“Most people have engaged in some sort of virtual sex without realizing it,” board-certified sexologist Jessica Cline, MSW, LCSW, tells mbg. Some people assume virtual sex only refers to having sex on Zoom or interacting with cam girls, she notes, but “the first paid phone sex line was established about 40 years ago. I think it’s helpful to put that into context as a way to normalize fostering sexual connection and pleasure when in-person [sex] isn’t available....

Basically, almost anything can be messing with your ability to reach orgasm. “Anorgasmia is just another way of saying problems having orgasms,” psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist Lauren Fogel Mersy, Psy.D., tells mbg. “It is not a specific physical condition,” adds AASECT-certified sex therapist Diana Urman, LCSW, Ph.D. “And since the term orgasm is vaguely defined, the term anorgasmia isn’t well defined either.” In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5), anorgasmia is called “female orgasmic disorder” for people with vulvas and “delayed ejaculation” for people with penises....

The kind of alone I’m referring to has nothing to do with others. The kind of alone I’m talking about is a hollow, lost feeling inside, like floating in space with no tether to a mothership. Imagine a tiny infant being left alone to fend for itself. The infant cries and no one comes. Within a short time, the infant becomes frantic, and then eventually shuts down from the terror of dying if no one comes....

As it stands now, less than 1% of clothing material is kept in the fashion industry—and most of it is scraps from factories. To provide some context for this figure, Lauren B. Fay, founder and executive director of The New Fashion Initiative, says, “It’s important to remember that these fast fashion brands overproduce continually, so recycling is really a bare minimum responsibility.” As little as 0.1% of clothes are recycled or upcycled (turned into a piece of clothing of higher value) after being worn, according to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report on the textile economy....

Like any hairstyle, you’ll get out of it what you put into it. Translation: If you put effort into learning how to style curtain bangs, you’ll reap the benefits. This isn’t necessarily intuitive, so we asked stylists the 101 on styling curtain bangs so you can become a master ASAP. Let’s get into it. As with any style, there are a few different variations that come with curtain bangs. They can be shorter, hitting just below the cheekbone, or a bit longer....

Instead of feeling disheartened, let’s use this as a source of empowerment. It means that every single day we have at least three opportunities to vote for the planet: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The lesson? Consuming fewer animal products is one of the fastest and simplest ways to reduce your climate footprint every single day. And believe us when we say it’s more doable than you think. One simple and empowering way to think about it is to consider each of your meals as a vote....

I was 25 years old, my grandmother was dying, and my Adderall use was quickly becoming an addiction. I was in a world of debt, and losing friends fast. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, the man I loved started cheating on me and my relationship ended in violence. I would constantly attract men who did not appreciate my value because I did not appreciate my own self-worth at the time....