November 2011
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Free HIV Testing Tomorrow
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, which means that you’ll be able to find FREE HIV testing on college campuses and at community centers and clinics all around the world. Fellow Bostonians can check out all their testing sites here, or you can use Google to find one near you.
Please reblog with information on free testing sites in YOUR local area, and be sure to tell your friends!
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Scat
Kinky Friend: That was the most anticlimactic hookup ever.
Kinkier Friend: I've been shit on twice in the last week.
Kinky Friend: Um, literally or figuratively?
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Me: If one can be unflappable, can one also be flappable?
Friend: I think you can in Europe.
I can’t remember the last time I looked forward to working on my writing. I’m sick, sick, sick of this “block”, which - if I’m to be honest - is only the latest in a long series of creative dry spells that first struck earlier this year.
I’d like to finally remember what it’s like to live without this thing hanging over my head.
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Me: Is there such a thing as post-post-modernism?
Friend: I think they have that in Europe.
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Don't Laugh
But last night, I pronounced “poutine” like “Putin.”
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Bastardizations
I’m hopping on a Chinatown bus to NYC tonight. My college friends are having a little reunion weekend in the Lower East Side. Tomorrow, we’ll be making Thanksgiving dinner together and my job is to fetch a Peking Duck.
Blasphemy, right? Well, look bitches, I don’t like turkey. Will be sure to live-blog the hilarity to come. Can’t imagine that this is going to go smoothly...
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“Only two of us have boyfriends, and mine isn’t particularly affectionate....”
– Me, chatting with a pal about my friend group’s slow descent into the trappings of couplehood
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Anonymous asked: where was that definitive moment when you were able to overcome your body image issues?
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Anonymous asked: Any advice for purchasing one's first vibrator?
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The Art Of War (& the Harvard-Yale Game)
Friend: “You and Patrick should roleplay the Harvard-Yale game.”
Me: “Am I a football player in this scenario or am I the football?”
True story: I once designed (but never printed) a Harvard-Yale themed t-shirt with the slogan “Fuck Yalies: Keep Your Friends Close & Your Enemies Closer”.
Sun Tzu is totally rolling in his grave, but wasn’t my idea...
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Women's Media Contests: Girls' State Of The Union... →
UPDATE: The Women’s Media Center has extended the deadline for its Girls’ State Of The Union contest to December 12th.
Here are TWO opportunities (one new, one previously posted) for creative feministas to show off their talents and win big!
The Women’s Media Center invites girls from all over the United States, ages 14-22, to create a 1-5 minute Girls’ State of the Union video in ...
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Voice Of Russia | Violence Against Female Bloggers →
Following up on my post about the recent Twitter campaigns to bring awareness to gendered cyber harassment, here’s a link to a radio segment I did on the topic as part of Jamila Bey’s SPAR (Sex, Politics, and Religion) show, airing on Voice of Russia’s American outlet (AM 1390 in DC / AM 1430 in NYC). Rebecca Watson, the founder of Skepchick and co-host of the Skeptics Guide to...
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“Friday also happens to be the anniversary of my birth, which I am in the habit...”
– from a friend’s email invite to his birthday party tonight What are YOU doing on 11-11-11?
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Jaclyn Friedman On Shame-Free Sex & What You...
Jaclyn Friedman, a friend of mine (and the Executive Director at Women, Action, & the Media), just came out with What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety. I can’t tell you how glad I am that there is finally an empowering guide for women and girls trying to figure out their bodies and their sexuality. I want to share with you the endorsement I...
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Bedsider.org Is Here For All Your Contraceptive... →
As many of you know, the National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has been a client of mine for the past two years. Today, they are launching Bedsider.org, and I’m SUPER EXCITED to introduce such a relatable and valuable resource to you guys. Given the litany of contraceptive options out there, it can be intimidating to navigate those waters on your own. Birth control is...
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“A fag hag is not just a straight female friend. In a friendship, your bond isn’t...”
– Zack Rosen, Dealbreaker: He Has a “Girlfriend” - Health - GOOD My initial reaction after reading this essay: So, let’s get some disclosures and conflicts of interest out of the way: I am, what most people would describe as, a “fag hag”. The male portion of my social...
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Anonymous asked: I have not had PIV sex and am looking for appropriate birth control. Hormonal is not an option for me due to migraine issues / stroke risk. I love the idea of a non-hormonal IUD, but I'm worried about insertion given my lack of experience. Do you know of any work / publications on this issue? Or, are there readers out there who had IUDs inserted pre having ever had PIV sex? I know I can...
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Online Harassment & Misogyny On The Rise →
It’s been an eventful week for the targets of online misogyny. Just a few days ago, bloggers began tweeting under the hashtag #ThreatOfTheDay to bring awareness to the violent threats and harassment they face everyday on the Internet. Yesterday, Sady Doyle at Tiger Beatdown wrote about how she was completely blindsided by the extent of the sexism she encountered as a woman blogger:
What I...
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“Oooh … he has tenure? That makes him even hotter.”
– post-brunch girl talk about Harvard profs
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Anonymous asked: In your October 22, 2011 "Ask Lena" post, you mentioned you use youtube yoga videos on the days where you aren't able to make it out to a studio. There are so many yoga videos on youtube so I hope it's not terribly rude of me to ask for some of your favorite "go-to" power yoga videos. It'd be tremendously helpful! Thanks so much in advance :)
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Anonymous asked: I wanted to enter the contest for the free "intimate items" Then I realized a list with people's full names of entrants was popping up. Am I just being paranoid?
Sometimes, I wonder ... →
desifeminista on 6 things 30-somethings are afraid of …
#5: Watching everyone who said they weren’t going to get married or weren’t sure about marriage—get married.
Maybe I’ll be one of those people someday. Hit 30, change my mind about marriage, and kick into full-throttle wedding planning mode. It’s really not that far-fetched. Any of my friends will tell ya that...
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thisainttherapy asked: What advice would you give someone who'd want to break into the world of online freelance writing? Where should I start?
I have a confession.
I’m totally, utterly obsessed with Revenge, which may be the first television show I’ve bothered to watch from Episode 1 since … Buffy the Vampire Slayer? I gave up on TV during college when I gave up regular-people hours, and now that I’ve got this new addiction, I’m starting to seriously regret the decision to not install that newfangled technology necessary to get...
A Note On Reader Q's
Guys, I love answering your questions, but many of the ones recently submitted are better suited for the doctor’s office, not this blog. If you have a question or ailment that’s specific to your body, I can’t offer much in terms of advice. (Nor should I … I’m really not qualified to do so.)
If, for some reason, you can’t go to a doctor (because you’re...
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