When it comes to erogenous zones, most people use the the old standbys (ears, neck, nips) until they discover their partner's hidden favorites (left elbow, eyelid, etc).
Here, the redheaded step-children of erogenous zones. C'mon, show them some love:
SCALP: Playing with your partner's hair, pulling it a little bit, or rubbing/scratching their scalp not only releases endorphins but gets them all hot and bothered.
BACK: Running a finger up and down the spine will give her the shivers. In a good way. Rub or press on the lower back, which is chock full of nerve endings. Also, some people swear by kissing between the shoulder blades.
LEGS: Yeah, upper inner thigh is nice, but what about the backs of the knees, down the calf, and the ankle? Little tickles along the lower leg can be quite the tease. Oh, by the way, don't neglect the toes.
STOMACH: The tummy is an untapped resource. Give it a rub when you're on the way down or giving oral. Just trust me.
HANDS: Rubbing or tracing little circles or figure eights in the palm of his hand, sucking on her fingers, or 'pulsing' his fingers (short, tight squeezes) are tasty little previews for what is yet to come.
Sidenote: If your bedmate snores, try rubbing the inside of their palm. It will usually wake them up just enough to stop their snoring, at least for a while. Too bad the palm trick doesn't work for drunk snores, those bastards are tenacious.
October 30, 2006
October 21, 2006
Head was created as an outlet for an evolving way of thinking about sex. There's a movement in attitude happening that matches the sexual atmosphere we live in. Sex has at the same time become irreverent and serious, mystical and silly, commercialized and sacred, and the writers and artists of Head are interested in exploring all aspects of it.
We are living in a very unique time when it comes to sex and how it's perceived. We do not live in our parents' world of free love. For us, sex has consequences that no other generation has had to deal with. On the other hand, sex has gotten more fun. People are open and accepting of things that have been relegated to back rooms for years. It is a frightening and exhilarating time to be having sex. The purpose of Head is to prepare people for both the good and the bad, to teach people how to fully enjoy sex while keeping themselves safe and healthy in a way that's fun, funny, irreverent, and intelligent.
-Meredith
We are living in a very unique time when it comes to sex and how it's perceived. We do not live in our parents' world of free love. For us, sex has consequences that no other generation has had to deal with. On the other hand, sex has gotten more fun. People are open and accepting of things that have been relegated to back rooms for years. It is a frightening and exhilarating time to be having sex. The purpose of Head is to prepare people for both the good and the bad, to teach people how to fully enjoy sex while keeping themselves safe and healthy in a way that's fun, funny, irreverent, and intelligent.
-Meredith
October 20, 2006
October 10, 2006
AND MISS OCTOBER IS...
Playboy Magazine has called out the new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe schoolyard style, double-dog daring him to pose nude. Using one hell of metaphor, Playboy spent seven pages discussing what they call his 'clothed' agenda. Abe, who took office on September 26th will push for new policies that include revising the post-WWII constitution, giving the military a stronger international profile, promoting nationalism in schools and restoring Japan’s finances, all of which have been criticized by outsiders at one time or another as being vague in their presentation.
It’s really a shame Abe didn’t agree to the pictures, I can see the spread now:
Turn ons include:
Populist politics
Tailored suits
Old movies
Turn offs include:
Bad manners
Techno music
picture courtesy of eric richardson
http://news.yahoo.com, www.ap.org
It’s really a shame Abe didn’t agree to the pictures, I can see the spread now:
Turn ons include:
Populist politics
Tailored suits
Old movies
Turn offs include:
Bad manners
Techno music
picture courtesy of eric richardson
http://news.yahoo.com, www.ap.org
October 8, 2006
JUST BURSTING WITH FRUIT FLAVOR
What you eat changes the flavor of your juices, so give your partner a little treat and start stockpiling pineapple concentrate.
What will give you the Cristal of splooge:
melon
kiwi
celery
pineapple
strawberries
cinnamon
a vegetarian diet
good beer
Ok, so you'll shoot at Heineken-level:
broccoli
salty food
alkaline based food like meat and fish
dairy
some medications and vitamins
Alright, now you're just insulting us with that Carlo-Rossi-esque jism:
booze
asparagus
cigarettes
certain drugs (cocaine, etc)
What will give you the Cristal of splooge:
melon
kiwi
celery
pineapple
strawberries
cinnamon
a vegetarian diet
good beer
Ok, so you'll shoot at Heineken-level:
broccoli
salty food
alkaline based food like meat and fish
dairy
some medications and vitamins
Alright, now you're just insulting us with that Carlo-Rossi-esque jism:
booze
asparagus
cigarettes
certain drugs (cocaine, etc)
October 3, 2006
TIME TO GO OUT AND GET POKED
Alright, listen up kids. The fabled HPV vaccine is finally out. Merck, a pharmaceutical company, has been working on a new vaccine, called Gardasil, for a solid four years, and on June 8th of this summer, it got the nod of approval from the FDA.
