Category Archives: Health

Ang’s Berry Cobbler Recipe

By Ang | Published Sunday, January 8, 2012

I make this awesome not-bad-for-you berry cobbler. It actually won a Best Recipe award at a gym I used to go to. Super easy. Super delicious. I make it for a “healthy dessert”. Ingredients: A bag of frozen berries (or any frozen fruit, I guess. Berries are lower in carbs, if you’re watching that.) 4 [...]

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Who are the 99 percent?

By Ang | Published Wednesday, October 5, 2011

“I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.” It’s not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously. Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover a small protest that couldn’t say what, exactly, it hoped to [...]

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You, yes you, can have an IUD.

By Ang | Published Friday, May 28, 2010

In my quest for birth control that is not a pill (allergic) or a hassle (ugh) or a prescription (no insurance), I finally went to the Planned Parenthood to figure out options. I was told Implanon or an IUD would be great for me. Wait a minute… The Bullshit: I have been told since I [...]

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Woe is me!

By Ang | Published Wednesday, April 21, 2010

TMI alert: I am allergic to birth control pills. I get hardcore hives and it’s a very itchy, miserable mess. I know there are other options than the pill, but they suck. Nuvaring, condoms, other barriers: hassle. Depo shot: makes you a fatty psycho bitch and fucks up your body. Patch: have to be, like, [...]

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