The Avenue | Sex
Forget the flowers: Cupid’s arrow works for singles, too
By MICHAEL PERRONE | Feb. 10, 2010He Says...
Lace, Lust and Love: Valentine Fashions
Feb. 10, 2010Lingerie can be the perfect addition, for boys and girls, to a great Valentine’s Day. And with so many styles out there, there’s a perfect fit for everyone’s fashion taste, body type and level of sexiness.
Gay or straight, a lonely Valentine's hurts
By Jared Misner | Feb. 10, 2010In the end, all we're looking for is someone to love.
Plan B(irth control): Who’s buying and how does it work?
By MICHAEL PERRONE | Feb. 3, 2010He Says...
Blow jobs are a boy’s best friend, girls: not so much
By AMELIA HARNISH | Jan. 27, 2010She says...
Secret screwing is a necessary evil in the dating game
By Jared Misner | Jan. 13, 2010She says...
Jorts and Guy Harvey T-shirts not the way to score
By Jared Misner | Jan. 6, 2010All right, boys, wake up. These simple resolutions will help you score just a little bit more. As for all you boys who like boys? Don’t worry. I know your games, too. We’ll get to you all soon enough.
High-tech sex pleases all
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Dec. 2, 2009As any well-educated and well-rounded 20-year-old can tell you, college welcomes those with an irrepressible appetite for knowledge. However, those 20-somethings also comprise the nation’s youth – a generation that is enjoying its prime and is fully aware of it sexual abilities. College also welcomes the flirtatious, the scandalous, the irresponsible, the debased and the adorably promiscuous. We jump in and out of one another’s beds but often overlook the simpler, STD-free expressions of our sexuality.
Men need matchmaking too
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Nov. 18, 2009After Bret found “love” and VH1 ended “Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels,” the trashy reality television gods have blessed me with another gem in the form of an hourlong block of the new season of “Tough Love.” I find Sundays lazing on the couch watching no-thought-involved TV medicinal, but for those of you who don’t, let me recap the show.
Most relationships dysfunctional
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Nov. 11, 2009Last summer I was visiting a notoriously melodramatic couple in West Palm Beach. Seated at a bar in Bradley’s, the couple’s most recent quarrel had us on the edge of our bar stools. Downing another Tequila Sunrise in a futile attempt to tune out the awkwardness, I listened to my friends trade barbed insults. They passionately disputed whether it’s appropriate to boast about their previous sexcapades in front of one another (by the way, it’s really, really not). Now imagine this: The guy, who resembles a Jewish version of The Hulk, becomes inexplicably jealous and tears up underneath his oversized dark shades while the girl coolly rolls her eyes and says, “If you don’t stop crying, we’re leaving.”
For picking up women, hollering not effective
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Nov. 4, 2009About two weeks ago, I bought a new bicycle. I can be seen spastically maneuvering around campus, maxing at 10 mph and periodically falling flat on my uncoordinated ass. The whole experience has been exhilarating, but it became enlightening a few days ago when I took a trip to Walmart.
People are more open, willing to experiment with sexuality
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Oct. 28, 2009The year is 2009. We live in the age of the tri-sexual – a post-“Sex and the City,” “Queer as Folk,” and “The L Word” world in which people are open to a multitude of sexual experiences.
Good porn proves hard to create
By ERIK VOSS | Oct. 21, 2009Never take good porn for granted.
Dancing is sexual, lacks coordination
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Oct. 15, 2009I think the dance floor is one place where humans can be seen actually de-evolving.
Sex in a different city offers welcome relief, adventure
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Oct. 7, 2009Despite the fact that we attend a university with nearly 50,000 students, Gainesville is not a metropolitan haven that you can have anonymous sex with a stranger who you'll never see again. Rather, I'd argue that you might have difficulty swinging a weight at Southwest Recreation Center without knocking over two people you've previously "exercised" with. The solution? Pack, make for the border (of another state) and indulge in a weekend vacation.
STD testing worth visit to doctor
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Sep. 23, 2009In nearly every college student's life comes a rite of passage. There is nothing super sweet about this particular passage, which might cause your stomach to sink faster than if you had overslept through a microeconomics final. I'm talking about STD testing here, you wild scoundrels.
Role-playing taps into fantasies
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Sep. 9, 2009A good friend of mine was recently in need of a "sexy librarian" outfit for a costume party and requested my expertise in locating the appropriately slut-tastic attire. After some shopping, I ensured that my friend was sexed up in a button-down blouse, tight-fitting pencil skirt, yellow Calvin Klein glasses, six-inch black heels and a neon blue corset. Weeks later I discovered that her supposed costume party was actually a party for two to indulge the fantasies of her nerdy boyfriend.