Now that I’ve outed myself as a yoga cheapskate (oooh, yoga for good over here), I might as well tell you all my dirty secrets. I’m also a Title Nine clothing cheapskate. So be still my beating credit card, they’re having a huge sale right now at the Oregon Convention Center—just fight your way through […]
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This Explains So Much
You’re not bad at math, you’re just TOO SEXY. When a guy “harmlessly” checks out a woman, it may not be so harmless after all, according to a first-of-its kind study done by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Penn State University. “There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that checking women out has adverse […]
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Which Countries Are the Best for Women? NOT US.
Today is the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day and the New York Times Economix blog has a good article up about which countries are the best for women. Surprise, surprise, no matter which way you slice the stats, the United States doesn’t make it in the top ten most gender-equitable counties. The blog gives […]
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A Fag Hag Demands Payback
A Hag has something to say to her Fags: Dear Gays: You look fabulous. Have you been working out? Your hair is amazing right now, did you know that? Anyhoo. We’ve been through a lot, you and I. I’ve been your loyal Hag for as long as I can remember. I broke with the Church […]
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Finally! A Beautiful Chest with Zero Distance!!
Okay, technically this video should be classified as NSFW—even though there’s no nudity in it, and it actually represents an astonishing medical breakthrough! Tell you what. Take a second, stand up and peek over the top of your cubicle. Nobody around? GREAT! Watch the first 17 seconds of this five minute infomercial, and you’ll know […]
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Five-Year-Old Goes, Girl!
Gurrrrrl, I’m not even GONNA start messin’ with NO man, unless I have some money first. You think a no-good trifling man gonna pay MY bills? Oh, HELL to the mothereffin’ NO. I’m with homegirl here, who KNOWS what she’s talkin’ ’bout and ain’t about to take no mess. Even though she’s not out of […]
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Here is Why Cutting Birth Control Funding is a Very Bad Idea
Maybe you’ve heard that the GOP plans to cut $327 million in family planning funding that allows low-income women get free birth control and annual lady parts checkups. This is a terrible idea! Here is why: 1. Free birth control saves the country lots and lots of money. Frankly, birth control pills cost society a […]
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Chocolate Birth Control. (And Other Inspiration from Planned Parenthood)
Okay, so Planned Parenthood didn’t hand out real chocolate birth control at their 1,000-person annual luncheon today at the convention center, but they did hand out gift bags featuring condoms and chocolate in the shape of the Pill. Love it. The swanky speech for Planned Parenthood supporters was attended by numerous elected officials, including County […]
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That Should Settle It
Should, but won’t: Women do not suffer mental health problems such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of having an abortion, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, published by Danish scientists in the New England Journal of Medicine, adds to a growing body of scientific literature that has failed to find that abortion […]
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Ladies! Don’t Have Sex with Leo! (You Know… Dude that Works at Chipotle?)
Facebook should only be used as a way to avoid having sex with the wrong people. Example: Via Lamebook.
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What Do We Want? Free Birth Control!
As part of the healthcare overhaul, a group of experts will begin meeting today to advise the federal government on whether health insurance should have to cover contraceptives, everything from condoms to IUDs. Ninety percent of employee insurance plans already cover birth control and it’s obvious why: research shows that paying for contraception saves taxpayers […]
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That Woman Is Not Making Comics in Order to Be Sexually Attractive
Some comments by cartoonist Kate Beaton and a cartoon by Gabby Schulz about the relationship between female cartoonists and their male fans has caused the requisite commenter shitstorm on the comics nerdblogs. Here’s the opening of the comic: But you should read the whole thing. And then you should wonder at the terror of the […]