A bishop at a Catholic school in Canada has outlawed the Gardisil HPV vaccine for his students, under the archaic, broken logic that providing teens with the tools to protect themselves will only encourage them to bone.
kids
breakups
Relationships end for a reason. Severing is painful, though, and the loneliness that accompanies the end of a relationship can make you doubt your decision, and sometimes even flip-flop and end up back together.
american apparel
We’re right in the middle of Pride Month, and just in time, American Apparel has announced a new Partnership with GLAAD, AND introduced their first transgendered model.
cayla roberts
Cayla Roberts was sold by her father and smuggled into the US when she was 12 years old. She went on to attend college, rebuild houses after Katrina and work with children living in poverty. Now the government wants to deport her.
career
We continue our work because we know the kids need us, and then before we know it we are 30, and have nothing in our savings accounts.
alcohol
Here’s a manic list of things that you can do this summer that are awesome and don’t involve barstools, though you could drink WHILE doing them, should you choose.
diet
Trigger warning: There are several pictures that may gross you out in this article, including one of a skinned deer. I did not kill it.
body image
Fat-shaming has been a popular topic on this site, and I’ve avoided the topic like an out of state parking ticket, but I have something to say, now.
brian mcknight
What's really making me want to rip off his goddamned eyelids is the idea that he is going to show ME how MY pussy works.
alcholism
If a man tells you he likes Bukowski as a way of telling you about himself, this is shorthand for telling you that he thinks alcoholism and misanthropy are kind of romantic.
addiction
On cigarette substitutes, reverse peer pressure, and dating a smoker while you're quitting.
addiction
Smoking addiction is hard to explain to people who haven’t experienced it, but it’s sort of like this: Cigarettes are my passport out of awkward conversations, my built-in break from work, my digestive aid, my antidepressant, and my cure for boredom.
crazies
It’s completely irrational to feel bad about quashing somebody's stalking behavior. But I do.
endometriosis
I didn’t go to medical school, so all I have to go in is instinct, history and the scary Internet. Why am I the one steering this ship?
daughters
Watching her search for things is sort of like watching a game of drunk Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey. She was the person who inspired the invention of pop-ups, because she will click on anything in front of her.
angry types
Don't get me wrong, I think recycling and local economy are great – what I don't think is great is complaining about being broke because you're living outside of your means, or outrage for outrage's sake.
denim
If you buy cheap denim, you know how quick the half-life is. You buy them, they hug your ass like a champ for the first five washings, and then the slow process of jean death begins.
breakdowns
Hi, mom! I swear I won't trash my stepbrother in this article. That promise actually may not hold up, since his Facebook is PURE GOLD.
comedy
If you see Jeff Dunham sucking, SAY something about Jeff Dunham sucking.
party planning
I’m the kind of person who likes to GO to parties, not plan them. Unless I want a cookie-cutter, tissue-paper and navy ribbon kind of wedding, I’m gonna have to work harder than I want to.
