Topic: Culture

Hong Kong Security Secretary Says Women Will Be Raped Less If They Drink Less

The Hong Kong Security Secretary, Lai Tung-kwok, is under fire for saying something incredibly stupid. Namely, he said that if women drank less, they might get raped less. More »

Kate Middleton (Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge) Is Officially Pregnant!

Kate Middleton – or Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge – is officially pregnant, you guys! More »

Reasons Why Saying You’re Going To The Gym Is Far More Fun Than Actually Going

You get to feel like you have something to hide

You'll get to fit in with the healthy crew

Gym clothes at the bar are actually really funny

Sometimes pretending is just simply the best. More »

How Old Is ‘Too Old’ For Roommates?

A recent New York Times article on four straight guys who’ve lived together in New York for the past 18 years set off a barrage of criticism and defensiveness in the comments and around the Internet. (You don’t say!) Any man who fails to marry and have children by the age of 40, the conventional wisdom goes, is in a state of “arrested development” and needs to “grow up.” Or if he’s going to insist on being single, he should at least have the decency to punish himself with loneliness. How dare he form a non-traditional family with his friends? More »

The Racy In Literacy Contest: Send In Your Sexy Reading Photos, Win Books

Look. It’s up to us to put the racy back in literacy.

To that end, send in a picture of you reading while sexy. Now, “sexy” is constituted of whatever that means to you. If it means riding a lawnmower in a Teletubby suit, well, I like that TheGloss accepts all kinds. I’d prefer not to feature nudity unless it ‘s really creatively done, in which case, okay, go for it. Reading is defined as “you should probably have a book in front of you in the picture. Or a kindle. Something.”

Send the pictures – along with your name, and a book recommendation to share – to Jennifer@thegloss.com, any time this week. More »

The Term ‘Très Brooklyn’ Is Actually A Thing Now In Not Only Paris, But Other Cities Too

The Term 'TrÃ¨s Brooklyn' Is Actually A Thing Now In Not Only Paris, But Other Cities Too

What’s next? “Très Staten Island” for guys who use too much hair product and think it appropriate to parade around the Lower East Side on a Friday night donning a pukka necklace and fist pumping for no apparent reason? More »

In Case You Care: It’s National Piña Colada Day

In Case You Care: It's National PiÃ±a Colada Day

And you thought you were just going to be drinking a regular old beer at Happy Hour tonight. More »

Vagina Vagina Vagina. Vagina. VAGINA-vagina-Vagina!

This headline is as close as I’m every going to get to playing that game where you start out whispering “penis” and the say it louder until someone is shouting it. I’m no good at that game. More »

How To Drink Bourbon Like A Pro On This National Bourbon Day

One should never need a reason to drink bourbon. Drinking it should be a leisurely past time — that is, if you can stomach it. It’s a tough alcohol to get down if you’re a newbie to the drink. More »

What We're Reading:

Why Kissing Matters During Foreplay
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This Will Drive Your Man Wild Before Sex
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Woman Divorces Soldier Who Lost Legs Because She Wants A Normal Life
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6 Ways Sex Can Make You More Attractive
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3 Ways He Can Tell You're Faking An Orgasm
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What Would You Like To Tell Your Future Self?

Using your memory is so old-school. In the internet age, you just write emails to your future self. More »

Gallery: More Photos Of Sofia Coppola Getting Married

I’ve always liked Sofia Coppola. Whether that’s because people say I kind of look like her or because I cried at the end of Lost In Translation or both, I’m not sure. Anyway, as we told you earlier, she married Phoenix front man Thomas Mars in an intimate ceremony at the Coppola family villa in Bernalda, Italy over the weekend (oh, to have a family villa), and I wish them nothing but the best. Unlike Kim Kardashian, she did not go the classy route and sell the exclusive right to publish the pictures to People for $2.5 million, but luckily for those with an unhealthy Coppola fixation, there were some paps hiding out in the bushes. Here are a few of their snaps. More »

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