A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

Looking through private devices, posting pictures without consent, and threatening via text are all signs of digital dating abuse.

It's Freudian, pumpkin.

Self-proclaimed sapiosexuals are not woke, smart or unique -- they're just elitist.

A case for the dying fantasy of falling in love via sharp-witted come-backs in the era of pick up artists and unoriginal, boring negging.

Hook-up culture might liberate women but it also poses risks when definitions of consent vary.

An entire group of people can't be 'not your type.'

We tend to think of the canoodling couple on a park bench as a decidedly “Western” phenomenon, in that is more culturally acceptable to showcase affection publicly. And while Hollywood movies have perhaps made some other cultures increasingly comfortable with 

A new study reveals two sad, but not shocking, things about your teen’s world: First, teens expect to experience some digital forms of dating abuse; second, girls may be suffering more severe emotional consequences than boys. The study, conducted by 

Six months pregnant, I was surprised to notice a tumbleweed of teen boys momentarily stop, huddle and then carry on, whispering and looking back. I clocked the awkward body language, the quick straightening of the hair, a cough, a punch