It’s hard to believe that things could be so polar opposite on the other side of the world, and yet so sadly similar. As our lame-duck president works hard to eliminate reproductive health care to the best of his ability, in China abortions are being forced on unwilling women.
Arzigul Tursun, who’s in her 26th week [...]

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For the past months I have been working my tail off to defeat the nasty parental notification initiative on our ballot. THANK YOU to all who helped and who voted NO on Prop 4! We did it!!!!!! 
I am so inspired by the way in which this country came out in support of the most inspiring [...]

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OK, yes, I know that tomorrow is election day everywhere. Thanks. But there’s some interesting stuff happening here in CA, and it’s all very close to Shady’s heart. We’ll be voting on 12 ballot initiatives, and at least two of them, aimed directly at the heart of human rights and social justice, would amend the [...]

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Full disclosure, this is kind of old news, but here it is anyway: a group of strippers in L.A. (Shady’s home base) are suing the managers of some local strip clubs for damages. Strippers are generally hired as independent contractors, but with management-enforced rules like having to tip out bartenders and DJ’s, being [...]

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I’m not really one to complain about sexually graphic stuff, as you may have gathered. And this isn’t a complaint, really, but I have to say I was suddenly struck the other day by how explicit some very mainstream magazines have become. Imagine, if you will, the following scenario:
I’m sitting on the couch, enjoying [...]

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In order to accentuate her diminutive body in the upcoming film “The Dutchess,” director Saul Dibb has decided to make Keira Knightley appear to be nothing but hat and hair. Full disclosure: Keira Knightley happens to be one of my pet peeves - other than melodramatically staring off into the distance and having [...]

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You know, I think we all owe Katie Couric a big round of applause for this. She has conducted herself in a manner that not all of us would have been able to. In the face of abject stupidity, she has been professional, and yes - even courteous. Interviewing the Idiot on the Ticket, Sarah [...]

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I probably should have written this before I ate all the cupcakes so I could have taken a picture , but self-restraint was not mine in the face of the baked goodness. Sunday was my birthday (feel free to send gifts) and my amazing man bought me a half dozen Sprinkles cupcakes. If you’re [...]

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In case you missed this news the first time it came around, another report was released today that showed that abstinence-only programs don’t keep kids abstinent. At all. They don’t work. They doooooon’t work. I wonder how many times we’ll have to say that before it sinks in? Or before we stop throwing millions and [...]

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This is courtesy of Michael Reese, director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, who’s quoted in a Reuters article with an impressively snarky headline: “Purity rings enter world of sex, drugs, rock’n’ roll.”
Do purity rings have a place in pop culture? Sure - what the hell do I care who wears [...]

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