Rachel Varina

4 days ago | cosmopolitan.com | Rachel Varina

Romantic comedies and erotic novels might make it seem like one second people are getting rained on, and the next, they’re ripping each other’s clothes off in the hallway, but that’s not always the case. IRL, people are busy! I’m talking half-finished to-do lists, existential dread, and the ongoing debate about whether or not we should get bangs. Sex isn’t always top of mind (sorry, Nicholas Sparks). And that, my dear friends, is where foreplay comes in.

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Rachel Varina |Kayla Kibbe |Lily Chang

有些人會說，心型 emoji 是 emoji 界中的元老級人物，它們用途廣泛、實用又可愛，而且光是顏色就有超過 20 種可選擇，能傳達的情緒幾乎沒有限制。但就像所有其他 emoji 一樣，心型 emoji 的意義也會依顏色、位置、以及你整段訊息的語氣而異。（比如「love you ❤️‍🔥」和「love you 💔」聽起來就完全不一樣吧？）這也是我們製作這份（非官方的）心型 emoji 顏色意義指南的原因。雖然說到底，心就是個「心」，但有些比較浪漫、有些比較友好、有些則富有同情意味——有些甚至直接走火辣路線，所以上下文真的很重要！emoji 解讀有趣的地方就在於它非常主觀，有無限多種可能的詮釋方式。 ⚠️ 在我們開始之前先聲明一下：這一切其實都見仁見智。如果你最愛的心型 emoji 是橘色心，別因為我們的評價就不敢用了。如果在你的關係裡，紅心代表「現在是性感時間」，粉紅心代表「來抱一下」，那就照你自己的方式繼續用沒問題。這份指南只是根據我們自己的經驗，以及作為 Cosmo 編輯群在社群媒體和日常對話中觀察到的趨勢而來的建議而已。而且，像所有語言一樣，emoji...

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Rachel Varina

For most people, middle school health class didn't exactly dive into vaginal anatomy and sexual health in an actually useful way. Most of us learned the word vagina as kids and started using it to describe everything below the belt—no one's fault, but also, not exactly accurate. Vagina is just the internal canal that connects to the cervix. The vulva includes the clitoris, labia, vaginal opening, and more. Translation: The part you can actually see? Yeah, that’s not the vagina. It’s the vulva.

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Rachel Varina

You probably already know what rizz is. Maybe you’ve got it. Maybe your new situationship thinks they do. But for anyone just catching up—or for the people reading this to understand modern slang—rizz = charisma. Flirty energy. Game. It's the art of saying just the right thing at exactly the right time and making it look effortless. And rizz lines? They’re pickup lines... but hotter. Cooler. Less “Are you a parking ticket?

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kayla Kibbe |Rachel Varina

Some might say that the heart emojis are the OGs of the emoji library—a founding father of sorts. They’re versatile, useful, sweet, and there are literally over 20 to choose from so there’s honestly no limit to the feelings they can help you convey. But like with every other emoji, heart emoji meanings could be different for everyone depending on color, placement, and the overall tone of your text.