We talk a lot about birth control around here (a natural progression from our daily musings about sex). We think its ability to stop babies is pretty badass, but many of us aren’t sure if that is worth all the crappy side effects: headaches, bloat, moodiness, debilitating cramps….We seriously thought we had it pretty bad until we found out that all of our suffering was nothing compared to those unlucky ladies who opted for the birth control patch.
While it was marketed as every woman’s dream birth control option (“Lower estrogen! Lasts all month! No need to remember those pesky daily pills!”), it has recently become every woman’s worst nightmare.
“The patch actually delivered much higher doses of estrogen than the pill; Johnson & Johnson failed to reveal this to the public for six years. At least fifty deaths have been attributed to the patch because of this, with thousands more women reporting alarming symptoms.”
The people behind the patch have been dealing with major lawsuits from patch users who experienced blood clots, strokes and heart attacks! Read More »
The summer of 2008. A summer drowning in recession, debt, ridiculous gas prices, and boring, trashy television (I mean, Greatest American Dog??). Lots of things seem to be going wrong…or at least…discussed to the point of having us all believe they’re going wrong…and many teens and twenty-somethings are turning to the web to air their grievances.
By late July, 2008, the percent of people in the US who haven’t seen a celebrity vajayjay flash or heard someone say, “dude, I’m gonna blog about this!” is monumentally small, and it seems like every day a new gossip or 24 hour news site pops up. However, amidst the clattering of fingers on keyboards and snapping of flashbulbs, I can’t help but wonder if this constant need to be seen and heard is actually doing us any good. Read More »
We talk about sex a lot on this site. That is pretty obvious to anyone who reads it. We like sex. We like being free to make our own choices about who to have sex with, how soon, how many partners and which way we are going to do it. We like to share our stories. We like to hear yours.
But what we absolutely do not want to do is send the message that sexual freedom and inhibition is a risk free lifestyle.
Recently, two writers from Jezebel – a website for women aged 25-35 – were invited onto Lizz Winstead’s show, Thinking and Drinking, to discuss their decisions to blog quite openly about their sexcapades and the message they send by writing about them (graphically) on the internet. Winstead, a former writer for The Daily Show, is a strong advocate of sexual empowerment and freedom, but argues it “can only be called a freedom if you protect yourself from rape, disease and pregnancy.”
Tracie Egan and Moe Tkacik, the Jezebel bloggers – who we have quoted and referenced many times before – showed up to the interview drunk and what they said caused quite a stir in the CollegeCandy office.
Jezebel exposed me to some creepy oddities known hair hats. They’re hats…made to look like hair…made to look like animals. It’s the accessory equivalent of a Turducken.
I think we can agree Nagi Noda, the Japanese artist behind the hats, is an amazing designer, sculptor and…hairstylist?
But would you be caught dead with one of these affixed to your scalp? As an average college student or recent grad you may not have an appropriate venue to don an animal face on your head. But I can’t even see the avant-garde, fashion plates of the world rocking these things…unless they were starring in Lion King on Broadway.
Maybe I’m not thinking broadly enough.
So what are your thoughts people? Weird, gross and confusing or glamorous, innovative and stunning? Maybe a little from column A and a little from column B?
It’s that time again, for all of you procrastinating writing thesis papers, paying bills, looking for a new job or shaving your legs (the one thing I loathe about spring, hair removal maintenance) we have links that will seriously divert your attention for a couple more hours. Have fun!
1. Guidespot.com- you can become a member, create guides about anything and everything or read user guides. Some are localized other are just plain fun like; “Making a WTF mullet”
2. Gimme Your Stuff, this site is a cultural exchange- you send someone in Japan your favorite American candy and they’ll send you theirs.
3. Bettie Magazine, these are women that know a thing or two and are oh so entertaining.
While spending a glorious Friday night in with myself (a week like my last week should have never been forced upon a normal human), I happened to cruse by a Jezebel post concerning one Natasha Lyonne. Remember that chick? Slums of Beverly Hills cool and quirky…until she like, sorta went nuts and threatened people’s dogs and presumably took every drug on planet.
Well, I guess she’s back and semi-normal, and Street Carnage has just posted a link of Lyonne watching herself as a little kid on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. The video of Natasha watching herself is here. She seems a little stoned and kind of annoying. She’s not the reason I’m posting.
The reason I’m posting is because of the Pee-Wee clip she's in. Holy, holy creepy. As a child, Paul Rubens always made me feel uneasy, and as I watch this clip now, I see I was way ahead of the game when it came to sensing strangeness.
1) Who dressed these kids? Is it supposed to look like the kids dressed themselves? Why don’t their clothes fit??
2) Who is that semi-retarded looking old man playing with the children? I mean, is he supposed to be slow? Why is a 50-year-old guy hanging out with eight year olds? Why is Pee Wee allowing such creepiness!? Look at that vacant expression! Something is just not right with him…
3) Their “lunch” consists of white bread and one slice of yellow American cheese! Dear jesus, Pee Wee! What about nutritional content??!
4) Pee Wee’s got crazy eyes. Plus his pants are too tight. All signs that he will eventually masturbate in a public theater to gay porn…
The summer of 2008. A summer drowning in recession, debt, ridiculous gas prices, and boring, trashy television (I mean, 
We talk about sex a lot on this site. That is pretty obvious to anyone who reads it. We like sex. We like being free to make our own choices about who to have sex with, how soon, how many partners and which way we are going to do it. We like to share our stories. We like to hear yours.
It’s that time again, for all of you procrastinating writing thesis papers, paying bills, looking for a new job or shaving your legs (the one thing I loathe about spring, hair removal maintenance) we have links that will seriously divert your attention for a couple more hours. Have fun!
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