Tag Archives: the pill

I Am Never Trying To Skip My Period Again

Amelia McDonell-ParryJune 6, 2011 //

I have been fascinated by the notion of going without a period since the 8th grade, when I heard about an older, incredibly beautiful girl at my school who didn’t wear underwear. I was a maxi pad user at the time — tampons did not register as an option until 10th grade — so I couldn’t understand how this chick could go panty-less during her monthly flow.

“Where does she stick her pad?” I asked a friend as we sat on the school’s front lawn giving each other hairwraps. (It was a hippie school and it was the early-’90s.)

“Oh, I heard her tell someone that she rarely gets her period because she drinks so much water.” Keep reading »

Condoms As Popular As The Pill For Young Women

Wendy AtterberryOctober 22, 2009 //

A new study has found that British women under the age of 50 choose condoms for birth control as often as they choose the Pill. This is the first time the two contraceptives have been used equally (each is used by 25 percent of women under 50) since statistics have been collected. Campaigns to get women to carry condoms and protect themselves against STDs have been credited for the increased condom use, though over half of sexually active single people said publicity about STDs had not made them use condoms. Hmm … I wonder if maybe all those crazy side effects of the Pill — not to mention expense — has something to do with the growing number of condom users? Maybe women are just sick of feeling sick. [via Daily Mail] Keep reading »

A Warning About Your Birth Control

Wendy AtterberryOctober 20, 2009 //

Earlier this year, the FDA approved a generic low-dose birth control called Tri-Lo Sprintec. Afterward, many insurance companies — including mine — switched coverage from the name-brand Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo to the much cheaper, newly approved generic brand. In July, just a few days before my wedding, my pharmacist informed me of the switch and said that if I wanted to continue taking the name brand, I’d now have to pay the full cost, which would be an increase of $60 over what I’d been paying when my insurance still covered it. After the pharmacist assured me the formula in the two pills was “exactly the same,” I decided to save some money and try the generic brand, Tri-Lo Sprintec. Since then, I’ve been experiencing all kinds of unpleasant side effects. Keep reading »

Does Going On The Pill Curse A Potential Relationship?

Amelia McDonell-ParrySeptember 21, 2009 //

I’ve been on birth control pills off and on since I was 21 years old. I started taking them in college, when I was sleeping with someone off and on. Looking back, I suspect that going on the pill is what made that relationship so irregular, because I have this theory that deciding to go on the pill is a complete relationship curse.
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Cosmo’s Orgasm That Killed!

SimchaFebruary 18, 2009 //

Cosmopolitan’s bread and butter is teaching women how to sex things up, in a billion different ways, which is precisely why we were shocked to read this cover line on their March Issue: “An Orgasm Almost Killed Her!” with the laughable tag, “We Are Not Kidding.” Are they biting the hand that feeds, or has their crack team of journalists finally found a dark side to doing it? Keep reading »

Quickies!: Salma Hayek Will End World Hunger, Christian Bale Was Just Having A Bad Day

Annika HarrisFebruary 6, 2009 //
  • Don’t expect to see Salma Hayek in any movies anytime soon unless she’s able to breastfeed because the actor is addicted. She recently breastfed a starving baby in Sierra Leone whose mother was unable to provide milk. We think it’s cool that Hayek, who is a UNICEF activist, is willing to help in any way she can. [NationalEnquirer.com]
  • Christian Bale’s apology for his F-bomb tirade is too little, too late. He wouldn’t have apologized if the tape hadn’t been released this week. And he didn’t even apologize to the man on the receiving end of the foul language. [Dlisted]

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    Dating Drama: No Glove, No Love? Not Always.

    Rachel Kramer BusselNovember 24, 2008 //

    2006 was a year of unprotected sex for me. No, not every time, but I started off the year with a fling with a slightly older man I was besotted with, who didn’t speak a word about condoms, and, in response, I didn’t either. I wanted to trust that he had some magical knowledge that somehow I was missing, that maybe the world had overturned itself and they were no longer necessary. I was wrong, and after a pregnancy panic as I searched for Plan B — this was right before it was so readily available — I escaped unscathed. Then later that year I met a guy I fell absolutely head over heels with, sure that we were destined to be together. Keep reading »

    The Top Six Excuses For Getting Out Of Sex

    SimchaAugust 22, 2008 //

    Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. Whether he’s a handsome stranger you don’t want to lead to the promise land or your boyfriend trying to gorge on girlfriend pie, here’s how to just say “Later lover.”

    Sterilization Screw-Up A simple birth control slip up could cause penis pandemonium. No dude wants to accidentally make a baby just because he wants to make sweet love. So, just say you forgot to take the pill and would rather not risk it right now. He’ll probably thank you for protecting both of you! Keep reading »

    The Daily Squeeze: The Pill Online, Keira Knightley’s Mom, And Family Dinners And Drugs

    Catherine StrawnJune 23, 2008 //
  • A private company in the U.K. is going to offer the pill to women over the age of 18. Say a woman has taken the pill before, well, with this website, she won’t have to go to her doctor when she needs to get her prescription refilled. This doesn’t really make sense to me since women should be getting yearly checkups. [MarieClaire.co.uk]

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    Women Top “Best Idea” Charts

    SimchaMay 22, 2008 //

    The Campaign for Museums and the 24 Hour Museum recently held a survey to commemorate Museums and Galleries Month. They asked a variety of people about the greatest and worst innovations and ideas of all time. While the wheel took the top spot, with the internet close behind, equal rights for women and the pill cracked the top five. Plus, two famous feminists, Mary Wollstonecraft and Emmeline Pankhurst, also were recognized as “People in History Responsible For the Best Ideas.” Hooray! We modern women sure have accomplished a lot — from the right to vote to the right to orgasm. Speaking of which, it’s National Masturbation Month, so be sure to congratulate yourself for all you’ve achieved! [Metro UK]

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