There has been a huge push for some kind of preventative measure ( since even condoms don'’t protect people entirely) for HPV by health officials all over the country because they are freaked out by the sheer number of people infected. Twenty million people in the United States have it and HPV gets half of all sexually active women between the ages of 18 and 22. Look around the campus ladies, that's us.
An HPV infection can manifest in a couple of different ways. It can cause genital warts, which spreads to other people through skin-to-skin contact. The warts can be burned or lasered off, or you can wait for your body to fight the infection off naturally. Since HPV is a virus, your immune system can sometimes take care of it. In other cases, it stays in your system and causes sporadic outbreaks throughout your life. HPV (and this is what makes gynecologists really nervous) can also cause cancer in your cervix. The virus attaches itself to proteins in cervical cells and causes mutation, which is the cancer.
Gardasil works by going after four subgroups of HPV: the two strains that cause 90% of the genital warts, and the other two that cause 70% of cases cervical cancers. The whole thing is administered in a series of three shots over a period of six months, and is 100% effective against the targeted strains. We know the vaccine is good for four years, but scientists aren'’t sure about it'’s long-term effectiveness or the possible need for booster shots. Right now, they'’re doing what they do best and continue to test it.
Of course, there'’s a catch. This thing is not cheap, which puts broke college kids at kind of a disadvantage. Without insurance, the series of shots will cost three hundred and sixty dollars, which makes it the most expensive vaccine on the block. The Center for Disease Control, which pretty much dictates what health insurance will cover and what it won't, is strongly recommending the shots for girls between the ages of nine and twelve, and less adamantly for women ages thirteen to twenty-six. So, there's a possibility that we may get some coverage, but we might as easily be on our own. As of yet, the vaccine hasn'’t been picked up by private health insurance. If you don't have health insurace, there is a government project in the works to help offset the cost for families without health coverage.
Cost aside, it'’s important to get vaccinated as soon as you can. Gardasil isn'’t going to do you any good if you'’ve already been exposed to HPV, which is why health officials want to shoot fourth graders full of this stuff. So go over to the Wellness Center, or whatever gynecologist you want, make some awkward small talk while you get a pap smear, see if you're eligible to get the vaccine, and then, if you have the means, go get it done. Think of it as the most expensive and worthwhile flu shot you'’ll ever have.
Sidenote: a vaccine similar to Gardasil for men and boys is in the works. Another cervical cancer vaccine, called Ceravix, is due out by the end of 2006.
www.webmd.com
There has been a huge push for some kind of preventative measure ( since even condoms don'’t protect people entirely) for HPV by health officials all over the country because they are freaked out by the sheer number of people infected. Twenty million people in the United States have it and HPV gets half of all sexually active women between the ages of 18 and 22. Look around the campus ladies, that's us.
An HPV infection can manifest in a couple of different ways. It can cause genital warts, which spreads to other people through skin-to-skin contact. The warts can be burned or lasered off, or you can wait for your body to fight the infection off naturally. Since HPV is a virus, your immune system can sometimes take care of it. In other cases, it stays in your system and causes sporadic outbreaks throughout your life. HPV (and this is what makes gynecologists really nervous) can also cause cancer in your cervix. The virus attaches itself to proteins in cervical cells and causes mutation, which is the cancer.
Gardasil works by going after four subgroups of HPV: the two strains that cause 90% of the genital warts, and the other two that cause 70% of cases cervical cancers. The whole thing is administered in a series of three shots over a period of six months, and is 100% effective against the targeted strains. We know the vaccine is good for four years, but scientists aren'’t sure about it'’s long-term effectiveness or the possible need for booster shots. Right now, they'’re doing what they do best and continue to test it.
Of course, there'’s a catch. This thing is not cheap, which puts broke college kids at kind of a disadvantage. Without insurance, the series of shots will cost three hundred and sixty dollars, which makes it the most expensive vaccine on the block. The Center for Disease Control, which pretty much dictates what health insurance will cover and what it won't, is strongly recommending the shots for girls between the ages of nine and twelve, and less adamantly for women ages thirteen to twenty-six. So, there's a possibility that we may get some coverage, but we might as easily be on our own. As of yet, the vaccine hasn'’t been picked up by private health insurance. If you don't have health insurace, there is a government project in the works to help offset the cost for families without health coverage.
