With the rise in Americans living alone has come a surge of cultural chatter about the manifest wonders of the unaccompanied state. Veteran solo flyer Daphne Merkin questions the new conventional wisdom.

Improving a long-term relationship can be grueling, but what if you, your partner, or both of you could make things easier by taking a pill? Would you?

The author spent her twenties having lots of good sex, but faked her way through nearly every climax. Which prompts the question: Do we really need that happy ending?

Arianne Cohen took a page from the men whose sex diaries she published for four years: Figure out what you want, articulate it, find a playmate (or two, or three), and let the adventures begin

Can you love a man—even marry him—and still have a place of your own? Kate Bolick investigates a new kind of monogamy and finds that the secret to staying together may be living apart

Lisa Chase’s dad would probably be diagnosed as bipolar today, but his manic highs made him a creative genius as a parent.

After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection.

Heidi Julavits had to transform from reluctant caregiver into a domestic role when her husband became sick

When Louisa Kamps concluded that her new governor was trying to stiff the teachers, gut the schools, bully the lawmakers, and screw the poor, she took to the streets and decided to show him just what capitol offense really means.