Treena Orchard & Erika Chamberlain Infidelity and deception have always been part of dating and relationships. Traditionally managed privately between the parties or through legal processes, these issues have recently been co-opted by online vigilante communities that shame daters — men in particular — who behave badly. But are these…

Treena Orchard & Riki Thompson People are swiping on dating apps in record numbers and roughly half of these individuals identify as women, which may be the reason why the dating app industry recently assigned the top leadership roles to women. Indeed, this past year, the most powerful dating apps…

I meet my neighbours through the fence slats, one-inch spaces that turn out to be as large as the universe. Built in the 1980s when the third owners lived here, the fence is two-tiered with vertical posts on the bottom and lattice work up top. Faded, leaning in places, and…

I started watching Sex and the City after the HBO series wrapped in 2004. The show’s zeitgeist rippled through conversations about sex, fashion and relationships, but I didn’t know what the buzz was all about. As a PhD student in the mid 2000s with no cable subscription, my visual entertainment…

Fear and frustration hang over London, Ont., where many people are discussing four formal allegations of sexual violence reported to Western University and sharing unconfirmed rumours about wider sexual assaults. Members of the Western community say they feel unsafe, especially young women and other vulnerable groups. In response to the…

When Covid-19 cases began dropping, it felt safe to imagine life on the other side of lockdown. The hot girl summer was ours, so the saucy “vaxxed and waxxed” memes said. Researchers predicted a roaring return of all things fun, including dating and basic social interaction. …

It wasn’t a dramatic blow-up that almost crushed my relationship, it was careless communication. — It wasn’t a dramatic blow-up that almost crushed my relationship, it was careless communication. When things get messy, keeping this foundational aspect of relationships in check is essential. But how can we do this when even the slightest misstep can feel threatening or impossible to navigate? These five tips will…

Despite living in a sex-obsessed society, we rarely talk about our erotic lives in ways that foster meaningful intimacy with ourselves and others. Indeed, millions of people are craving physical and emotional connection, which has surfaced in heart-breaking ways during COVID-19. …

In Lewis Carroll’s Victorian classic Through the Looking-Glass, Alice steps through a mirror into a world that is a reflection of the one she already exists in. …