Intent on making 2017 your Best Year Ever? We can help with that, thanks to our 2017 Coach of the Month series. For August, Senator Barbara Boxer, author of The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life, shares lessons learned over a lifetime in public service. This week, she shares her tips on channeling

Dear E. Jean: I’ve been ugly my whole life. But I’m not getting any younger, and I’d like to get married—or at least know how it feels to be loved before I die. I have small eyes, a big nose with a pronounced bump (I broke it last year surfing), a large chin (like Jay

*** When I picked up Barbara and Steve from the ferry terminal on my island, Barbara glowed. She stood tall and radiant, her mermaid hair wrapping around her like a waterfall. She was as glorious as Stevie Nicks, and she waved at me as smoothly as a willow tree. She was confident and I was

Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com‘s weekly roundup, where we lay out exactly what you’ll need for the perfect outfit, shopping list, Saturday night, or whatever it may be. In a shopping landscape where the options are endless, consider it a complete snapshot of must-haves. Whether you’re somewhere where you see 10 stars or a hundred,

Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com‘s weekly roundup, where we lay out exactly what you’ll need for the perfect outfit, shopping list, Saturday night, or whatever it may be. In a shopping landscape where the options are endless, consider it a complete snapshot of must-haves. Whether you’re somewhere where you see 10 stars or a hundred,

The night before what was indisputably going to be the biggest day of my professional career, I should have been up late prepping interview questions, packing extra batteries for my recorder, or even catching a few extra hours of sleep. Instead, I was staring at the thick, black hair on my legs in frustration. As

Dear E. Jean:I was visiting a close friend of mine, and she treated me to a night out with her girls—all friends from her church. I enjoyed meeting everyone, and we were having a lovely time, but somewhere in the conversation after dinner, one of them—a woman with a sharp sense of humor—made an inconsiderate

Intent on making 2017 your Best Year Ever? We can help with that, thanks to our 2017 Coach of the Month series. For August, Senator Barbara Boxer, author of The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life, shares lessons learned over a lifetime in public service. This week, she recounts some of her mother’s

Women get a lot of mixed messages when it comes to sexuality. On one hand, shows like Broad City, Insecure, Girls and more depict frank portrayals of the joys, pitfalls and complications of women’s sexuality, and encourage women to be open about their needs and desires. On the other hand, women are literally getting killed

Relationships are weird, don’t you agree? Other people are unpredictable, and the endless combination of human interactions leads to some pretty frustrating encounters. In Nicole Knows, Nicole Cliffe helps us navigate all the ridiculousness relationships come with. If you have a question for Nicole, email ncadvice@hearst.com Dear Nicole, I like being a good friend. I

Dear E. Jean: I have a Craigslist etiquette question. I met the man of my dreams—Stanford grad, modern-art collector, brilliant—on the Casual Encounters section. He was sweet and attentive, and for months I was able to indulge every erotic fantasy I could think of. But then he moved 70 miles away, and we stopped seeing

Comedy Central + Lane Savage On one of my favorite episodes of Broad City, Abbi calls Ilana for advice. Her date, Jeremy, as just asked her to peg him, and she doesn’t know what to do. When I first watched it, I panicked. Though I knew the show was sex-positive and inclusive, I worried this

I was given a stack of at-home physical therapy techniques to try, and a list of what can only be described as medicinal sex toys to use in that venture. If that didn’t get me where I needed to be, off to therapy I would go to see if I could spank my inner moppet

Getty Rosana Galão / EyeEm Everyone has their share of dating nightmares but holy hell this one from Twitter user Lisette Pylant—who went on a date with a man who had booked six dates for the very same night—is the most absurd and exhausting we’ve heard in a while. WHO IS LIKE THIS? WHY WOULD

Dear E. Jean: Next month I’m getting the gift I’ve always wished for: plastic surgery to correct some bothersome facial imperfections. This means I’ll be out of work for a few weeks. Undoubtedly I’ll look much different when I return, so how do I keep my coworkers’ reactions, speculation, and gossip at bay? My office

Dear E. Jean: I’ve recently been offered a job as a figure model for an art class. But even before I begin to stress about how my naked body will look on paper, I’m aware that this will not be okay with my boyfriend. I was asked to be part of a comedy sketch on

Do those eclipse glasses come in Tom Ford? (#WishfulThinking) Ah, well. Grab your safety-approved sun gazing specs anyway. August is eclipse season—especially exciting news for North America. On August 21, as the Leo new moon puts on a Cirque du Soleil in the skies, we’ll celebrate the first visible solar eclipse in our neck of

Dear E. Jean: Can you tell me who is this “inner goddess” whom all ladies apparently carry inside? Inside where? I’m having trouble finding her! I was never really a girly girl, and flirting doesn’t come naturally to me, so at 27 I’m a total seduction rookie. My experience with men can’t even be characterized

The first time I kissed a woman, I was eighteen. While I realized that I was bisexual at a young age, conversations with my peers about sexuality had always been surrounded in judgment and disgust. Politically and religiously, I understood that same-sex relationships were seen as a moral failing in our culture. I planned to

The first time I kissed a woman, I was eighteen. While I realized that I was bisexual at a young age, conversations with my peers about sexuality had always been surrounded in judgment and disgust. Politically and religiously, I understood that same-sex relationships were seen as a moral failing in our culture. I planned to

Dear E. Jean:I was recently referred for a job opportunity to be the right-hand person of a bona fide Manhattan billionaire. It’s an amazing opportunity, for which I am very well qualified as a recent Stanford business-school graduate. I would give my left foot for this job! The problem is that to even have a

I got the worst sex advice of my life from an older girl at school—you know, the kind of seemingly experienced girl who smoked cigarettes and answered pressing questions from middle-schoolers, like “What’s a blow job?” One of her gems pertained to making a man feel sexy. She advised squeezing his biceps during a hook-up,

Dear E. Jean: My new salary makes me nervous. It’s so much money, I’m scared that I’m going to end up blowing it. I’m afraid I’ll feel too comfortable spending it. How can I avoid losing my head? —Nervous Working Girl Aw, Hell, Working: You should lose your head. A woman who doesn’t lose her

Happy National Orgasm Day! If you didn’t know that was a thing, that’s ok. I prefer to live every day like it’s National Orgasm Day. Between this and International Women’s Orgasm Day next week, the Gods of Random Holidays really want to make you aware of the state of your orgasmic life. Which is good!