It’s bad enough that redheaded guys grew up with playground (or frat house) taunts about their ginger pubes – now they’re being told that their sperm is not welcome either. Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, says that they now get so many donations that they can be picky — and, frankly, there isn’t enough [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 15, 2011
Guy A: How are things going with your new baby? Guy B: Oh, you know, that’s pretty much Amy’s deal. We swear to god, this is an exact transcript of a conversation that took place between a friend of ours and one of his college buddies. Sure, it’s an extreme example, but it’s not an [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 28, 2011
Feeling bad about accidentally dropping your kid on his head? MyBadParent.com will make you feel better immediately. It’s a collection of kid and parent images (culled from various Internet sites as well as submissions) that you won‘t see in Parenting Magazine, ranging from the choreographed-for-a-laugh to someone-call-Social-Services-immediately. It’s like if FAILblog had a baby — [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 23, 2011
photo by eclaire Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, will be answering your questions here. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, I’m 24, and have not yet had any children. At my last gynecological exam, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 28, 2011
photo by hairgeek Disney isn’t necessarily to blame for the princess mania that is currently engulfing our culture in swathes of pink tulle, but they’re certainly making a shit-ton of money off it. As Peggy Orenstein reports in her new book Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 19, 2010
Is anyone not thinking about sperm donation right now, given the ubiquitous billboards for the movie THE SWITCH featuring Jason Bateman sniffing a cup of jizz? Anonymous sperm donation is now banned in Britain and several other European countries, and some people are pushing for the same to happen here in the U.S. Proponents of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 19, 2010
How did we manage to miss this totally awesome quote from Ryan Gosling? In an interview with New York magazine about his upcoming movie BLUE VALENTINE (opening later this year, it’s a portrait of a marriage, co-starring Michelle Williams), he’s asked about his character’s tattoo of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree on his arm, and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 15, 2010
Does your partner (or do your partners tend to) resemble one or both of your parents?survey software Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.
Continue reading...Thursday, May 27, 2010
photo by Blyzz According to a new report in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine (what, you’re not a subscriber?), IVF conception could become routine for thirty-somethings within a decade. Buh-bye, baby-making sex, hello doctor! The report claims that IVF technology is advancing so quickly that soon it will be possible to produce embryos with almost a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
At what age do you think parents should begin talking to their children about sex?online survey Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
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