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Sex in the News: Better than The Pill?
I hate the pill. I truly despise it. I leave it everywhere, sleep through my ‘You Don’t Want a Kid” alarm, and often go days without even thinking about it. So let me tell you, when I heard that there was another alternative – that doesn’t involve shots or wearing a patch – I was intrigued.
The Standard of Beauty According to You
On BeautifulPeople.com, beauty is in the eye of its already existing 700,000 members. That’s right, if you want to join the popular dating site, you have to submit pictures of yourself, and the members must vote you in, based on how beautiful THEY think you are. If denied (or kicked out), you’re sent an email that basically says “sorry you’re ugly” and given a number to a hotline where you can chat with a…grief counselor?

Tuffy Luv Likes The Cut Of This Girl’s Jib
Recently my fiance dumped me. Or I dumped him. Or something. I’m not sure. He tried to blackmail me and shame me into doing things I didn’t want to do by threatening to leave me if I didn’t comply so I called his bluff and we went down in flames. And then I found out he cheated on me.
He Said/She Said: How Guys Handle Life After a Break Up
Because not seeing him meant that I had no idea what he was up to. How he was handling this whole mega-break up. If he was at home crying into a box of Fruity Pebbles (our cereal), throwing things in a fit of rage whenever anything reminded him of me (which should mean broken everything), or just sorta going about his daily business….only now, with the enthusiasm of Eeyore.
Summer, We’ve Missed You!
It’s June 21 – and (hopefully) we all know what that means- the official first day of summer! Now that we’ve all been out of school for a while, most of us have settled into our warm weather routines. There are certain activities that are only acceptable in the summer months, and here are the ones I am looking forward to most…
Glamour Says The Darndest Things: July Edition
As you can tell by the headlines of this month’s issue, Glamour is reveling in summer superficiality – tips on battling humidity hair, finding the best shorts for your body and a little bit of unnecessary warm-weather specific slut shaming are all present in this issue. Of course, the best part of the issue is the insight into how males feel when they’re naked.
The Ultimate College App
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) recently came out with a pretty sweet app all about students, trends and news. It got me thinking, we are in need of one super app for college girls designed to make our lives just a little bit more fun and easy.

Candy Dish: The Scruffy Don Draper
•Jon Hamm’s new look has us swooning
•Men weigh in on what makes a woman a slut
•Eeeeww: 51 year old ‘Green Mile’ actor marries a 16 year old
•There is now a virtual pregnancy suit for guys
•Emotions that have been invented by the internet
•4 habits you need to adapt this summer
•Heidi Montag emerges in the public eye again
The Bachelorette: It’s About to Get Awkward
Continuing with the theme of whining about Bentley’s departure, and by that I mean new beginnings, Ashley and her crew flew to Chiang Mai . I’m not sure if it was the heat, the punches to the head or random Thai men jumping in the water, but this was by far one of the most awkward episodes.
Candy Dish: Ooooh Yeah!
•WTF! Deep-fried kool aid exists?!
•’Vampire Diaries’ Stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder are dating
•Brad Pitt is looking yummy in his new movie
•A collection of our favorite hot guy gifs
•How to dress like ‘Skins’ favorite, Effy Stonem
•Watch the evolution of Ryan Reynolds’ abs
•A handy guide to this summer’s new shows
5 TV High School Classes that took WAY too long to Graduate
There are a lot of inconsistencies between real high school and the way high school is portrayed on TV shows. For example, the fact that TV high schools let students chill aimlessly in the hall every 10 minutes or how they obviously never have any homework since their fictional lives are way too action-packed to have time for anything like that.
This Blog Will Change Your Life: Week Two
There is a tree stump the size of a mini-van in my college town of Ann Arbor, MI. It is on the farthest north side of the “Diag,” or the center of the University of Michigan’s central campus. If you want to know what scandal I wrote on that multi-century year old tree, you now have a summer road-trip destination.
Versatile Style: Gentle Fawn Shoreline Top
The other day, I decided to inventory my tank tops. I split them up into super casual (boyfriend tanks, etc), casual or dressy and just dressy. And you know what I found? My casual or dressy pile was nearly empty. It’s so hard to find a tank top that work equally well for a day at the beach and a night out!
Dude’s List: Top 11 Reasons He’ll Break Up With You
This time the Dude’s List examines 11 reasons why “it’s not me, it’s you.” Deal breakers and heart breakers are like snow flakes. But here are 11 of them for you to get a closer look at. As always, I’m not advocating that all/any of these reasons are fair/legitimate/mature but they’ve been used. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty where guys tend to draw the line and call it quits.
Living Off Your Parents Post-Grad: Cool or Downright Ridiculous?
No, I’m not talking about moving home with your parents, which I fully support. The New York Times recently published an article about the current trend of parents purchasing shiny new NYC apartments for their kids as a graduation present.
Body Blog: Skinny Sippin’
Nothing says summer, summer, summertime quite like a refreshing cocktail (or a Will Smith song), but we all know that sippin’ our calories away poolside leads to a not-so-cute looking backside (or all-around side). Many of our favorite friendly cocktails come along with a heaping helping of calories.