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Welcome to the Romance Resistance

Rachel Kramer Bussel
A life-size rubber doll named Roxxxy (AP/Paul Sakuma)

Communists halt sex doll-sharing service

Gabriel Bell
In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, Albin's mother Emelie Eriksson, left, smiles as she poses for a photo with her son and her mother Marie, right, outside her home in Bergshamra, Sweden. Eriksson was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a womb transplant from her mother, a revolutionary operation that links three generations of their family. (AP Photo/ Niklas Larsson) (AP Photo/ Niklas Larsson)

Anna Sanford - Alternet

Niecy Nash on Claws sex scenes

Alli Joseph
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Leaving the nest

Katherine Sargent - Motherwell
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3 ways to spot breadcrumbing

Esme Oliver
"Broad City" (Comedy Central)

"Broad City" unveils sex toys

Alessandra Maldonado
(God & Man)

it’s so hard to win you over

Heidi Priebe - Thought Catalog
(Kyria Abrahams/Narratively)

kittens of BDSM

Michael Stahl - Narratively
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1882217p1.html'>Image Point Fr</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Pregnancy bullies

Mélanie Berliet - Thought Catalog
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I paid for citizenship

Anonymous - Thought Catalog
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who's avoiding sex

Shervin Assari - The Conversation
Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) and Herb Rennet (Gary Basaraba) in "Mad Men," season 5, episode 11 (Michael Yarish/AMC)

The key to a good relationship

Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Erin Hughes - The Conversation
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