Alexandra Fine is the CEO and co-founder of Dame Products, a sexual wellness company that makes sex toys for women. Last year, Dame was barred from advertising their products on New York City’s subway—even though ads about erectile dysfunction are allowed. This week, Dame announced they’re suing. Fine opened up to Glamour about what she…
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Game of Thrones is famous for many things: surprise beheadings, complex political machinations, dragons, and, yes, sex scenes. Over the course of the past eight seasons, there have been a lot of them—many involving actress Emilia Clarke, who plays the mother of dragons, Daenerys Targaryen. Honestly, I can’t even imagine filming something so intimate in…
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As far as we know, Meghan Markle isn’t even in labor yet—but that hasn’t stopped royal watchers from speculating about all things royal baby. Honestly, it’s getting fairly insane and bordering on some Game of Thrones-level theorizing. The Internet is basically just pinging between topics like “Is Arya Stark Actually the Prince That Was Promised?”…
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“Melanie!” my friend messaged me, “the U.K. tabloids LOVE you!” I first found out I’d become international tabloid news when this message along with a screen grab of an article from the Daily Mail popped up on my phone. The headline included a picture of me riding my bike and the word COUGAR. In all…
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Last Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones featured a divisive Arya Stark sex scene that everyone still seems to be talking about. You know the one: Arya and her longtime friend slash travel companion Gendry crossed paths for the first time in a while and decided they were ready to take things to the next…
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Yes, she was empowered. Yes, it was one of the most consensual sex scenes in Game of Thrones history. Yes, she’s old enough to have sex. (Maisie Williams, who plays Arya, is 22; the character is 18.) These are all things I know to be true—and still, I did not enjoy Arya Stark’s sex scene…
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