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Dr. J’s Travelogue: Life on the Reserve – Moving North
I’m going to take you with me on my travels, starting with moving to an isolated reserve in northern Canada in 1976 — I was 23 at the time — and ending with my 60th birthday party at Victoria Falls in...
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MY PLEASURE – Plenty of Cess: Pickup Lines from Plenty of Fish
I’ve recently re-joined Plenty of Fish. I thought it was time to let go of the past and give the dating site another shot – the past being the ex-Jehovah’s Witness hipster who never paid me back for...
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MY PLEASURE – Abandoning the Labels in Relationships
Can you have a relationship with your fuck buddy? Can you have sex with your friend? Can things stay the same or does changing boundaries change everything? Lately I’ve been thinking about how certain...
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MY PLEASURE –This Isn’t a Porno
I have a very sensitive gag reflex. Doctors hate me because my mouth won’t let them put that dry as fuck popsicle stick down its throat. No matter how many times I say “aaaah,” it simply won’t happen....
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MY PLEASURE – I Have a Sex Addiction
I’ve been feeling really lonely lately. This is the longest time in my life that I’ve gone without a partner – and for the first time, it’s on purpose. I need to learn to take care of myself, by...
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MY PLEASURE – Condoms Suck, But So Do STIs
When I was 17, I was the most paranoid sexually-active person ever. Even with condoms and birth control, I took constant pregnancy tests because I was so utterly terrified of being the mother of a...
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MY PLEASURE – After Being a Big Ol’‘Slut’ I’m Exclusive Again, You Guys!
I started seeing someone. Not like shacking-up-in-hotel-rooms-seeing, but seeing, seeing. Like dates and stuff. Like eating pizza and watching movies and making out in the back seat of a car. Man, I...
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MY PLEASURE – I Cockblocked a Guy to Pick Up a Straight Gurl
I am so. fucking. horny. It’s been 5 days since I’ve gotten laid, and I know what you’re thinking –shutthefuckup – but hear me out: 1) After sleeping around for 2 months, I finally found someone I like...
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MY PLEASURE – Would You Kick Someone in the Balls if They Asked?
This weekend I starred in my very own episode of Girls. Not actually, but my experience felt very similar to something that would happen to Hannah. I’ve been pretty lucky when it comes to strange men...
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MY PLEASURE – I Dated a Homeless Guy
When I was living homeless for my article in the March/April issue of Edmonton Woman Magazine, I didn’t think I would make any friends, and I especially didn’t think I would make any lovers. Both...
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Two gynecologists answer your sexual health questions
Writer Julie Zeglen asks basic questions of two gynecologists. Remember your first visit to the gynecologist’s office? Maybe you’d rather not. Wearing that oh-so-flattering one-sided robe, sticking...
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Recap: Obama – Romney 2012 Presidential Debate
Romney and Obama shake hands at the second debate At tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, we saw the shifty way Romney evades the real question while trying to tell...
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What Facebook users say about Election Day 2012
As is only fair, there are a lot of strong opinions about tomorrow’s impending decision between two presidential candidates. Here’s some of what I’m seeing on Facebook: One young woman is worried that...
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Obama Gets Re-Elected, Our Vaginas Smile
In case you haven’t been following the election coverage – this just in: Women won. Last night we voted against “Mittens” Mitt Romney, the idea that rape is God’s plan and that we silly women...
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Meet Dr. J, M.L.T.S.’s New Contributing Travel Editor
I’m Dr. J (I actually have a PhD in adult education) — as I’m known to my advice-seeking friends — and I grew up to be one insufferable travel junkie. To date I’ve visited 102 countries, lived in...
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Learning to Travel as “Other”
JODY HANSON, PhD M.L.T.S. Contributing Editor – Travel Forget being kidnapped in Pakistan, almost dying from cerebral malaria in Nigeria or crossing the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The most...
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We Want Birth Control for All Without a Prescription
We’re arguing that birth control SHOULD be available over the counter. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended that birth control should be available over the...
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Why These 4 Arguments Against Increased Gun Regulation Make No Sense
My intelligent cousin, trained as a social worker, shared the above meme on Facebook today. Normally I agree with her views and the things she shares. Today, I disagree. At least with the statement...
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Miranda Kerr’s Got the Rx for Your Relationship Problems
Read on for Miranda Kerr’s advice on keeping your man interested. (Barf bags are not included.) Dunno how I missed this earlier, but apparently, Miranda Kerr — she of the Victoria’s Secret fame who...
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Travel Advice Dr. J Wishes Someone Had Given Her
As I slide closer to my 60th birthday on January 24th, 2013 there are a few travel-type things I wish I had known when I was the age of the M.L.T.S. readers. That said, it is still likely that you will...
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