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    Carina Kolodny

    Carina Kolodny

    Writer, media activist, sex educator

  • Why Are An Increasing Number Of College Students Turning To Sex Work?

    In this episode of the HuffPost Love+Sex Podcast, hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson look at the popularization of sugar dating -- which typically involves a younger woman entering into a financially beneficial relationship with an older man -- and explore the who, what, why and how of these complicated and sometime problematic relationships.

  • What Happens When A Bunch Of Dominatrixes And Their Slaves Start Their Own Nation?

    In an article for Good Magazine published in March, writer Mark Hay gave readers a rich glimpse into The Other World Kingdom: a femdom -- or female dominant -- micronation formally situated in The Czech Republic where dominatrixes and their slaves created a thriving community. Inspired by Hay's piece, co-hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson explore the topic in this week's episode of The HuffPost Love+Sex Podcast and ask the question: Can a fetish group start and sustain its very own nation? To find out the answer and learn more about this micronation, Kolodny and Michelson spoke to Hay as well as a femdom couple, Lady Femina and her husband Tony, who traveled to The Other World Kingdom and then returned home with more than a few stories to show for it.

  • This Is What Sex After 70 Is Really Like

    Growing old and having sex might not be the first topics that come up at most dinner parties, but that doesn't mean they aren't both a big part of most people's lives. From the way it's told in movies and in magazines, lust, sensuality and sexual exploration seem to be territory that belongs exclusively to the young. Sure, there are subtle hints of things that might go wrong with our bodies as we age -- we see them in ads for Viagra in men's magazines or ads for vaginal dryness on Lifetime -- but seniors having awesome sex is rarely something we see or talk about.

  • The Huffington Post Is Hiring Mobile Editors

    The Huffington Post is looking for nimble Mobile Editors to help curate the creation, packaging and distribution of HuffPost content to ensure the strongest possible mobile news experience. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. Help make sure our images, graphics and interactives create a mobile-friendly user experience.

  • How Unleashing The Power Of The Clitoris Could Change The World

    Whether it's Freud telling the world that "real" women orgasm through vaginal penetration or a trashy magazine suggesting sex positions that even the most skilled Cirque Du Soleil performers wouldn't be able to master, bad sex advice isn't hard to come by. In this episode of The HuffPost Love+Sex Podcast, we wanted to know: What would happen if we brought the clitoris out of the shadows and its true function and capabilities were finally known?

  • The Truth About 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' You Won't See In The Theaters

    Maybe you love to hate Fifty Shades Of Grey or maybe you hate to love it -- or maybe you just straight up love or hate it -- but regardless of where you fall along the spectrum of feelings about the hit book series, you probably know that the story of Christian and Anastasia is not exactly an accurate portrayal of the world of bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism and masochism (or BDSM for short). With the Fifty Shades film adaptation out in theaters this week, HuffPost's Love+Sex podcast wanted to know: what do BDSM relationships and dalliances look like in the real world? To find out, Love+Sex hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson chatted with two dominatrixes, Mona Rogers and Nina Payne of DomiDollz, who have written a book on BDSM entitled Kisses To Kink, Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, a sex researcher and professor of human sexuality, and even descended into New York City's only public BDSM dungeon, Paddles, which is owned by Michael Aulito.

  • Here Are All The Times Doctors Without Borders Tried To Warn Us About Ebola

    When it comes to Ebola, it's not that the international community wasn't warned, it's just that nobody was paying attention. In the nearly seven months since the Ebola outbreak was originally confirmed in Guinea, the NGO Doctors Without Borders has been pleading for the world to act. Doctors Without Borders was the first and one of the only organizations on the ground in West Africa through the initial outbreak and subsequent epidemic.

  • Meet The Bravest People In Syria.. And They're All Volunteers

    In the early morning hours of June 9, 2011, Raed Saleh fled for his life. With his wife and two young children by his side, Saleh, then 30, estimates he was one of 2,200 Syrian refugees to cross into Turkey within a 72-hour period. "We crossed the border at 3 a.m.," Saleh said in an interview with The Huffington Post last week.

  • Here's The Steven Sotloff You Haven't Seen

    Today, friends and family of Steven Sotloff will gather at a memorial to celebrate the life of the fallen journalist, who was murdered by ISIS militants earlier this week. Thousands are expected to attend the service in southern Florida. In honor of his life and his commitment to telling stories others wouldn't or couldn't, HuffPost reached out to Sotloff's family and friends to give you a glimpse into happier times, so that we can see him not as a victim of ISIS, but through the eyes of those who loved and admired him.

