February 2012
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Sex on TV Breaking News: Snooki is Pregnant?
With a title I thought I’d only ever write satirically, American media is abuzz with a rumor substantiated by a “reliable source” that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is pregnant. Though she went on record just a few weeks ago denying that she has a bun in the oven (or that she knows what an oven is, probably), word on the street is that she had been shopping around her big news to several tabloids to...
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Sex on TV: Premature Engagement
A note from Lauren: Please excuse my absence this week, but trust in the fact that I’ve left the “Sex on TV” duties to a guest blogger who will not let you down. Plus, like I learned from television, the younger and cuter girl is always more desirable. So I present to you the musings of our intern, Roxanne, who still has the positive and ambitious attitude of a college student. The...
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Nutz and Boltz: Go to the mattresses... →
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Written by Stefanie and edited by Mary. Just like grad school – only funnier.
Yes, the pun is intended. For anyone who has seen The Godfather or You’ve Got Mail, you know that this means war. It’s not personal, it’s business. Bedsider and I are going to have a West Side Story-style…
So glad to see that Nutz and Boltz finally made peace with our Confessions app. As her post...
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The High Costs of Birth Control: A Major Barrier... →
Interesting piece on RH Reality Check about the role cost can play in birth control access. Not exactly a surprise, but it’s good to be reminded that helping people find affordable options (ahem—like we do with our Free Birth Control Finder!) is worthwhile, as is (ahem the sequel) making sure birth control is covered by health insurance…
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How Shaving Caused Me to (Literally and...
Originally published on SexReally.com on July 5, 2011.
Last summer I grew balls. I’m not saying this in an I-got-spunky-and-feisty kind of way. I mean I grew two sacks filled with fluid between my vagina and anus due to a shaving accident.
Here’s how it happened: I was in the shower shaving with a new razor and, unbeknownst to me at the time, shaved in a way that caused two ingrown hairs. These...
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Surprise Health Benefits Of Regular Sex →
We never seem to tire of articles on this important topic;)
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The Frisky Friday Top Five: How to say penis... →
Fun with words in last week’s Frisky Friday!
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More condom love from that dreamy Sir Richard's
You may have noticed we’re observing National Condom Week—and our friends at Sir Richard’s Condom Company are making it international. This spring, the company will donate 500,000 condoms to Partners in Health (PIH) clinics in Haiti. So sweet, right? And you can get in on the action. For every person who shares their love for condoms in a Facebook post or Tweet this week, Sir...
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Happy National Condom Week!
As if national condom week weren’t exciting enough in its own right, some of our favorite folks ever—the ones over at Get Yourself Tested (GYT)—are running a sweepstakes this week giving away Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and a trip to NYC for two. To enter, all you have to do is tweet your answer to @MTVact’s question of the day. All the questions—and yes, that means...
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Sex on TV: Longing stares at Downton Abbey
If any of you are like me, you’ve jumped on the Downton Abbey train. And I mean train in the steam locomotion sense, as commercial air travel wouldn’t enter the picture for another decade or so. But you know what I mean. Never did I think I’d see the day when I’d gleefully hop onto my couch with a glass of wine in hand to tune into my favorite program of the week on – wait for it—PBS. At least...
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“Our willingness to own our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage,...”
– From Brené Brown’s “A love note to the workaholic,” published on February 13th in The Washington Post.
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I didn't know my own strength...
Today is my first Valentine’s Day without any guy in my life—because, for the first time in my adult life, I am truly single. This may come as a shock to many people who know me and know that I haven’t been in a relationship in years, but truth be told there was always someone in the the sidelines. There was the guy I fell in love with who couldn’t commit. The guy who fell in love with me,...
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The intimacy and ecstasy of tantric sex →
We thought last week’s Frisky Friday might come in handy for those of you with big plans (or chill “watch a movie” plans—whatever) for tonight. Let’s just say you don’t have to be a yogi to benefit from a bit of tantric philosophy…
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5 Reasons to Bat for #teamsingle This Valentine's...
Hey, you. Toss the Whitman’s Sampler aside and close that old Facebook album of you and your ex. Ignore the naysayers—batting for #teamsingle isn’t all that bad. One day out of the entire year heightens our awareness, but actually we’re #winning for the remaining 364. Behold, my top 5 reasons why.
1. Love Don’t Cost a Thing
Remember the days when construction paper heart cutouts and a...
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Meet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British... →
“Would you like a condom with that drink?” Why yes, yes we would.
Awesome Fast Company article about a bartender who’s thinking outside the box (pun intended) when it comes to condoms.
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Closing Off to Opening Up: One Girl's Journey
Originally published on SexReally.com on June 16, 2010.
Everybody’s sick for something that they can find fascinating—everyone but you and even you aren’t feeling well.
-Amanda Palmer
This lyric, penned by one of my greatest musical inspirations, hits the nail on the head in terms of my own experiences and the observed experiences of my friends in all range of confounding,...
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Method Monday: The Female Condom
Happy Method Monday! Today we bring you the oft-misunderstood female condom—which you may or may not realize has been revamped in recent years to be more affordable and less, erm, squeaky. Yep, it squeaked before, now not so much. The revamped version is called the FC2, standing for—you guessed it—female condom 2. So, to review: less squeaking, lower price, new name, same...
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What to do when he wants to add another girl to... →
Saturday is a great day for reading our latest Frisky Friday. This week’s was on what to do if your partner wants to try a ménage à trois. Threesomes: steamy or lame?
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Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious... →
The White House Blog posted a handy-dandy summary of what the decision to cover birth control under the Affordable Care Act without co-pays or deductibles will mean for individuals, states, businesses, and religious institutions. Check it out if you’re feeling wonky;)
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Things that are sexy...
We couldn’t resist chiming in on the #ThingsThatAreSexy conversation raging late last week on Twitter. (We said “The right birth control & someone to share it with.”) We noticed some interesting themes while we were perusing the conversation—namely lip biting, confidence, tattoos, and natural beauty. We won’t argue with those. But we went ahead and took it a...
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Yikes! Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After... →
If you use Lo/Ovral-28 or generic Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol birth control pills, please read this (and start using a back-up method!).
And spread the word!