Mind, Body & Soul

Halloween Hookups: The Do’s and Don’ts

In this special Halloween Hump, Emile Nelson gives you his most and least-favorite costumes for potential masked-mates.
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Happily Humpin’ on Halloween

In preparation for Halloween weekend, Hayley E. covers a topic that is truly scary: Isla Vista's rape culture.
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Role-Playing: How and Why You Should Try It

R. Pengsta wants you to know that you don't need to be an Academy-Award winner to perfect the bedroom role-play.
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Horniness and Hunger: More in Common Than You Might Think?

Echo Meyers tells you why shouldn't ignore your urges.
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Let’s Talk Labia

Naomi Rea explains why you shouldn't fear your (or anyone else's) vagina.
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Just the Tips: The Hump’s Buzzed Wisdom

"Wednesday Hump" author Hayley E. pops open a bottle of wine and reflects on her freshman year.
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The Ins and Outs of UCSB

Dorms A good rule to live by: Don’t do your neighbors! There are literally thousands of people at this school who you can have whatever sort of freaky interactions you want with. The only people you...
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Some Things are Better Left in the Bedroom

A new app called Lulu allows women to anonymously rate and investigate any male friend or partner with nothing but a few clicks; potentially building or destroying a man’s reputation from behind a k...
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The Hurdles to Jump Before You Hump

The standards that girls and guys hold each other to are very different when it comes to evaluating the attractiveness of a potential partner. Traditionally, women are expected to be groomed, cleaned,...
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Humpin’ for the First Time: The Ins and Outs of Virginity

In an age where pornography is just a few clicks away, shampoo commercials are practically orgasmic and private areas can be bejeweled, one might consider the concept of “chastity” to be a thing o...
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If You Like It … Put a Label On It

In college, particularly in Isla Vista, we are encouraged to despise labels. You may be lying blissfully in bed when your partner of x-months asks you timidly, “So, are we exclusive?” Don’t pani...
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To Hump or Not to Hump? He Said, She Said Edition

To Hump, or not to Hump: that is the question.   Coworkers Hers: Tread carefully here, fellow humper. Sure, you might run into that hunky hulk in the workplace, but odds are that your choice of l...
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Call of the Wild: Farewell, Four Walls

As a man once said, “Yeah, it’s fun.” I enjoy public sex for the same reasons I enjoy scary movies — the thrill of it. There’s a damn good chance someone is going to see your ass bobbing up ...
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Boobies, Booze and Batman: 3 Little Words That Make Men Melt

If you want to make your man happy, there is a deceptively simple three-part plan that is guaranteed to work one hundred percent of the time: show up naked, bring beer and put on “Batman.” I’m s...
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Gents, Tame Your Man-Mane… And Let Your Inner Lion Find His Roar

My doves, my pets, hello. I return to you with a righteous crusade at hand. I dream a dream of perfectly mowed, or at the very least nicely trimmed, meadows in the pants of men everywhere. Yes, you yo...
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