  • Facebook Donates $10,000 To Politician Fighting Gay Marriage

    Facebook made a $10,000 donation in May to the reelection campaign of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who has received national attention for fighting a court ruling that would make gay marriage legal in the state. The donation, first reported by QSaltLake, is listed in a filing for Reyes' 2014 primary campaign on the State of Utah Financial Disclosures website.

  • 24-Hour Condom Delivery Is About As Awesome As It Sounds

    You'll never find yourself in this dilemma again if L. Condoms has its way -- the relative newcomer to the condom industry is delivering eco-friendly, socially responsible ultra thin condoms via one-hour bike messenger, 24 hours a day. "People are definitely using the service." L.'s founder Talia Frenkel told The Huffington Post. Frenkel never expected to start a condom company -- she was a photojournalist working for NGOs when she witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of HIV in developing communities.

  • Around The World, Schizophrenia Isn't Always Seen As Debilitating

    In the course of her most recent research project, Stanford professor Tanya Luhrmann came across a Hindu woman who claimed to hear messages from God. Had the woman been born in the West, Luhrmann said, she likely would have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. This difference in the perception of schizophrenia is the focus of Luhrmann's most recent study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

  • The One Thing To Know If You Think Women Make 'Excuses' For Not Having Sex

    An Excel spreadsheet might be the last thing that anybody would expect to go viral on the Internet, but when a man used one recently to document all the reasons his wife didn't want to have sex with him, that's exactly what happened.

  • Facebook Under Fire For Running Ads Promoting Syrian Dictator

    Facebook has terminated an ad campaign sponsored by a group that advocates for the re-election of Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad. Now, an activist group is pressuring the company to go even further. On Monday, The Syria Campaign, a global civilian activist group, took Facebook to task for running the advertisements.

  • This Futuristic Condom Covers Just The Tip

    California native Charlie Powell claims to have invented a new kind of condom that he is calling the "Galactic Cap." Instead of a latex sheath covering the full length of the penis, Powell's condom encases only the tip. Prodded by a competition funded by Bill Gates, who believes more people will wrap it up if condoms are more pleasurable to use, some engineers are turning their attention to building a better condom. After failing to win a funding prize from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Powell is trying to raise money for making his condom through an IndieGogo campaign, which will launch Sunday.

  • This Man Imagined The Internet In 1895

    According to a new book, titled "Cataloguing The World," a little-known Belgian entrepreneur named Paul Otlet envisioned a world wide web well before the computer (and the actual World Wide Web) was invented. The book was written by Alex Wright, the director of user experience and product research at The New York Times, and can be purchased on Amazon. Wright also wrote about his research at The Atlantic.

  • The U.S. Should Immediately Adopt This 'Revenge Porn' Rule

    In a verdict published on Tuesday, a German court ruled a local man should have deleted erotic photos of his now-former girlfriend as soon as she asked him to, according to The Guardian. In explaining its decision, the court argued that the girlfriend's personal rights trumped the ownership rights of the boyfriend, according to the The Local, an English-language German newspaper. It's a ground-breaking ruling on "revenge porn" -- a type of porn in which people publicly post intimate photos of their exes -- as it asks involved parties to delete photos before they're even public.

  • The Reason Pope Francis Won't Join Facebook

    Since joining Twitter, Pope Francis, or @Pontifex, has been a hit, garnering over 4 million followers and even getting verified! To find out, company representatives headed to Rome recently -- it's a hard life -- hoping to convince the Pope to join their platform, according to Quartz, a business and technology website. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Slavery Is Still Thriving And Is More Profitable Than Big Oil

    It's hard to believe, but even today, people are forced into slavery, girls are sexually exploited and children are forced to do hard labor -- all for the sake of profits. To find out just how widespread this "forced labor" is, the International Labor Organization (ILO), a United Nation's agency focusing on labor issues, this week released a report  on the global industry. While the figures in the ILO's report are estimates, they help shine a light on the economics of a dangerous and flourishing underworld.

  • Somehow, We Hate Internet And Cable Companies Even More Than Before

    The companies that pipe Internet and television into our homes, known for their endlessly increasing prices and shabby customer service, have done the seemingly impossible. A survey of 70,000 U.S. consumers published on Tuesday found that Internet service providers and cable companies are the two most hated sectors of the entire U.S. economy. The poll was conducted by American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a private firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich. that measures U.S. consumers' happiness with 43 different industries.