Cost aside, it'’s important to get vaccinated as soon as you can. Gardasil isn'’t going to do you any good if you'’ve already been exposed to HPV, which is why health officials want to shoot fourth graders full of this stuff. So go over to the Wellness Center, or whatever gynecologist you want, make some awkward small talk while you get a pap smear, see if you're eligible to get the vaccine, and then, if you have the means, go get it done. Think of it as the most expensive and worthwhile flu shot you'’ll ever have.
Sidenote: a vaccine similar to Gardasil for men and boys is in the works. Another cervical cancer vaccine, called Ceravix, is due out by the end of 2006.
www.webmd.com
HORMONES: THE NEW SCAPEGOAT FOR EVERYTHING
And you thought it stopped at evil cramps and an irrational urge to push slow people walking in front of you down the stairs. Oh, no no no (although those certain someones really need to hurry their asses up). The monthly fluctuation of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone is responsible for more than you think.
WHY YOU O.D. ON ADVIL: During the middle of your cycle, the estrogen levels kick way up so you can ovulate, but the sudden overload of the hormone can give you wicked headaches. If you get migraines, the high estrogen levels can make you more sensitive to triggers (like chocolate and anime) and bring on an attack more easily.
WHY YOUR FACE EXPLODES INTO AN ADOLESCENT NIGHTMARE: Pimples the like you haven’t seen since you were fifteen show up (usually on your chin) right before your period is due to start, during ovulation, and during the beginning of your cycle. All of this is due to changes in testosterone, which is in its highest rate of flux during ovulation and less so right before and right after your period.
WHY YOU WANT TO JUMP YOUR T.A.: When testosterone floods your bloodstream during ovulation, it turns you into a sex-crazed thundercat. Everyone looks delicious, your roommate’s boyfriend, the girl in front of you in organic chemistry, that guy you see in the coffee line every morning. Word of warning before you hand someone your underwear: this is also the time when you are most likely to get pregnant, so proceed with caution. Lesbians, feel free to smirk in self-satisfaction at your own good luck while your straight friends fight over the last emergency condom in the bathroom.
WHY YOU DOMINATE IN TRIVIAL PURSUIT: For some reason, women get really good at fact recall when their estrogen levels are either way up (during ovulation which is in the middle of your cycle) or in the basement (during your period). So, you could just blow off studying and reschedule all of your exams for when you’re on the rag. Although, this could turn out like that time when you slept on your book because you heard you could absorb the all of the information through osmosis.
WHY YOU SLEEP THROUGH YOUR 8 O’CLOCK: After your period, you get a shot of progesterone, which makes you all tired and sluggish. So if you’re dragging ass, its not because you stayed up until 3 am watching the Miami Ink marathon, it’s the progesterone.
WHY YOU O.D. ON ADVIL: During the middle of your cycle, the estrogen levels kick way up so you can ovulate, but the sudden overload of the hormone can give you wicked headaches. If you get migraines, the high estrogen levels can make you more sensitive to triggers (like chocolate and anime) and bring on an attack more easily.
WHY YOUR FACE EXPLODES INTO AN ADOLESCENT NIGHTMARE: Pimples the like you haven’t seen since you were fifteen show up (usually on your chin) right before your period is due to start, during ovulation, and during the beginning of your cycle. All of this is due to changes in testosterone, which is in its highest rate of flux during ovulation and less so right before and right after your period.
WHY YOU WANT TO JUMP YOUR T.A.: When testosterone floods your bloodstream during ovulation, it turns you into a sex-crazed thundercat. Everyone looks delicious, your roommate’s boyfriend, the girl in front of you in organic chemistry, that guy you see in the coffee line every morning. Word of warning before you hand someone your underwear: this is also the time when you are most likely to get pregnant, so proceed with caution. Lesbians, feel free to smirk in self-satisfaction at your own good luck while your straight friends fight over the last emergency condom in the bathroom.
WHY YOU DOMINATE IN TRIVIAL PURSUIT: For some reason, women get really good at fact recall when their estrogen levels are either way up (during ovulation which is in the middle of your cycle) or in the basement (during your period). So, you could just blow off studying and reschedule all of your exams for when you’re on the rag. Although, this could turn out like that time when you slept on your book because you heard you could absorb the all of the information through osmosis.
WHY YOU SLEEP THROUGH YOUR 8 O’CLOCK: After your period, you get a shot of progesterone, which makes you all tired and sluggish. So if you’re dragging ass, its not because you stayed up until 3 am watching the Miami Ink marathon, it’s the progesterone.
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