According to The Huffington Post, “The fear of condom wrappers clogging our landfills and birth control hormones afflicting our waterways has caused many to reassess their options in the quest for the most eco-friendly birth control.” As if it isn’t bad enough that we feel a little like Osama bin... Continue reading

Why I Love True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse For starters, she's the natural heir to Buffy’s feminist throne. BY MEG MASSEY [Spoiler alert!] Last night I spent an hour in the crazy, campy, supernatural-ridden backwoods Louisiana world of HBO’s True Blood. Over the course of that single hour, a voodoo priestess... Continue reading

Here’s how I really feel about feminism: Love it—or leave me the fuck alone. (That’s right, I said it.) But not since my gender and sexuality classes at NYU have I met a roomful of young women who feel the same way. In fact, since leaving the fake world behind... Continue reading

Who: Kayla Collier, 18 Why She's Damselicious: The reformed tanorexic held a news conference yesterday (with her pageant sash in tow) to talk about legislation that would ban minors from using indoor tanning beds, either by restricting access to salons or by requiring a note from a parent or doctor.... Continue reading

Crumpled antique maps, the deep sea, lace, patterned wallpaper, branchy trees, oval portraits: These are the sorts of things you'll find in Danielle Rizzolo's incredibly intricate oil paintings, many of which look more like heirlooms than the work of a modernday 25-year-old. Enamored by her online portfolio, we wondered: Who... Continue reading