New York-based writer and editor Louise Sloan didn't set out to be come a single mom, let alone a spokesperson for them. She knew she wanted kids at the age of 28, but her various partners weren't quite ready. When she hit 40, she knew it was time to proceed...

Judy McGuire is who I turn to when I am having relationship problems, and believe me, I have a lot of them. She has a way of giving advice that is never condescending, comes from the heart, and experience, and is actually helpful, which isn't anywhere as easy as it...

I wasn't surprised to read that newly hired and newly resigned New York Press sex columnist, former child actor Claudia Lonow, had plagiarized her writing from popular sex advice columnist Dan Savage. (Savage has no official comment at present.) When I read the incest question she answered...

Editor's Note: Dr. Mona Ackerman is on vacation. Her weekly column will return next Thursday.

When I was growing up, One Day at a Time was a TV show; now, it's a motto I try to live by. A catchphrase and major tenet of Alcoholics Anonymous, it's also provided...

When I was growing up, One Day at a Time was a TV show; now, it's a motto I try to live by. A catchphrase and major tenet of Alcoholics Anonyous, it's also provided for me a way of looking at life that recognizes that life goes on, whether...

Matt Titus's recent post "How to Be Faithful" struck a nerve with readers. And it's something I've thought a good deal about, so I decided to look not at monogamy as a goal, but as a social construct. First let me say that if you are in a monogamous...

Kevin Federline accused Britney Spears of being one, Gerald Ford thought Bill Clinton was one (and Clinton has had counseling for it), British comedian Russell Brand just came out as one, and Halle Berry's ex-husband Eric Benet sought treatment for it. But who's really...

As an author, perhaps I'm supposed to side with doom-filled writer Peter Sacks in the, "Isn't it awful how few people read and how America is becoming dumbed down?" conundrum, but while I can't quite imagine how one gets through a day, let alone a year, without reading, the rest...

Part two of my interview with filmmaker Jennifer Fox, director of the recent Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman. Read part 1 here.

You talk about investigating "this modern female life," so I'm curious how you felt about the contrast between your New York life and that...

Filmmaker Jennifer Fox's six-hour documentary Flying: Confessions of a Free Women, represents the first time the acclaimed director has allowed herself to step in front of the camera, baring (almost) all about her family, friendships, and romantic relationships. She's already detailed here at HuffPo her evolution as...

What I'm about to write I would've found obnoxious and pretentious mere months ago but lately seem to tell everyone who so much as asks me how I'm doing: I have a personal trainer. Even now, it sounds like saying I have a chauffeur or money manager or lawyer; there's...

When I read about PABBIS (Parents Against Bad Books in Schools), I couldn't help but be intrigued. What's a "bad" book? I'm sure you have an answer to that, as do I, but for this group, "bad" isn't a subjective opinion about whether or not you enjoyed a particular...

Anna David now considers herself a "reformed party girl," but not all that long ago, she thought nothing of getting high, getting drunk, and partying her ass off, all while writing for publications such as Parenting and People. Now sober, the West Hollywood-based journalist, blogger, and talking head brings us...

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A new, 98 page book simply titled Porn for Women from Chronicle Books is causing a stir with its racy images . . . but not in the way you might think. Instead of full frontal nudity, the book...

As author Lynn Harris' second novel, Death by Chick Lit, gets ready to mock both its title genre and its critics, which have seen plenty of action right here, Huffington Post emailed Harris, a frequent contributor to Nerve.com, Salon, and Glamour, about chick lit as a "McFeminist"...

The day after Thanksgiving, I sat holding my friend's four-month-old baby as we talked about birth control--mine, hers, and the political landscape around preventing pregnancy. She started to tell me how her views on the topic had changed, and I felt sure she was going to say that her pro-choice...

"Are you a ho or do you just want to be?"

Ever since I became a sex columnist for alternative weekly The Village Voice in the fall of 2004, this is the kind of email I occasionally receive, though I'm thankful that the vast majority of my feedback...