It’s not easy to be an entrepreneur these days, especially in Manhattan. I know one or two clever commoners who have spun good ideas into gold, but New York’s young entrepreneurial set is dominated by the children of the rich and famous, or the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world. For many of these people, all [...]

There are few exceptions to the rule that being a post-graduate, unpaid intern or freelancer is just bullshit, not to mention illegal. But fledgling writers (myself included) continue to write for the exposure and the “glory” of getting our work published, though we remain spiteful about not getting paid.
One of my friends has been doing [...]

Considering its NC-17 rating, Blue Valentine was not as chock full of titillating sex scenes as I had expected. The few moments of lust fail to compensate for the film’s heart-wrenching story. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling are flawless as two lost souls who fall deeply in love, get married, raise a child, and over time fall [...]

I’ve encountered my fair share of male flashers, but thankfully have yet to be seated next to one on an airplane, like the poor 17-year-old girl who witnessed a man masturbating under his tray table on her flight home. She had engaged in innocent small talk with the man before take-off, and when she least expected, [...]

The thought of marriage is a bit daunting to me, given that I’m slightly neurotic and can’t imagine finding someone who will put up with my shenanigans forever and a day. Then of course there’s the issue of meeting a man whom I can bear ‘til death do us part – in bed, at the kitchen [...]

Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a virtuoso dancer who finally gets cast as the White Queen in Swan Lake. Her impeccable talent and obsessive dedication make her a perfect Odette, but her anal and repressed disposition prevents her from transforming into the alluring temptress Odile. Enter Mila Kunis as the voluptuous and enigmatic [...]

Manhattan taxi drivers are the eyes and ears of the city: they shuttle corrupt bankers to and from Wall Street everyday; they rescue hot messes from their walks of shame during the wee hours of the morning; they even harbor young couples too horny to wait until they reach their destination…
Cabbies tend to be fairly [...]

Most of Manhattan’s residents live in such close quarters that it’s not unusual to hear clomping feet, clamoring pots and pans, hammering, shouting, and other standard household noises through the walls of your apartment. But occasionally it can be an awful disturbance, if not simply a sound one can’t ignore — particularly when it’s the [...]

Given that I am 24, single, and living in a city where attractive and charming men abound, my romantic life has the potential to be quite exciting. Well, romantic prospects have been few and far between as of late, but in the past few days I’ll admit I’ve had a handful of noteworthy “sexual” encounters.
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It’s hard to imagine Anna Wintour (perennial bob, sunglasses, and tweed skirt suit intact) poring over pornographic centerfolds, but before she was the editor-in-chief at Vogue, she spent several years as fashion editor at the adult magazine Viva, sister of Penthouse and geared towards a demographic of horny women. Viva’s pages were predominantly filled with graphic nudity and [...]