Explore pop-culture, current events, hot-button topics and all things relationship-related with Pittsburgh native, editor and co-founder of twodaymag, Natalie Bencivenga.
As if women in Saudi Arabia aren’t treated poorly enough, still not being allowed to drive, attend school, get a job, or travel outside of the country without getting “permission” from a male guardian, this new level of control just adds more fuel to the ever-growing fire of crazy.
It's always such a pleasure to be a part of Lisa Davis' show, It's Your Health Radio. I enjoy every single interview that we do together, and this one was no exception! Please click through to the next page and enjoy! And don't forget to check out other fantastic interviews with Lisa Davis on It's Your Health Radio!
I am always so fortunate when I get the opportunity to be a guest on It's Your Health Radio, hosted by the always wonderful, Lisa Davis. We recently discussed how social media (and Facebook in particular) has apparently ruined the institution of marriage...click through to the next page to hear what Lisa and I had to say on this touchy topic!
By: Natalie Bencivenga
Men’s Health recently conducted research to see which cities were getting it on...and on...and on...the results will definitely surprise you (I know I was shocked!)
The “research” took into consideration things like birth rates, sales of sex toys, and condom sales. I don’t know if birth rates necessarily translate into “sexually satisfied” because what I’ve heard from most new parents is that you kind of cool down between the sheets once the babies arrive! And, just because you buy condoms also doesn’t necessarily mean you have a satisfying sex life...but I could see how the sex toys would factor in!
Here is the list...and the top spot has claimed this coveted position (no pun intended!) for TWO years running now!
In other shocking news, the sky is blue.
Many amazing records have been broken this year at the Olympics, including world-renowned swimmer, Michael Phelps’ astonishing 20 medal achievement, the most ever awarded to any Olympian in the history of the sport. But, the record that seems to be receiving the most attention is the fact that more condoms than ever, 150,000 to be exact, have been given away (free!) at the Olympics this year in London.
No one wants to picture his or her parents being intimate. So, many people – mistakenly, as it turns out – assume that most seniors are no longer sexually active. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Forget the gays...they have nothing on Facebook, apparently! Maybe the evangelicals should start going after Mark Zuckerberg, instead! (I’m sure he’s in Leviticus, somewhere!)
If you are like me, you detest celebrity gossip websites. You view them as everything that is wrong with society; they are invasive, catty, and profit off of the alleged misconducts of stars and their loved ones.
Sick of the same old online dating experience? Looking to spice things up in a Bonnie-and-Clyde sort of way? Well, you are in luck, my friends! Meet-An-Inmate.com is a website dedicated to hooking you up with hot people behind bars.
Here’s a quote from the website:
Being a student of the University of Pittsburgh, you would think that I would know more about the bomb threat investigation that has made national news rather than someone who was not at all affiliated with the University.
Unfortunately, you’d be wrong.
When seeking information about these unsettling threats, I turn to online news sites in order to get information about the investigation. The University seldom updates us on the progress of the investigation directly. The only information we are privy to is when the bomb threats happen and where so we know to evacuate. We also receive the occasional new email about the measures that the University is taking to deal with the problem and to, as they say, ensure our safety.
First of all, let me first state that I know no intimate details about Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart’s relationship. It could be marvelous, stupendous, the paradigm of health and happiness, etc., etc…
Either way, I have no idea. Jennifer and I aren’t what you’d call “tight.”
What little I know is what I see on the covers of magazines and the stories they run when it’s a slow news day on ABC; shortly after the dissolution Jennifer Lopez’s third marriage, Ms. Lopez was already said to be dating a Mr. Casper Smart, a backup dancer who is some fifteen years her junior.
It’s no secret that transgender people are perhaps the most commonly mocked members of our society. I believe this because they are terribly misunderstood.
This has been very aptly demonstrated in the recent firestorm over Canadian beauty queen Jenna Talackova’s expulsion from and then re-admittance to the Miss Universe pageant on the grounds that she was not born a female, despite the fact that she knew that at the age of four that she was a girl trapped in a boy’s body, began hormone therapy at the age of 14, and surgically changed her gender four years ago at 19.
Some people are upset she was expelled in the first place, others were upset she was allowed back in. She was originally expelled for not being a “natural born” woman, but after a little discussion with GLAAD, she was allowed back into the competition.
The very terminology sends people into a tizzy. What does transgender mean? What does it entail? Is she really a woman? Can a person be both a woman and transgender? Can we still find her attractive? Is she really a him because she was born a him?
Because why should we let women have all the fun? A new satirical commentary on the “reproductive habits of the men of the state” may seem like a great political stunt and way to grab attention towards the degradation and humiliation women feel on a regular basis about having their bodies up for debate in a public forum, but I believe this video is so much more.
In the days and weeks to come, we’ll probably learn what caused the death of singer Whitney Houston. Given her long, tumultuous relationship with drugs, many people have already reached their own conclusions.
Whitney Houston is certainly not the first female pop star to lose her battle with drug addiction, if that is what killed her. Within the past year, other women with unmistakable talent and amazing voices have died; Amy Winehouse at the young age of 27, and Etta James at age 73.
Recently, Newsweek ran a story about former U.S. Senator, and Catholic enthusiast, Rick Santorum, and his wife’s sordid sexual past. That’s right. You read that correctly. Not only does Santorum’s wife have a sexual past...but it’s a pretty scandalous one at that. Well, for the 80s.
Rick Santorum has been extremely outspoken about his stance on women’s rights over bodily autonomy. He is pro-life and proud of it. His wife, Karen, is also a staunch pro-lifer and mother to their seven children, all of which are home schooled. Santorum often refers to his wife’s book, Letters to Gabriel, which is the story of their tragic 1997 miscarriage on the campaign trail. This couple is fiercely protective of the right to life, opposing birth control (hence the seven kids) as well as abortion, regardless if the woman was raped.