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Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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Associate Editor, Features
 

Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.

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The top dating trends of 2021, so far
The top dating trends of 2021, so far

What you should know about the ongoing hunt for male birth control
What you should know about the ongoing hunt for male birth control


How to remove your ex from your digital life
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Should dating apps have non-monogamy filters? It's complicated.
Should dating apps have non-monogamy filters? It's complicated.

Tinder is about to look more like TikTok and Snapchat
Tinder is about to look more like TikTok and Snapchat


Wild Flower's Enby 2 is a fun, versatile sex toy for all genders
Wild Flower's Enby 2 is a fun, versatile sex toy for all genders

More couples — and singles — want threesomes this summer
More couples — and singles — want threesomes this summer


Tinder will now let you block phone contacts from showing up in your feed
Tinder will now let you block phone contacts from showing up in your feed

Singles don't want their vaccine status to be a dating barrier
Singles don't want their vaccine status to be a dating barrier

Have burning questions about sex and dating? We want to answer them.
Have burning questions about sex and dating? We want to answer them.

This company wants to make sex toys more accessible for people with disabilities
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Mutual masturbation can bring you closer to your partner, even over FaceTime
Mutual masturbation can bring you closer to your partner, even over FaceTime

What to do when you get stuck in a masturbation rut
What to do when you get stuck in a masturbation rut

Nearly half of Americans don't know what 'fetishization' is, according to Bumble
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The top masturbation question people had during the pandemic
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Tinder releases 'Are You Sure?' feature to stop harmful messages before they happen
Tinder releases 'Are You Sure?' feature to stop harmful messages before they happen

The 'rose' is sweeping TikTok, but the viral sex toy is kind of sketchy
The 'rose' is sweeping TikTok, but the viral sex toy is kind of sketchy

What to do when your soul is too tired to even get off post-pandemic
What to do when your soul is too tired to even get off post-pandemic

For more spicy sexts, try sending voice notes
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Young people don't actually want a 'hot vaxxed summer'
Young people don't actually want a 'hot vaxxed summer'

Don't lose heart if your first date post-lockdown was a damp squib
Don't lose heart if your first date post-lockdown was a damp squib

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