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My Mirena IUD is Gone! [Why I did it and What's Happened Since]

May 1, 2012

The broom method! Haven’t tried that one yet!  Ladies: I have big news! Gents: I have a huge overshare! So consider yourselves informed and warned. I got my Mirena IUD out. For everyone who is not breathlessly following the status of my uterus (can’t imagine why), the Mirena is an intra-uterine device that prevents pregnancy by releasing a small amount of synthetic progeterone (progestin). I’ve had one for years both between babies #4 and #5 and again after Jelly Bean was born two and a half years ago. (I KNOW.) Up until just a few months ago I would have [...]

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Do Women Really Need Separate (Pink) Races?

March 18, 2012

Air out your shoes! Get your bike out of the garage! Locate that tri suit that you got on a great sale and then felt too pretentious in it to wear it in a real race and so now you have guilt every time you look at it! ‘Tis the beginning of race season! While I’ve mostly sworn off of exercises I have to pay extra for (sorely limited budget + workout ADHD = drastic measures) there is a new race on the roster that caught my eye: The Women Rock Minnesota marathon/half/10k. Sure I like the timing (September is perfect [...]

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Soft Porn Fitness: Has using sex to sell exercise gone too far?

January 11, 2012

Warning: pics in this post probably NSFW and definitely NSFK (not safe to look at with kids around). And that is a warning I hardly ever have to use on this site.  Confession: I love Bodyrock.tv. When I first came across them a few years ago (see below), I had mixed feelings about the sexified-to-the point-of-exploitation videos and pictures used to demonstrate the workouts. But then I got hooked on their unique and hardcore workouts – bonus: they use minimal equipment and can all be done at home – and the Gym Buddies and I have done a “Zuzana workout” [...]

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Irishman Kicks Rihanna Out of His Field & Reignites the Sexy-Jealousy Debate [When your body is your body of work]

September 27, 2011

 image courtesy of the BBC On Monday a farmer in Northern Ireland, upon meeting the international pop star Rihanna, did what I imagine very few red-blooded men would: he publicly admitted to not knowing who Rihanna is. Okay, that’s true, but my great uncles would probably all say the same. No, his real shocker was kicking Rihanna out of his grain field where she was filming a music video. Her crime? Looking too sexy. Alderman* Alan Graham explained that when he saw the singer strip down to a red bikini top and jeans he “felt things were getting inappropriate.” He [...]

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Kiddie Lingerie, Provocative Photos Push the Line: Can Little Girls Be Sexy?

August 24, 2011

note: I am not posting the lingerie ads nor the more risque of the Vogue photos (of which the above picture is a part) because I find them deeply disturbing. I’ve linked to articles with some of the pics if you are curious. Children don’t have a voice. From the moment they are born, we are putting words in their mouths, telling them what to say and how to say it and teaching them how they will speak about themselves for the rest of their lives. Some parents take this power very seriously while others hold it lightly, almost in [...]

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Blood, Sex and a C-Section [Mixed Martial Arts Experiment Update & Videos!]

August 10, 2011

Oh well if I can have a rainbow mowhawk and a fancy nickname like Dan the Outlaw Hardy, I’m sold!   Tapout. It’s not just a clothing and equipment line for Mixed Martial Arts practitioners and their ring girls,it’s also the password into the very serious, highly entertaining and slightly strange sub-culture of MMA. What, you thought MMA was just a sport? So did I until I started this Experiment. True, other Experiments I have done have had significant devoted and vocal fan bases (holla Crossfitters!) but nothing has ever come close to matching MMA. These people need their own [...]

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Does fitness have to be sexy? [I'm Not Bringing Sexy Back. Or Forward. Or Sideways.]

July 25, 2011

Not a temptation for me… I am not a sexy person. Please don’t argue that with me in the comments. I am outgoing, funny, cheerfully serious, pretty-when-caught-off-guard and occasionally entertaining. But sexy? Nope. Some girls ooze sex appeal even in a floor-length prairie dress but I could be wearing a gold mini, a massively padded bra and leopard platform heels (true story, Halloween dance 2000) and still manage to make it look prudish. Those of you who know me in real life can vouch for this. And nowhere is this (missing) quality more on display than when I dance. (Lie. Nowhere was [...]

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Have You Ever Slapped Anybody? [Hitting Men: Art or Abuse?]

July 20, 2011

Hitting a woman is not cool and hasn’t been socially acceptable in quite a few decades (see: Chris Brown/Rihanna scandal) but ever since Scarlett slapped Rhett Butler, girls slapping men has been made out to be not only okay but even ladylike, appropriate and, yes, cool. (Okay, let’s be honest: Scarlett slapped just about everybody in that movie from Ashley to Rhett a couple of times and even poor Prissy “I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies, Miss Scarlett!!!”) Why is it acceptable for a woman to hit a man when the reverse is widely considered abhorrent? The Slap as [...]

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Do You Workout With Your Significant Other?

May 8, 2011

Yeah, you totally wouldn’t want to do this move with your girlfriend. Especially if she’s the shirtless one. Starting out with the line, “I’ll admit that there may be some good reasons to bring along your significant other when you hit the gym, like providing her with the opportunity to do something about the hail damage on her a**” makes it clear from the get-go that writer James Fell is doing his best to provoke us women-folk into harpy shrieks and mascara-stained histrionics over his article “Don’t Bring Her to the Gym” for Askmen.com. But even though he does his [...]

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How Exercise Can Help – And Harm – Your Sex Life

April 6, 2011

If you can’t see why this is sexy then I can’t help you. Tron Meets Shake Weight from SuperPunch There are some conversations that at the beginning sound like a good idea but the more you get into it, the more you realize that you’re going places you never intended. Take, for instance, explaining the rules of Clue to a five year old. “Mommy, why is there a crooked stick in here?” “It’s a lead pipe, honey.” “Why is there a lead pipe in here?” “Well, see it’s a weapon.” “What’s a weapon?” “Something you use to kill people.” “How [...]

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