• Friday, November 20, 2009 - 12:37pm By Megan Andelloux
    There was a time in my life when I didn't want to have sex… at all. Being a sex educator, this presented some challenges. Was my work a farce? Was I a phony? If I didn't want to screw around, how was I supposed to stand in front of others and...
  • Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 10:03am By System Administrator
    I can't be the only one to make the connection. For those of us who who are devoted to the American tele-novella Mad Men, the recent psycho-shooting at Ft. Hood had an eerie plot echo. (Spoilers ahead). In Mad Men, which takes place in New York of...
  • Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 9:44am By John Leavitt
    How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, and Act the Way We Do By Sharon Moalem Harper Collins 26.99, 288 pp. Back during the beginning of railroads, many stations had a book lending program. You'd rent a book from your starting station...
  • Friday, November 13, 2009 - 10:00am By System Administrator
    SHPANK, CRØSS & STÖCK: Flat-pack on your back — Bookkake – Fake ikea instructions for bondage gear Where The Party’s At: The Real Stars Of The Fleshbot Awards – Bad Reputation: Doing Damage Control on Your Internet Profile | TechCoquette – If...
  • Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 2:04pm By Chris Hall
    A new report published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology says that while increasing numbers of women are undergoing cosmetic surgery on their genitals, there is a "shocking" lack of knowledge on just what the risks of...
  • Monday, November 9, 2009 - 11:00am By System Administrator
    High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends the Dress Code – NYTimes.com – Dress is always code, particularly for teenagers eager to telegraph evolving identities. Each year, schools hope to quell disruption by prohibiting the latest styles that...
  • Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 6:15pm By System Administrator
    The NYT makes note of a provision in the health care bill proposed by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) which would correct unjust tax laws for domestic partners: "Supporters of gay rights have long been trying to change the tax treatment of health...
  • Friday, November 6, 2009 - 12:02pm By Megan Andelloux
    Many people hold a deep respect for my work as a gynecological teaching associate (GTA)—or at least they do once they find out what that means, exactly. GTAs are the women who use their bodies to guide medical students through pelvic exams....
  • Friday, November 6, 2009 - 6:01am By System Administrator
    Rachel Maddow points out the cast of characters attending Michelle Bachmann's health care teabagger rally yesterday. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Writes Dana Milbank in the WaPo: "Many of the demonstrators chanted 'Weasel Queen,' their pet name for...
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 3:00pm By System Administrator
    Sexy Biz: Durex, Lifestyles, and Trojan lead in Consumer Reports condom test | Examiner.com – Consumer Reports tested 15,000 condoms for its most recent report, representing 20 models from different brands. The most reliable? While all of the...
  • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 8:15am By System Administrator
    In recent years, the number of women going under the knife for cosmetic genital surgery has skyrocketed. More and more women are regularly participating in painful bikini waxing procedures to return to the bare pubis of their youth, and increasing...
  • Monday, November 2, 2009 - 1:22pm By Chris Hall
    ABC television affiliate WJLA in Washington, DC ran a four-part series about breast cancer last week that went where no one—except perhaps Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake—has gone before. As part of the series, the station showed two...
  • Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:06am By System Administrator
    The Bold and The Beautiful's Brandon Beemer is one of the latest celebs to join Adam Bouska's NoH8 campaign. He also gets bold and beautiful for the Everyman campaign in collaboration with Cosmopolitan to raise awareness about prostate and...
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 1:55pm By System Administrator
    HEALTH CARE: Nancy Pelosi introduces the merged House health care reform bill. PAUL AND JEANETTE: More resurrected testimony from April's marriage equality in Maine. CALLING 'EM OUT: Sarah Palin. SURVIVING: Joy Behar interviews the now free Richard...
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 4:33am By System Administrator
    JOE LIEBERMAN: Says he'll join Republican filibuster against public option. RACHEL MADDOW: On the Lieberman filibuster plans, with Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake. KEITH OLBERMANN: Slams Lieberman. JOHN MCCAIN: Suggests Lieberman might be "bribed" to...