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May 21st, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Get It On Standing Up - But Use Protection!
- Liz Sabatiuk

If you haven't stumbled upon them already, here are a couple videos about one particularly absurd finding from The Fog Zone that we decided to highlight. Check out the videos, then see how hip you are to contraceptive fact v. fiction with this true/false questionnaire.

Also check out this Web MD article for more information about crazy birth control myths. And let us know in the comments if you've heard any others that we missed.

May 12th, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Contraception for Dudes: Blast to the Testes!
- Liz Sabatiuk

Wow. Could it be that scientists are finally on the brink of finding a safe, low-cost, long-acting, reversible method of birth control...for men?

April 28th, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Happy 50th, Hormonal Contraception!
- Liz Sabatiuk
March 31st, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Toe to Toe: Coming Soon to a Podcast Near You
- Liz Sabatiuk

March 24th, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Today's the "Back Up Your Birth Control" Day of Action!
- Liz Sabatiuk

Okay, so I confess I was excited to have an excuse to post a video of bunnies (below--found thanks to RHRealityCheck), but I'm even more excited about the Back Up Your Birth Control Campaign, coordinated by the National Institute for Reproductive Health, to raise awareness about emergency contraception (EC, a.k.a. the morning-after pill).

February 2nd, 2010 | Occasional Contributors

Seen on Twitter: What's "a Slut"?
- Liz Sabatiuk

To accompany our "Slut: The Worst 4-Letter Word?" podcast, we searched "a slut" in our twitter feed to see how people are using the word. As Jessica pointed out in the poll "Do you use the word 'slut'?" urbandictionary.com has 255 definitions for it (actually, a week later as I'm writing this the number appears to have increased to 259). Based on a brief skim of the many (MANY) tweets that include the term--excluding all mention of Miley Cyrus, I might add--here is my short list, in no particular order, of what "slut" means to twitter-users.

December 1st, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

So, uh, Got Any STDs I Should Know About?
- Liz Sabatiuk

Ever been really nervous about asking someone about their sexual history and STIs, then ended up having a beautiful, completely unawkward conversation? Maybe not. And that's okay. I'd wager that for many of us there are few, if any, ideal moments to bring up contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs, more commonly known as STDs), but that doesn't mean it doesn't have to be done. Furthermore, no matter how sweet, open, and honest your partner is, you should never assume that s/he will volunteer information about sexual history or STIs, even if there's something you should know about.

November 19th, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Seen on Twitter: Want Kids?
- Liz Sabatiuk

October 29th, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

I'm Only a Slut On Halloween...
- Liz Sabatiuk

September 22nd, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Seen On Twitter: #whateverhappenedto Condoms?
- Liz Sabatiuk

We were pleasantly surprised to see the trending topic #whateverhappenedto come up in our "Condoms" twitter feed today ("pleasantly" because we're glad people are discussing birth control--the bad news, I guess, is that the topic is people not using it!). Anyway, I couldn't resist choosing a few favorites to highlight for posterity. Here are my top 11 #whateverhappenedto condoms tweets (with commentary), in no particular order: