“Aren’t you a little old for that?†A friend asks in response to my Dinah Shore plan: Drink. Dance. Flirt. Repeat. With a resolve that only life’s hardest lessons can bring, I smile slyly and nod. “Yes. Yes I am.†Later, as 7 friends and I, all in our late 30s, drive along I-10, I replay […]
By now you’ve probably heard about “the new female Viagraâ€:  Flibanserin, marketed under the name Addyi, promising to deliver sexual desire in pill form. The pharmaceutical company had a clever marketing slogan: Women deserve equal treatment for sexual issues. Who could argue with that? And could this be the magic pill that moves two women […]
I awake late one Saturday morning with a heavy head, slightly hung over and having missed a long run with my running group. I reach for my phone and tilt my head in curiosity at what looks like a spider stuck to the screen. I recognize it as one of my false eyelashes from the […]
I am driving down a stretch of road near San Diego State, listening in astonishment to the radio report that the federal ban on gay marriage has been overturned. As I try to take in the magnitude of this shift, I’m reminded of driving down the same stretch of road seven years ago, during the […]
I am sitting across a restaurant table, having wine and catching up with my ex from a billion years ago. More than all the others, I thought she was the one that I would be with forever. Of course, I was 27 then, and I thought I’d be young and have a tight butt forever […]
Alone in a new city, working full time and working on my doctorate (full time), I find myself restless for human contact. As I load my messenger bag and empty coffee mug into my car one Saturday after class, all I want to do is go home, put on sweats, order takeout, and watch bad […]
This question seems ultra-relevant, given our tremendous focus on how to find and keep a mate. Â Research indicates at least 50% of lesbians over the age of 50 are single, so are they all unhappy? Â And common sense will remind you that many married people are miserable. Â So should we shift focus from finding happiness […]
Lesbian relationship and sex expert Dr. Glenda Corwin answers our questions! Dear Dr. Corwin: I just met a woman I’m very attracted to and hope to go out with, but I’m nervous about sex. I don’t have much experience, and have the impression she does. Any tips? Dear Nervous:  The best tip for anything sexual […]
It’s not easy to sacrifice your anger, your sense of being wronged.- Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black Merriam-Webster’s Thesaurus lists only 2 synonyms but 5 antonyms for the word justice. justice: inequity, unfairness, wrong, bias, discrimination. Apparently, we are far more interested in describing things that are unfair than fair. Marci, a friend […]
A lesbian woman weeps in my office because her partner has left her, saying “I’ve needed you sexually a long time, and you don’t seem to care.† Their last conversation about this was 6 months ago–but nothing had changed. The woman in my office looked puzzled.  She explained “That’s not the way I show love. […]
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Robin
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