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Honest, nuanced essays about sex, desire, intimacy, and what it means to stay fully alive in long-term love.

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Love is a whole-person, mind-body fuck. It demands all of us, every single part.

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Play: Sex Is One of the Last Places We Get to Be Wild

“The moment my feet hit the floor, it’s back to reality,”

I said to my husband, still in bed, waiting for him to bring me some tissues.

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Pleasure: The Sex Wasn’t Hot. The Pleasure Was.

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Performance: Is My Sexual Desire Actually Mine?

The Cool Girl.

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    Sex, desire, marriage, and still wanting someone decades into a relationship. Cultural criticism, research, and glimpses into an 18-year love affair. Sexuality & relationships writer • LICSW • certified sex therapist • wife • mother of three.

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