Dating profiles are like resumes: nobody tells the entire truth on them. Of course, I say this with hyperbolic intent. There have to be some people who tell the truth on dating sites, right? Well, according to new research from mobile insurance provider Insurance2go, which surveyed 1,000 online daters, the answer is no, not really. Their research found that 72 percent of singles lie on their dating profile. Almost one-third of digital daters lie about their true age.

We All Lie On Our Dating Profiles, But About What?

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It says a lot about the Trump era’s dislocations that liberals—in the space of one weekend—went from hailing the Parkland kids as America’s last, best hope, to hungrily fantasizing that Stormy Daniels’ interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes was going to blow up the MAGA Death Star for good. On Saturday, Emma Gonzalez, her cohorts and the movement they’ve launched, lived up to those expectations and then some.

Stormy Daniels Knows What She's Doing

After Ezell Ford was shot by police in 2014, a group of activists held an 18-day occupation at LAPD headquarters. One of them was Shamell Bell, a dancer and community activist who is now a PhD candidate at UCLA. She says being there day and night, and dealing with constant police harassment, took its toll on the protestors. In an effort to uplift everyone’s morale, she made a suggestion. “I said, ‘Let’s do something that’s going to make us happy.

Busting a Move(ment): How Dancing in the Streets Became Civil Disobedience

When one casually strolls down the drug store aisle of condoms and lubes, they’re likely entering the experience with little knowledge. When choosing from the selection of boxes strung side by side, we’ll usually stop on the most colorful package promoting something flashy like an “intense tingle,“ then casually toss it in our carts, along with unnecessarily large condoms so the cashier knows what’s up. (Wink, wink.) This is the wrong way to approach lubricants.

Let's Get Wet: A Lubricant Guide for Every Possible Scenario

As a sex researcher, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing my work discussed in the media. After all, sex is a subject about which almost everyone is intensely curious. However, the tone that has greeted my work and the work of my colleagues has begun to change. It has gotten downright scary, reaching the point where at least one sex scientist I know regularly relocates her research lab to unannounced locations.

The Growing Right-Wing Assault on Sex Research

Denying, or at best downgrading, Russian interference in the 2016 election while attacking Barack Obama’s failure to interfere with Russia’s nonexistent (or maybe just irrelevant) interference is classic Donald Trump.

We All Lie On Our Dating Profiles, But About What?

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