Chelsea Hawkins

We've all been there: You're at a bar, you've had a few too many drinks and you just want to get home ASAP, so you pull up your ride-sharing app of choice. You know you should just take a bus and save some money, but at a certain point convenience…

Common sense would dictate that becoming financially stable only requires sticking to three rules: Spend less, save more and don't go into debt. But no matter how simple it might sound, a lot of us are still just groping around in the dark (or…

In the United States, policing people's sexuality is the modus operandi of many politicians, so it's no surprise that our country has tried to regulate seemingly innocuous sex acts between consenting adults throughout history.  For instance, sodomy,…

There are all sorts of studies that tell us exposure to other cultures is a smart move — experiencing other cultures makes us more open-minded and smarter, and it demands we see our own world with new eyes. So dating across cultural lines, the…

For years, Diana* kept her depression a secret. She didn't tell her family, and no one knew how it was impacting her schooling, her work or even her religious faith. Well, almost no one. "Tumblr was the only medium through which I talked about my…

For Alison, the dating ultimatum "must love dogs" really worked. The Los Angeles-based sales rep was already the proud owner of three dogs when a mutual friend connected her with a man who'd found a puppy wandering L.A.'s Koreatown. The friend…

'Tis the season for white dresses and multi-tiered cakes: Wedding season is upon us. While all the springtime sunshine has us feeling blissfully romantic, we also have some darker feelings about weddings, ones that come out if we're being truly…

There's a good chance you walked away from a sex ed class as kid believing sex always leads to pregnancy or diseases, and the best way to enjoy it is to not do it at all. If you turned to movies or porn to fill in the rest, you'd have gotten the…

It ain't easy being a teenage boy — especially when you're surrounded by the resounding din of conflicting, and potentially damaging, dating wisdom. There are the examples of sweeping romance, ones that involve standing outside with a boombox or…

Confession: I don't like meeting people online. That might be an unpopular opinion these days, particularly from a young person otherwise fascinated with the Internet and digital media. But I find it awkward and difficult engaging with people…

Vicky and Cristina did it in Barcelona. Britney Spears wants to have one. Hemingway even wrote about them.  Threesomes: The formerly taboo, fantastical sexual act that is now mainstream, still remains largely misunderstood.  Here are nine facts…

We're all familiar with that tired and overused baseball metaphor — you know, the one that equates sexual advances between girls and guys as "bases." It goes like this: First base is a hot and heavy makeout session. Second base is all hands with the…

Valentine's Day is the epitome of a Hallmark holiday, full of pink and red cards and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. But while the goodies are delicious, they don't quite capture the true spirit of the day: celebrating love. And this past year was…

Being in a relationship has some beautiful benefits, from getting to see the world from another person's perspective to having a supportive shoulder to cry on. Also, sex. Let's be frank: There's not much that compares to some good old-fashioned…

Things are getting messy in the debate about female ejaculation.  A new study from the Journal of Sexual Medicine has some women hot under the collar for claiming that female ejaculation, or squirting, is nothing more than involuntary urination.…

It's good to be popular on online dating sites — unless that popularity is for all the wrong reasons. That's the dilemma so many Asian women face when they delve into the world of digital dating. As a group, Asian women are actually the most…

When it comes to lesbian and bisexual online dating, the general premise is the same as usual — see photos, scroll through profiles, swipe or message when intrigued.  But the responses gay women can expect have a distinct flavor to them, one that…

Forget what you think you know about Afghanistan, and take a look at the country through the eyes of these young artists who call it home.  Modern artists, many of whom reside in Kabul, are taking to their media of choice to make beautifully present…

It's been over 15 years since Sherman Alexi's iconic film Smoke Signals was released to critical fanfare. The all-indigenous production has been required viewing for anyone interested in Native directed-produced-acted cinema ever since. While Smoke…