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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I just thought I’d share few pet peeves… 

Couples who sit on the same side of the booth when dining together. Come on, face each other, for fuck’s sake. 
When people confuse “they’re” with “their”. I’m a snob, sorry.  
Capri pants. There. I said it. 
Phil Collins. 
Goatees. Yeah, on anyone. 
People who pee on the seat and don’t wipe it [...]

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Shady Sadie just published it’s 100th post since launching on July 6, 2008! That’s right, we are the jam. Thanks for noticing. You might be wondering, how have we done it? A great deal of hard work, thought and some good old fashioned drinking and writing, that’s how.
So thanks for reading and commenting — we [...]

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True to form, Gloria Steinem published an Op-Ed in the LA Times today taking the Republican Party to task for trying to appease/win over women by giving Sarah Palin the VP nod:
Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing…are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president.
But…It [...]

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Oh, you guys, did I ever have a pregnancy test yesterday. A test of will, that is. 
While out and about for my (day) job, I was speaking to a pregnant woman, and her (slightly senior) father. He said to me, 
“Hey, looks like you have something cooking in the oven there, too, eh?” Wink wink. My [...]

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So was I the only one who had somewhere to be last night, and yet stood slack-jawed and glued to the TV, unable to move, eyes tearing up, swelling with pride while listening to Obama’s speech? Was I? Surely not. Barack Obama last night made me want to go out and do something important, relevant [...]

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I, for one, have never quite believed that those lovely young men from Duke were innocent in the infamous 2006 rape case. There were just so many things that pointed to some shady shit going down.
First, you had the constant reminder of how entitled they were. The fact that they were so shell shocked over [...]

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I have to admit, I didn’t know a ton about Joe Biden until yesterday, when I feverishly started researching his VP ass. I knew a few things… sure, he’s made some foot-in-the-mouth comments in the past, he’s been in the Senate since 1972, and well, he loves the ladies (and didn’t he once refer to [...]

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