax
Survey question: Where is your favourite place to have sex outdoors? Top 5 answers 1. Point Pleasant Park 2. Citadel Hill 3. The Commons 4. Chocolate Lake 5. Crystal Crescent Beach Map of outdoor sex spots in the HRM View Larger Map Honorable Mentions (also placed on the map) Lawrencetown Beach Long Lake Fort Needham […]
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Grocery store aphrodisiacs
OYSTERS Casanova’s ace-in-the-hole for bedding the ladies, oysters are chock-full of zinc, which increases libido for both genders. My sources suggested novices fry ’em instead of eating them raw, but either way most of our energy was spent on the half-hour struggle just to pry them open. Potent, perhaps not; but delicious nonetheless. Results: Listlessness […]
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10 ONLINE DATING TIPS
1) Be polite and gracious. Pretend you are meeting at a party. There’s no need to say anything different online than you would in person. 2) Pay attention to grammar and spelling. At best a poorly spelled profile or message looks sloppy, at worst, ignorant. 3) Put yourself out there and post a photo. It’s […]
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Local lust: Louisville Sluggers
In my mind is a ballpark of cocks. The image came to me simply enough. A good friend and I were discussing the merits of a well-endowed man I was sleeping with. She compared him to a previous guy and asked, “Are they in the same ballpark?” The picture came to mind. Now I can’t […]
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Local Lust: A kink in the tale
The sex was off the fucking hook. Of the many things I liked about her, top of the list was her ravenous appetite for me. She was so relaxed and engaged. Not to say I’ve had armies of partners to compare (that I’ve reached double digits probably makes me typical for my cohort)but I’ve been […]
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Under the Common Bleachers
I would have lost my virginity to you on my birthday, but your girlfriend started throwing up after we got back to your place. You’d shown up at my house and dragged me out to one of those grungy gay clubs that aren’t there anymore, in a basement on Gottingen. The bartender kept mixing us […]
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Local Lust: Three is not a crowd
Some days I think I’m the luckiest girl in the world. I woke up this morning with a small tabby cat sleeping beside my head, my face pressed into an exotically beautiful woman’s breasts and a man cradling my body in his arms. Our party clothes lay intermingled in scattered piles on the floor. Carlos […]
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Local Lust: The plight of the bisexual
The thing is, men grow scratchy hair on their faces and usually I just want a soft cheek to press against. But women, with their soft cheeks, don’t often have hard muscles beneath their t-shirts to press against. I come up against these discrepancies over and over; I call them conundrums. Goes like this: How […]
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Sending Out an SOS
We met in the middle of a raging party, two writers casting lines, looks; suddenly alone in a room full of books, hot mouths melded like pavement and rain. We defected to my apartment and stripped our clothes like we’d just returned from war, tongues exploring terrain, salving wounds. At dawn we read each other […]
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The New Virginity
Once upon a time, chastity got people off. Women were attractive for being pure: unsullied by sexual experience. Dirty men wanted clean women. And if women did engage in sexual deviancy? It was behind closed doors and that’s where it stayed. “Naughty” girls pretended not to be naughty and kept their pleasure a secret. If […]