Topic: Sexting

Girl Expelled From School For Sending Sext Shared By Lacrosse Team, Lacrosse Team Goes Unpunished

Girl Expelled From School For Sending Sext Shared By Lacrosse Team, Lacrosse Team Goes Unpunished

Clearly, nobody has yet listened to any of the advice for defeating rape culture that I posted yesterday.

A 16-year-old girl in Fairfax, Virginia has been “asked to leave” (i.e. expelled from) Catholic prep school Paul VI after a topless photo she sent to a male friend got shared around by everyone on the lacrosse team. Meanwhile, the boys on the lacrosse team received no punishment. Come again? More »

8 Tips For Sexting People And Not Winding Up Nude On The Internet (NSFW)

8 Tips For Sexting People And Not Winding Up Nude On The Internet (NSFW)

Whether or not you’re actually in some form of committed relationship, it’s a fun thing. Nevertheless, it can turn very unfun in the event that, sometime afterward, one of your cute little pictures winds up on the Internet. If you’re cool with it, by all means, more power to you; I wish, in a way, that I was more all right with it myself. But I’m not, so this is for those of you who are a little on the shy side. More »

Unsettling New Website HeTexted Determines Whether Or Not He’s That Into You… Based On His Texts

Unsettling New Website HeTexted Determines Whether Or Not He's That Into You... Based On His Texts

The premise is quite simple: you are one ambiguous, noncommittal text (from Him) away from eating a full sleeve of Oreos and sobbing uncontrollably to Bon Iver. But why wallow in such earnest, affected grief, when you could crowd source? There may, after all, be hope: perhaps he’s just playing hard to get or has crippling agoraphobia? So, HeTexted invites ladies to submit their most confounding texts (from crushes, hookups, or boyfriends) and allows other ladies to speculate whether or not he’s that into them. The answer is almost certainly, “No,” though, because you will never be loved. More »

Real Talk: Have You Ever Taken Nude/Sexy/Regrettable Photos Of Yourself?

Real Talk: Have You Ever Taken Nude/Sexy/Regrettable Photos Of Yourself?

Taking sexy photos of oneself is in the news all over again, thanks to Scarlett Johansson. Remember how it was in the news before that with Anthony Weiner? And also Blake Lively? Remember how it will always be in the news so long as vanity and stupidity persist in equal measure? Well, turns out it’s only stupid if it bothers you when other people see them. We asked a bunch of men and women if they’ve ever taken naked (or just suggestive) photos of themselves and here’s a few of the responses. More »