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To be young and polyamorous in the age of OkCupid

Rachel Ruvinsky thought she was a lesbian. As a teenager, she’d fallen into a serious relationship with her best friend. She was one of the few students at her high school to be out; she joi...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Is my therapist slut-shaming me?

Q: I am working with a therapist who thinks that I am sleeping with too many people. I am in my mid-20s and dating and, yes, occasionally have one-night stands and do not have guilt about it...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Two things that could keep the new Barbie from being the success it should be

Barbie’s recent overhaul is big news and good news because the unattainable, narrow beauty ideals to which she’s contributed have needed to be challenged and dismantled for decades. But thou...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

A surprisingly sensible take on raising teen girls

Finally, there’s some good news for puzzled parents of adolescent girls, and psychologist Lisa Damour is the bearer of that happy news. Damour’s new book, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Th...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

They never wanted an arranged marriage. But they said 'I do' to its best parts.

Sahil Rajan hadn’t yet figured out how to upload his profile picture to eHarmony, but when the site’s matchmaking voodoo put forward a brown-eyed New York City beauty who also professed an i...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Sorghum syrup, peppermint oil are winter BFFs

Southern sugar and extract alternative made for sweets

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Burger King’s next conquest: Grilled hot dogs

Snoop Dogg likely to promote new product

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Broth for the soul

Ancient recipe sees resurgence for its health benefits

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

What you need to know about pope’s Mexico trip

VATICAN CITY – History’s first Latin American pope began a weeklong trip to Mexico on Friday with plans to tour some of the most violent, poverty-stricken and peripheral places in the Americ...

DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Revitalized El Paso ready to show off for papal tourists

EL PASO, Texas – No longer the desolate space it was a few years ago, downtown El Paso is ripe with new hotels, bars, restaurants – and bulldozers that herald the planned construction of a s...

DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Ignacio students dig indoor gardening

Growing fresh, healthy produce is tricky but fun

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

The Grapevine: How and when to decant (It’s complicated)

When, why and how long to decant wine is a common question that is not easily answered. Several factors come to play, each with their own guidelines. A decanter is a gl...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food