Latest articles by Emily Shire
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Why Americans still can't admit to watching pornfeature The only thing a new study on porn reveals is how much we lie about it
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Has the porn industry been proven wrong about condoms?feature A potential HIV-positive case has shaken up San Fernando Valley
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India's gay sex ban shows why the LGBT movement must go globalfeature Discrimination against gays is still widespread — and getting worse
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All hail the Bad Sex Awards, the world's best literary prizefeature Get ready to suck some Brie
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Amsterdam's plan to pay alcoholics in beer is actually not a bad ideafeature Hear me out...
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The good and not-so-good reasons to have sexfeature It's important to get in your head and think about your sexual motivation
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Why American Jews are less Jewish than they used to befeature A growing number of American Jews say they have no religion
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Why Saturday Night Live could use an affirmative action programfeature Kenan Thompson's controversial remarks have sparked a lively debate about the show's diversity — or lack thereof
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'Blurred Lines' and 5 other popular songs sued for copyright infringementfeature Robin Thicke is in good company
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5 books that wouldn't exist without Fear of Flyingfeature The erotic, feminist novel is celebrating its 40th anniversary
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Why Anonymous gravitates to cases like Maryville and Steubenvillefeature The hacktivist group has created a vigilante niche for small-town rape cases
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The mysterious decline in female life expectancyfeature The unprecedented reversal is concentrated in certain parts of the country
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Orange is the New Black was snubbed at the Golden Globes. The show has only itself to blame.feature With a tweak, the popular show could have put itself in a better position to bring home some hardware
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Why Common Core may not fix our kids' problems with mathfeature The problems in the U.S. education system run deep
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4 shows other than The Simpsons that beautifully handled the death of a cast memberfeature From Sesame Street to The West Wing, these shows have successfully worked a sudden death into the series
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Why you should pay attention to the Lily Allen–Miley Cyrus feminist feudfeature There are more nuances to the debate than to twerk or not to twerk
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Why is it so hard for pandas to get it on?feature Everything you need to know about the mechanics of panda-mating
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Why the Avonte Oquendo missing child case is getting so much attentionfeature Children with autism are more likely to go missing and are harder to find
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How sperm could one day cure cancerfeature Say hello to the spermbot
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Tiger Mom's latest book hits a little too close to the U.S's xenophobic pastfeature The groups in question have changed but the unfounded designation of superiority is still there
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Why some women don't want severe PMS categorized as a mental disorderfeature PMDD is more serious than typical PMS, but there are drawbacks to the new classification
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World Down Syndrome Day: The pressing need to better understand mental disabilitiesfeature The recent death of Robert Ethan Saylor has sparked calls for serious change
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Could revenge porn bans sweep the nation?feature New York is hot on California's heels
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Why it now sucks even more to be an unpaid internfeature The disappointing outcome of Lihuan Wang's sexual harassment suit shows how vulnerable interns are
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