Kate Hakala

Imagine you had Venmo, but instead of settling a Time Warner Cable bill or Buffalo wing tab, you calculated how many orgasms you and your last sex partner owed each other. Would you have "paid" as much as you "charged" through every sweaty hookup,…

Last night marked the end of a golden era: Broad City's Ilana and Lincoln — a model for openly casual relationships on cable television — broke up after years of dating.  In the episode, Lincoln (Hannibal Burress), who has been openly seeing another…

Sometimes, finding a good partner can feel oddly similar to searching for that ever-elusive perfect apartment.  You have a list of ideals you prioritize — a certain price range, a number of bedrooms, hell, maybe an on-site laundry room — but if you…

We all know the "zing." It's that five-hours-of-cunnilingus, orgasming-while-being-fed-pizza feeling we get when we pick up our phone and get a notification that someone liked our post on social media. It's no joke, either. Researchers have found…

When you first start dating someone, you spend a significant portion of time trying to hide the fact that you're a real human person. You go to great lengths to present the most coifed, bathed, depilated and deodorized version of yourself. You even…

For the past nine months, one topic has been at the forefront of our national conversation about the 2016 election: Ted Cruz's face. "Hating a face like that, the O.G. face made for punching, is actually super easy," Wonkette said of Cruz's…

It's that time of year again: a time for flower bouquets, conversation hearts and frivolous consumer spending. A recent Harris poll of 2,057 Americans on behalf of the website NerdWallet found that millennials are most likely to be shelling out the…

As we age, we become all too familiar with loss. Whether a coworker loses their mother, a college roommate's brother passes or a childhood friend's father dies, as we progress through our twenties, supporting those close to us through grief becomes…

For single women eager to start a family, many are betting on the idea that it will happen for them "someday." They imagine that "someday" includes a thriving career, a supportive and loving partner, a home and a steady marriage.  But what if…

If you're looking to have a big wedding these days, it will cost you. $31,213, to be exact. That's the average, courtesy of the Knot, which released its 2014 Real Weddings Study earlier this year. That price tag has spiked since 2013, according to…

When Jeena Chacko, 29, first heard about how babies were born — the swollen belly, the nine-month wait, the painful labor — she was filled with fear. She was only 8 years old, but she knew instantly: Having kids was not for her. "I couldn't…

A condom breaks. You forget to take your birth control pill. You're caught in the heat of the moment. Cue the midnight rush to the pharmacy. Since 2009, when Plan B first became available over-the-counter for men and women 17 and up (and later…

Adam*, 23, is pretty much like every other dude on Tinder: he just moved to New York City from the Midwest, he loves watching John Oliver clips and he has the requisite beard, as well as a profile that says "let's get pizza." The only difference is,…

In the spring of 2010, Stevo Dinberger, 29, and Chanel Cartell, 30, met on a blind date and subsequently fell madly in love. In March of this year, they both quit their successful advertising careers in South Africa and set off on an international…

"I once had a man send me an unwanted dick [pic]," Jennifer*, 27, said. "You could clearly see smegma on the top when you zoomed in. It was disgusting. I hate that I even [said] that." Gentlemen, don't be that guy. And ladies, this scenario is…

We've ditched most of history's outdated parenting prereqs. Thanks to the wonders of medical technology, you don't need to be married, in a heterosexual relationship or under the age of 40 to have a kid anymore. Now you might not need any previous…

Last summer, author Jon Birger published Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, which essentially argues that today's dating market is suffering from a so-called "man shortage." Birger argues that this "shortage" can be attributed…

Beware! There's a man shortage currently sweeping the nation, claiming innocent straight women and damning them to a life of eternal spinsterhood.  At least, that's the idea you might get if you perused Jon Birger's Date-onomics: How Dating Became a…

Is there anything better than taking your clothes off? Probably not. In every friend group, there's at least one person who's always the first to suggest a trip to the clothing-optional beach, a pants-free sleepover or a midsummer skinny dip. These…