This was also a very funny moment from last night, although I wished that the production value was a little better. I liked when Tina threw the files at Andy Samberg. hee.

loves it!

my favorite part was the diving into the cake and did you notice that the axe and cake were such a pretty pretty pink?

this was hilarious, but haven't alot women been suppressing their periods on their own just by skipping their placebo pills? I and several of my friends have been doing this for years (and have had it okayed by my gyn) so I am always shocked that other women are skeeved by it or think its "unnatural".

I loved this! Did you notice when Amy Poehler was kicking the man in the nads her shoe was that same pretty pink? Brilliant.

OMFG!!!

"Hold on to your fucking hat!"

Laughed so hard hot coffee went up my nose! OUCH!!!!

@sirsnarksalot: Yeah, I'm with you.

HA! I turned to my boyfriend last night and said, "This will be on Jezebel on Monday."

The women were the best part of the show last night. Kristen Wiig is hilarious. Always.

@rose0red: Me too. Except, wine.

I haven't laughed that hard without alcohol in a long, long time...

@hortense: haha, yeah, i was watching that and i thought the same thing too. im also waiting to see the hillary thing during weekend update.

i love tina fey so so so much

this was the best thing on the show last night.

@cokane: and you know where Lady Business comes from? the Woomba! I think Tina had better get the copyright to that phrase. Maybe she can develop a line of Lady Business products: tampons, vibrators, lubes...

I totally want a pink axe. BTW, should that be new slang for vagina?

@rhinestonedarling: @sirsnarksalot: Me too. I've read a lot about this due to the fact that I have excruciating endometriosis and will do anything to minimize my period. I used to be creeped out by it until I researched it, but there's really nothing wrong with it, and in fact, women didn't start getting their periods every month until sometime in the 20th century.
That said, there are definitely some birth control pills/shots/patches that creep me out, not because of how many periods you do or don't have, but because of some of the sketchy side effects I've heard about. If I'm going to skip a period, I'll do it with the placebos from the old tried and true oral contraceptives.

Loved this, thought the Rock of Love skit was funny too.

@MissCricket: Have you been checked out? Endo is nothing to screw around with. It caused me all kinds of heartbreak.

damn you nbc and your only allowing people in the US to view your clips.

i shake my fist at you.

I think this kind of humor is akin to the white people vs. black people using "the n-word" thing. Dudes making fun of women's crazy hormones would have totally pissed me off, but because it was those chicks it was laugh out loud and clap my hands hilarious.

Also, that cake that woman was stuffing her face with looked delicious.

@sassymoniker: Exactly! I also had a slight twinge of mentrual cramp-like discomfort over the "angry PMS lady" stereotype. But since it was the SNL women and so over-the-top, I thought it was brilliant and hilarious.

so, i'm also a little perplexed by the suspicion surrounding this whole issue of menstrual suppression. i've been on birth control for almost ten years, at least half of which i've been skipping the placebos (and developing a habit of running regular pregnancy tests when i'm sleeping with someone...). besides the fact that i just don't like the hassle of bleeding every month, there's evidence to support that it helps prevent a whole host of cancers down there (uterine, etc) by reducing the rate of cell turnover.

My doctors have long advocated skipping 3 out of 4 periods - it keeps your iron levels higher. I think this is pretty common advice in Australia.

This is the first thing on SNL in a long time that's made me laugh out loud. And yeah, you can tell it was written by women.

that was fucking hilarious. i haven't laughed so hard at something in a long time. tina fey and amy poehler are the shit. anyone know how i can get in touch with them?

Scal - the reason women live longer than men is because they have lower iron levels. Check it out.

@drunkashell:

I have no idea whether that's true or not, but having low iron levels makes you feel like shit. I don't care how much longer you live as a result of it.

Anyway, I am sure the doctors are in the best position to judge what advice to give regarding iron levels.

@hortense: i'm so, so happy it's not as much of a boys club anymore. but i do love me the effeminate andy samberg.

@drunkashell: I thought those life expectancy differences came from averages, i.e., men are statistically more likely to die young from other causes (like murder, suicide, accidents, wars, poor health because they are less likely to see a doctor, etc) and that brings down the mean life expectancy for males.

I'm not allowed to see it because I'm in Europe. Boo! Whatever happened to the whole internet without borders thing? It's not like I'm in Pakistan.

Well gosh. I need to go buy a hat.

@sirsnarksalot: I'm not skeeved out by women choosing to skip periods but I do find it unnatural to eliminate them if only because periods do serve a purpose. It's one thing to plan your period around a trip and it's another to get rid of them totally. Periods aren't just about reproducing, those monthly suckers also cleanse your system (there is no better cure for a yeast infection than to get your period soon after, for example).

I don't think women get periods more often than women did in older times as someone mentioned, it's just that we used to be pregnant more often so women had less periods. My personal preference would be to skip it sometimes, but not to eliminate it, so I do naturally worry/wonder about these new pills they're pushing on us.

I am still peeing myself over this. Hil-arious.

Tina Fey is pitch-perfect in this. Very, very funny. But am I the only person who thinks Amy Poehler over-emotes? It's just too distracting, at least to me.

Seasonale is definitely creepy, but that doesn't make current SNLs funny. Too bad.

Here I thought that all my babies would be regular monsters. Firemonsters it is.

I guess you can only watch it if you're in the U.S.
Booradley

@LastNightsDress I found it on Youtube by searching for "Annuale"

My friend's on Sesonale, has been for about a year, and still gets her period every month.

@Scal: My doctor pointed out a few years ago that menstrual blood is specifically produced to line the womb; when you don't conceive, it comes out, so basically, it's produced to be lost. Consequently, menstruation can't really affect your iron levels. Feeling run down during your period, according to her, is due to hormones or cramps, not low iron.

A point often missed is that in societies where women have more children, they have less periods. Western society women have more periods then their tribal counterparts. Having less periods doesn't make you less of a woman, if anything it makes you more in touch with your natural side.

@Conrad: Uh, yeah, because they probably have more starvation as well, not to mention a higher infant mortality rate. I'll eat, have my future children live and bleed out of my vagina every month, thanks.

@claire1404: Wha? I am no doctor, but I do know that hemoglobin contains a lot of iron. You need that iron to make the temporary uterine lining that is then lost as menstrual blood. Therefore, if you start with 100% of the iron needed for normal blood, say 10% is used for menstrual blood, you are only at 90% of your iron needs (though these numbers are pretend). You'd need a few days and iron rich food to replenish your body's stock. Can someone explain this better than me?

Your doctor may be correct that low iron isn't what makes you feel crappy, but I doubt that menstruation has no affect on iron levels.

I can't see this video, because I'm outside the U.S. I hate that.

I'm also outside the U.S. and can't view the videos. I second that!

I'm hearting Tina Fey's jankety wig.

One of the best things every done on SNL.

that episode of snl was all around great imo- i am a sucker for a rock of love spoof and tina fey.

ahh, seasonale. it's the best birth control i've ever tried.

someone above said: "Dudes making fun of women's crazy hormones would have totally pissed me off, but because it was those chicks it was laugh out loud and clap my hands hilarious." i find that sexist. well, it obviously is sexist. based on my sex I am allowed to say certain things or not in accordance to you? seems you have an issue with men? or are you just generally no one you stands for equal rights?

I laughed during the whole skit. The BF only laughed during the angry woman part. At the end he turns to me and says the rest must be an inside joke for women.

Oh my Lord, that was absolutely histerical it reminded me of the good old days of SNL.

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