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September 10th 2010

The Best Things in Life Aren’t Free

- Katy Otto

From a young age, I was drawn to portraits, stories, and depictions of prey animals. Field mice, rabbits, deer. Often, these creatures were shown in flight from a threat. Many times they had terror in their eyes. For some reason, though, they always seemed more interesting to me than the predators chasing and threatening them.

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September 10th 2010

What Happens at the Canadian Embassy Stays at the Canadian Embassy

- Stefanie

The other day I was having coffee with Happy Girl, trying to figure out what to blog about.

Me: “I have nothing to blog about this week.”

Happy Girl: “Really? You always have fun stories.”

Me: “I half considered blogging about dating using a supply and demand graph. That is how desperate I am right now.”

Note: I'd spent three hours doing macroeconomic homework the night before. Hence, why blogging about dating using economics terms seemed like a good idea. I have since reevaluated my decision-making paradigm.

Happy Girl: “Have I told you the ecstasy story?”

Me: “Uh, no. But go on.”

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September 3rd 2010

Ninjasonik Raises Awareness About Unplanned Hipster Pregnancy

- Liz Sabatiuk

***WARNING: graphic thong footage.***

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September 3rd 2010

Poetic Irony’s Vacation Turns Out Less Than Perfect

- Stefanie

The other night I was talking to Poetic Irony about her recent vacation.

Me: “So how was your trip?”

Poetic Irony: “It was fun! You know, walked around, looked at stuff, and ate really good food.”

Me: “Sound like the perfect vacation.”

Poetic Irony: “Hooked up with a guy I met while traveling.”

Me: “What? You hooked up with a stranger? This is how every episode of Law & Order has ever started.”

Poetic Irony: “Calm down, he was in my tour group.”

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September 1st 2010

Whoops! Birth Control You Can Use After Sex

- Provider Perspective

There are lots of reasons the best laid plans for using birth control don’t work out:

I completely forgot to take my pill (!)…
I just didn’t have enough money to pay for the ring this month…
The condom broke….
We’d had some drinks and got carried away…

Something like this happens to most of us at some point. If you’ve had unprotected sex for any reason, you can still prevent pregnancy by using emergency contraception (EC). Some types of EC are also called ‘the morning after pill’, and all EC prevents pregnancy after sex.

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August 30th 2010

It's Like College, But...You're Even Poorer

- Lauren Mann

I know. I didn’t think it was possible either, you know, with a paycheck coming in and all, but I assure you it is. If there’s one thing I’ll never understand, it’s student discounts. Why discount items for students, who are able to live off their parents and loans, have limited expenses outside bars and liquor stores, and have zero obligations to sport anything dressier than pajamas on a daily basis? I’d like to petition a change to “Yo-Pro discounts”. We pay rent and bills just like regular professionals, need to start from scratch with a grown-up wardrobe, and must begin to pay off the aforementioned loans.

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August 30th 2010

A Sexpert's Advice: Don't Listen To The Advice

- Lena Chen

When it comes to a divisive topic like first-date etiquette, there are so many divergent viewpoints that a girl needs to get some perspective before she dives headfirst into the self-help section at her local bookstore.

So step one: Let's take it back to the old school. What were the love gurus of yore telling young women? According to one 1938 dating guide, women are advised to avoid getting drunk, sitting in awkward positions, chewing gum with their mouths open, or talking while dancing. That last one aside, all the other tips actually sound quite reasonable to me. If anything, dating rules have gotten wonkier in the post-war era.

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August 27th 2010

Bad Times With Good Times Guy

- Stefanie

The other night Sunshine Girl and I were hanging out with a group of friends and talking about some of her finer first dates. That is to say, we were telling embarrassing stories about some of the dudes she has gone out with. I’m pretty sure we can all agree there have been some winners. Good Times Guy was no exception.

Me: “Tell the Good Times Guy story – pleeease!”

Sunshine Girl: “Fine. But then we are telling an embarrassing story about you.”

I said, “Of course we will.” But I really meant, “There is no way we are telling any of those stories.”

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August 25th 2010

It's Like College, But...Your Roommate is a Guy

- Lauren Mann

Unless you attended one of those wacky “gender is just an oppressive classification”-motto-ed schools that has put the kibosh on separating males and females by dorm room, you probably spent at least a few years of your college career living with members of the same sex. However, as a young professional, you are now empowered to show off your newfound maturity and platonically cohabitate with a member of the opposite sex. Go you!

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August 20th 2010

Mouthwash, Gatorade, and Next Choice: Miss Inappropriate’s July 5th Starts With a Bang

- Stefanie

The other day I was hanging out with Miss Inappropriate and commenting on how dangerous it is to keep Next Choice and Benadryl in the same drawer. When you are trying to take Benadryl after having the world’s largest margaritas, those pink boxes start to look real similar. Luckily, the pills inside don’t.

[A note from our pregnancy-prevention sponsor: Keeping Next Choice (emergency contraception, or Plan B), on hand is a good idea. That way if you need it, you don’t have to get up, get dressed, and find a drugstore that will sell it to you.]

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