March 2012
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WatchWe worked with Funny or Die on a short video series! It’s called “After Last Night,” there are 3 parts, the first is above, and you can see the other two on funnyordie.com.
PS—this series may or may not feature plastic wrap, dry-humping, irreverent humor, and a very awkward hug. (Just sayin’.)
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Fight for your right...
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Check out this great EC=BC submission from Bedsider! We love it!
Submit your own EC=BC image here!
Our EC=BC contribution for the Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action…
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IUDS: Pamper, Pamper, Pamper -- Plus 9 Other Tips... →
Tips for how to make the IUD insertion process easier = awesome. (Courtesy of Huffington Post.)
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So much love for this Hairpin article on IUDs...
We found this fabulous post from Lola over at The Hairpin a little late to the game (it was published on March 12th), but in case you missed it like we did, we’ve pasted our favorite of favorite part here. Read the excerpt and then check out the article in its entirety—yes, we love it for its Bedsider shout-out and construction paper infographic, but it’s so much more than...
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Sex on TV: 5 Reasons I'm Not Sorry I Missed Spring...
Turning the reins over to Roxanne again. Honestly, her post got WAY more acclaim than all of mine put together either way, so… you’re welcome.
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I was first introduced to what “spring break” really meant in elementary school when I used to sneakily watch MTV when my parents weren’t around. While I don’t remember the exact year I first came across MTV’s Spring Break, I can safely...
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Method Monday: Emergency Contraception (EC)
In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action (coming up this very Wednesday), we’re featuring emergency contraception, a.k.a. EC, for our Method Monday this week! The Back Up Your Birth Control theme this year is EC=BC—an excellent choice given the amount of confusion and misinformation floating around online and in the media RE how EC works. You can learn more about the...
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Birth control in the words of the Feministing... →
From the better-late-than-never files: A great piece from earlier in the month showcasing the comments of feministing.com readers RE birth control (organized into 4 handy themes!).
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“There are a ton of mood-enhancing chemicals in semen and the vagina can absorb...”
– Who says Sundays can’t be frisky? Check out our latest Frisky Friday to read more about the fascinating properties of semen.
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The Creeps on the Street
Ick. Last night, an older man followed me out of a drugstore near my school. For almost a block, he relentlessly questioned me about anything and everything to get a response. “Where are you from? What’s your major? Do you wanna be texting buddies?” I could’ve sworn that my body language and rapid eye rolls would keep him moving…moving away. But my non-answers motivated him even more. The...
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Our latest "Get on Top" News digest (the... →
Herpes remains cureless, HPV goes oral, BV gets STI status, don’t believe everything you hear about condom problems, binge drinking’s bad news for condom use among college freshmen, and sex ed is still awesome.
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Rumor Has It: How to Deal When the Hot Gossip’s...
Originally published on SexReally.com on September 21, 2011.
Once upon a time, in college, I flew into a jealous rage and slashed the tires of a girl’s car. Or so the rumors said. That’s the thing about rumors – they tend to have a life of their own. But is it possible to control, or at least contain, a rumor?
Scenario 1 (My story)
The Rumor
I showed up uninvited to a beach vacation that...
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Slut Pride, Slut Song, and Slut Sex (with Birth...
Well. According to Google Trends (see the handy screen capture above), the word “slut” appeared in the news more this month than at any time in the history of the world (since 2004, anyway). This was thanks, presumably, to some ridiculous comments from a certain right-wing radio personality. The gist of the comments, for any who by some stroke of fairy magic managed not to hear/read...
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Yet another great reason to exercise... →
We already knew that good sex and exercise have a beautiful friendship—and the term coregasm has been floating around since at least 2007—but a new study actually puts science behind the rumors of exercise-induced orgasms (which even have an nifty acronym—EIO. Try not to think of Old MacDonald). What, you’re on your way to the gym? Um, us too.
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Student health plans required to cover... →
Great news for students, courtesy of the US Department of Health and Human Services! (Yet another happy Friday.)
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Sizing them up: Do you have a list of what you’re... →
Frisky Friday time! Do you have a list of what you’re looking for in a partner?
