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An illustration showing three TikTok screenshots of people talking about relationships | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Cinefootage Visuals | Dreamstime.com | Tiktok

Social Media

What If TikTok Therapists Are Making People Less Happy?

Lena Dunham's new show is a send-up of internet therapy culture.

Emma Camp | 8.22.2025 3:26 PM

Emily Jashinsky raises her hand in front of a bright blue background with streaks of light. Next to her is a New York Times headline that reads, “Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back,” with the subheading describing men retreating from intimacy and engagement. | Illustration: Eddie Marshall

Gender

The New York Times Doesn't Understand Men

Plus: The economic impact of tariffs, ethics concerns around Trump’s foreign business dealings, and a listener question on NCAA deregulation

Peter Suderman, Matt Welch, Eric Boehm, and Emily Jashinsky | 8.4.2025 4:50 PM

Unhappy couple | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Antonio Guillem | Dreamstime.com

Culture

Your Relationship Problems Aren't Always About the Patriarchy 

Are you "mankeeping" or is he just a loser?

Emma Camp | 8.1.2025 8:45 AM

Fairy tale princess | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney

Culture

The Online Right's Fairy-Tale Gender Politics

Would wealthy men really choose a Waffle House waitress over a girlboss?

Emma Camp | 7.25.2025 7:45 AM

Two persons too busy with their mobile phones | DPST/Newscom

Internet

Dating Apps Are Horrible. A Colorado Bill Would Make Them Worse.

The problem is the users, not the apps.

Shoshana Weissmann | 3.24.2024 7:00 AM

Q_A | Photo: Christopher Lane/Getty

Sex

Helen Fisher on COVID's Sexless Summer

"Single millennials today, I'm calling them the new Victorians. They really are! They have much less sex than we did in my generation. They're careful."

Nick Gillespie | 3.21.2022 6:00 AM

v3 | Illustration: Lex Villena; Ruslanchik, Pixattitude | Dreamstime.com

Sex

Why Pandemic Promiscuity Is Out—And 'Slow Love' Is In

Sex expert Helen Fisher says that careers and COVID have made singles less promiscuous and more serious about relationships.

Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor | 1.4.2022 4:15 PM

V1 | Helen Fisher

Sex

Helen Fisher: Why the 'Hot Vax Slutty Summer' Never Happened

A new survey of single people confirms that we have more sexual choices than ever. Match.com's chief science adviser explains why such a libertarian outcome doesn't lead to libertinism.

Nick Gillespie | 12.15.2021 4:41 PM

westendrf461842 | Andrés Benitez/Westend61 GmbH/Newscom

Overcriminalization

Student Charged With Manslaughter for Texting Boyfriend to 'Go Die'

The 21-year-old faces criminal punishment for text messages to her suicidal boyfriend.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.29.2019 4:45 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Final Version, "Tinder Lies"

Fresh off the press in the Wake Forest Law Review.

Irina Manta |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.11.2019 9:59 AM

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