Nerve

By Kate Hakala You get home half-exhausted, open a bottle of Chianti, and think about soaking in the tub. Instead, you turn on your laptop, read a

This post was originally published on August 21, 2014. Periods happen. While we should respect this veritable quintessence of life, when it comes to

From the Nerve Classics archive. By Rose Mailer After almost two years of abstinence, I posted a new Craigslist ad this week. The ad was for a new

By Kate Hakala A few months ago, I ran a feature about digital swingers — couples who post nude selfies, erotic videos, and sexual narratives on

By Lizzie Plaugic What first gave you the idea to do voyeur sessions? I answered an ad on Craigslist. A gay man posted an ad asking for somebody to

This post was originally published on May 5. Hypothesis This experiment is about sex on drugs, not sex for drugs. Therefore, I plan to conduct the

I’ve been exclusively dating this guy for almost two months now. From our very first date, things seemed to click. We would spend hours talking and

In the past, we’ve assembled the greatest love songs of all time, but a lot of phenomenal love and lust anthems come from a more, let’s say, transient

I’d always been curious about the tiny little towns I’d drive through with my parents right before we crossed over the mountains into the desert.

By Sadie Dingfelder As Templeton the rat bounded across the cage, his fuzzy white balls snagged on the wire mesh floor. He stopped suddenly, panic

At the age of thirty-three, I went on my first date. I met the Brazilian at a nightclub a month before I was set to leave New York City indefinitely.

By The Coquette My husband’s been cheating on me. We are supposed to have an open marriage, and the agreed terms are that we know what each other has

This post was originally published on July 3, 2014. That's the stereotypical way we tell it: In straight couples, guys sleep after sex and women just

By Brittany Patterson It was the perfect apartment. Well, as perfect as you could get for a trio of 19-year-olds who worked jobs that paid barely above

By Lola Haze A year ago, at the ripe age of 18, I became a stripper. When I walked into the club, I was hired on the spot. “No prostitution,” my

By Sofia Barrett-Ibarria The Victorians may have been well-documented prudes living in an era of rampant sexual misinformation about how sex works, but

For a brief moment in time, years ago, I was a part of the Victoria’s Secret family. I answered the phone when you called; I took your nervous,

I downloaded Tinder after a few of my perpetually single friends boasted about their conquests. “Dude, it’s sooooo easy to get laid,” they said,

“You really want to be touched now?” my wife Lauren asked me from her side of our bed. The hard-on tenting my shorts collapsed. “I guess not,”

This post was authored by Tiffiny Carlson. I probably would’ve slept around a lot more in high school if I could’ve taken my pants off without

A while back I started hooking up with someone I really liked. What began as a friendship shifted one night after a drunken kiss. That was followed by a

Nobody plans on being a sex researcher when they grow up. Nobody plans to work a strain gauge between splayed legs as they measure changes in penis

I dressed up as a dominatrix for Halloween when I was 13. My friend's parents looked questioningly at my red lipstick, tight black dress, and knee-high

"God was very generous with you," a Parisian friend once told me. Sadly, he wasn’t referring to my IQ or my ability to find a parking space. No, he

I cracked my fingers as I sat down at my desk, knowing full well that I was about to go down a rabbit hole that I may not want to see the end of. I

Dear Miss Information, I have been living with my boyfriend for the past two years. When we started our relationship, he told me about a friend of his,

For a fee, Samantha Hess will spoon with a stranger. About a year and a half ago, the 29-year-old former personal trainer has been offering her services

"The reason I am calling is that you have been listed as a contact for someone who has chlamydia…" Yes, it turns out that the awkward conversation

It’s hard to stay financially afloat as an adjunct — the neglected temp of higher education — but Timaree Schmit made it work by moonlighting as a