In this week’s Toronto* edition of Sex News Square Down we get down with marriage. Lots of marriage! From feminist weddings, to same-sex weddings in Iowa, to what a smile reveals about your marriageablity, there’s a whole lot of love in the air. And it’s way better to have love in the air than swine flu.

• Marriage finally goes gay in Iowa today. (NYTimes)
• Turn that frown upside down, especially if marriage is your goal. People who smile (for the camera) are less likely to get divorced. (LiveScience)
• Can feministing founder Jessica Valenti find a way to have her big, fat, feminist wedding without giving in to too much tradition? (TheGuardian)
• Isn’t she special and aren’t we shallow? An essay on Susan Boyle and why looks matter. (NYTimes)
• Beer goggles blur attraction. (via Sunfiltered)
• What Abby Ehmann learned from watching 500 porn movies. (Yourtango)
• You can package it in a pretty pink bow, but abstinence only education is not for everyone anyone. Can the government be fooled into continuing to contribute to this narrow-minded approach to sex ed? (AmplifyYourVoice)

*if you are in Toronto right now, why not take a workshop with me at Come As You Are tonight, tomorrow or Wed.?