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Should the pill be accessible without a... →
Our latest “Get on Top” feature looks at why the pill isn’t available over the counter.
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Your Future Just Got a Little Less Pap Smeary →
As we noted in a “Get on Top” digest back in November, new guidelines recommend a Pap smear every 3 years instead of annually. Check out Jezebel’s post for more information on the new guidelines, or NPR’s coverage for even more detail.
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Sex on TV: Gross Anatomy?
This week in “Sex on TV,” I’ve decided to cut back on the prose and flex the ol’ Illustrator muscles instead. Think of it as a little breather, like when you’d be reading chapter books and there would be those 4-6 glossy pages of pictures right in the middle, illustrating what’s been happening in the first half of the book and letting you know that you’re exactly halfway through. So, you’re all...
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Hot and sweaty: Fitness for fooling around →
Your weekend doesn’t have to be lazy to be fun. Yesterday’s Frisky Friday offered some exercise tips for better sex that totally made us want to pull out the retro sweatbands and get our flashdance on…if you know what we mean.
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Weekend Reading: Birth control cost varies widely,... →
Following up on our post about birth control and economics from a few days ago, this is a great summary (and not just because it mentions Bedsider, though we love that too) from Lauran Neergaard of the AP of the real costs of different types of birth control and the important part cost can play in what method women choose.
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What do you have to say about birth control?
As a response to a Congressional hearing on whether health insurance plans should be required to cover birth control—a hearing which is now infamous for opening with the testimonies of five men and zero women—the Coalition to Protect Women’s Health Care (CPWH) started the “I Have a Say” campaign to bring women’s voices into the discussion. Today Sarah Brown, CEO...
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“Here in the West, where women have access to quality healthcare, free...”
– —From “International Women’s Day Call to Action: Integrate Family Planning and HIV Services to Save Women’s Lives,” March 8, 2012, Huffington Post.
On International Women’s Day, a reminder that though here in the U.S. we still have a long way to go in terms of...
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What Do Michael Jackson, Safe Sex, and Fairies...
Did you know condoms prevent pregnancy, protect you from STIs, and make awesome clothes? Wait, what? You didn’t see that one coming did you?
Last week I was lucky enough to attend University of South Carolina’s Project Condom Season 5. Project Condom inspires students to make clothes out of condoms to raise awareness about pregnancy prevention, getting tested, and generally being awesome. Each...
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Birth control and the economy (they get along...
Wow. We probably don’t need to tell you that birth control has been in the news a lot lately. And though unfortunately we can’t say the attention has been all positive, we’ve actually seen a whole lot of good publicity coming out of the discussion overall. The latest theme we’ve noticed is media attention to birth control and the economy—and let’s just say...
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Body Blog: Should You Become an IUD Diva? →
Hurrah for IUDs on College Candy! We can affirm that they are as awesome as blogger Garnet Henderson suggests.
Minor point: “typical use” effectiveness rates for certain methods have changed a bit lately—it’s actually 9 in 100 women who will get pregnant within a year while using the pill, and 18 in 100 while using male condoms—so the argument for super-effective...
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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality...”
– Our birth control reminder today is an exceptional quote from the one and only Dr. Seuss.
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BeforePlay and Beyond
This isn’t the first time we’ve posted about Beforeplay.org and it probably won’t be the last. We’re so psyched to be working with them and to see them getting some much-deserved media attention. Though their excellent, locally tailored campaign is all their own, you may have noticed traces of Bedsider on the website itself.
Martha Kempner noted in her RH Reality...
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Risky business 2: Migraines, high blood pressure,... →
For women with certain medical conditions, some birth control methods are riskier than others. Or latest Provider Perspective post talks about which methods to avoid (and which can be used safely) if you suffer from migraines, high blood pressure, or blood clots.
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No Beauty Mistake Has Ever Turned a Man Off →
The caption says it all: “Women look sexy and feel sexy when they’re being themselves. If a dude is turned off by my bold lip, wait until he gets a load of my bold personality.”
(That!)
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