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Last month, our sister site Blisstree posted a piece by lovely freelancer about how she never uses birth control. She received a ton of flack from people calling her an idiot, folks saying she makes women look bad, comments telling her it’s irresponsible to write about not using contraceptives, and well-meaning — if not a bit patronizing — emails explaining to her how to use birth control. More
You know how there are many states that irresponsibly still believe (or, at least, their politicians pretend to believe) that kids shouldn’t be taught about birth control in sex education classes? Fortunately, one state is actually taking a step forward! More
Nobody has the right to make reproductive choices for you — and that includes forced abortions. More
Prescription birth control costs more in low income areas than it does in high income areas, which is absolutely crazy and terrible. And yet, true! Sick, Sad World The Huffington Post reports: The cost data came from MyFloridaRx.com, a website developed by the … More
I’m a hardworking, highly entrepreneurial woman, and I would like more socialism, please, so I can go about creating jobs. (I’ll explain, stick with me.) More
When you picture the average buyer of soymilk, what do you see? An aging hippie, perhaps? An old head whose interest in radical politics has mellowed out into an abiding love of vegetarian food and a vote for Barack Obama? A beat up Volvo with a “Keep Abortion Legal” bumper sticker on the back? More
Women being allowed to make decisions for their own bodies AND access to free birth control? No. Way. More
A few days ago, we published a post that a lot of you didn’t like called 10 Reasons I Stopped Birth Control Pills. So now, I’m offering a counterpoint of sorts. As someone who’s been on the pill since high school, I’ve had a pretty positive experience with it over the years, so I thought I should share my own reasons for loving it. I want to make it clear that I don’t think my personal experiences will apply to everyone, but I’ve also included some helpful facts, because facts + anecdotes = perfectly balanced ladysite, right? Right. More
I like condoms. Condoms are wonderful. But no, Sam I am, I will not try green eggs and bacon-flavored condoms. More
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If you missed this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live, you could be forgiven; SNL has been wildly uneven as of late. For every funny sketch, there are two or three stinkers. But one area in which they’ve been killing it … More
When I was 13, I went on the Pill. I didn’t need it for contraceptive purposes; I just had hospital-admitting, head-splitting PMS each month. Sadly, I experienced numerous unpleasant side effects and, after about a year, decided to move on … More
If you’re a frequent (or infrequent, even) reader of The Gloss, you know that we are big fans of birth control and sex education. We think women deserve to make their own individual reproductive choices, whether it’s to abstain from … More
Do you ever find yourself getting down with somebody and realize you lack a condom, but you’re too tipsy to drive to the store and unwilling to wake up your stupid roommate? More
Condoms have long been considered a “necessary evil” in the sex and dating world. While I feel the term “necessary evil” is silly with regard to condoms because they’re not remotely evil (unlike Spanx, which are similarly tight but serve a much less important purpose yet have garnered the same title). People often assume that condoms ruin sex or, at the very least, make it less fantastic. But is this actually the case? More
