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On last night's episode, Farrah—whose family constantly tell her she's immature—made the adult decision to go on birth control. Except it didn't seem as "grown up" when she had to hide it from her parents in their refrigerator. More »
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Earlier this week, the humor blog Cracked put up a scholarly and hilarious top ten list of History's Most Terrifying Contraceptives. These pre-modern, no-baby devices ran the gamut from diaphragms made out of opium...to diaphragms made out of crocodile dung. There were also diaphragms made out of silver, gold, and lemons, and condoms made out of animal intestines — and then there were the post-sex pregnancy remedies of ingesting blacksmith water, and the pre-sex preventative measure of eating weasel testicles. In some ways, these contraceptive methods sound completely absurd: who in the world would think douching with Coca-Cola prevents babies? But then you remember that when you were 12, you really did believe that Mountain Dew lowered a guy's sperm count. More »
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On Saturday, some of the Jezebels went to brainstorm over S'mores at a coffee/sandwich shop, when, who should appear but Dr. Ruth. She shuffled by our table, all 50 inches of her — seriously, girlfriend is short! — and Anna was the first one to spot her. I was like, "Guys, I have to get my picture with her!" Anna said, "Yeah, and ask her about what she thinks about guys asking to come on your face on the first date." I convinced Dodai to walk over to Dr. Ruth to take our picture on my phone; she was sitting alone, reading a book. (You can't tell from this shot, but her glasses were lined in pink rhinestones. Cuteness!) She was really gracious — all smiles — and allowed me to pose for a picture with her. Then she turned back to her book, so I said, "I'm sorry, can I just ask you one question?" She smiled and said, "Yes, but make it quick." Ha! I briefly considered the cum-on-the-face thing, but thought, "Oh I can't. She's about to eat!" For some reason, I felt that period sex was a more appropriate mealtime topic for conversation. More »
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