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That Time I Just Listened to Breakup Songs a Lot

Sometimes I like to give in to my feelings and be a little self-indulgent. I can sob to Jewel and I don’t have to answer to anyone about that, okay?

A Place Where You Can Vent Your Breakup Rage By Smashing Literally Everything In Sight

Enter a room full of random objects and furniture (wearing a safety suit and goggles) and are free to bust to bits anything you want.

New Bon Iver Tumblr Will Make Your PBR Curdle

Those who are familiar with the man/myth/poet/lumberjack/naturalist that is Justin Vernon might need to fasten their safety belts, because they’re liable to ROFL all over the place.

The 5 Best Heavy Metal Love Songs

Heavy metal music has a lot of attributes, but “romantic” generally isn’t one of them. These are the exceptions.

If You Like Music (and Clever People), You Should Definitely Date This Guy

Just think of the mixtapes he’d make you.

Lessons from SXSW: 8 Things I’ve Learned About Dating Rock Stars

Telling me (and girls like me) to stay away from boys in bands is like telling Superman “Maybe you should stop saving lives for a while.”

Porn for Book Nerds: B*tches in Bookshops

Are you as hardcore as these girls are about your books?

5 Things Biggie Smalls Taught Us About Love

Today this poet and romantic would be 39.

Awesome (and Free!) NYC Date Idea: The Great GoogaMooga

“How about we … sample some delicious food and drink, catch some live music, frolic around Prospect Park, and try not to abuse the word ‘GoogaMooga’ too many times throughout the day?”

7 Advantages To Hooking Up Out Of Town: SXSW Edition

You know how when you were in Middle School or High School, everyone would hook up at sleepaway camp? SXSW is like a really, really big sleepaway camp, for grown-ups.

Jack White Is Going Solo: What His Previous Bands Say About His Solo Future

Sure he was still “seeing” the White Stripes, but was his heart really in it? Or was his heart racing in soapbox cars with his hipster friends?

The 7 Most Important Things Whitney Taught Us About Love

Many of us learned a lot about the way love works from Whitney, without even realizing it. Here are a few things I picked up.

Adele Turns a ‘Rubbish Relationship’ Into (Grammy) Gold — Here’s How You Can Too

Even if you don’t have the ability to make a Grammy-winning album to cope with a breakup, there are things you can learn from Adele’s heartbreak-to-megastar success story.

7 Things Celine Dion Taught Me About Love

Celine knows a lot about love.

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Robyn’s Call Your Girlfriend Is The Secret To a Girl’s Heart

Somewhere underneath those floral stretch pants and those platform sneakers is the answer to what drives women — what they care about, how they love, what makes them tick.

5 Things I Learned About Sex from Rap Music

Lucky for us, the collective wisdom of Dead Prez, Ludacris, Soulja Boy and every rapper to ever address the complexity that is sexual intercourse is vast and, well, graphic.