Don’t drink and shave your pubes

Published February 12, 2013 | By Iowadawg

Just in case you still haven’t read your December issue of Urology, here’s the best piece of advice you’ll get today: Don’t drink and shave your pubes. You’re welcome.

A new study from the University of California-San Diego reveals that “Emergency room visits due to pubic hair grooming mishaps,” including oh my God no no noooo “lacerations,” increased fivefold between 2002 and 2010, sending an impressive 11,704 pube-scapers to the E.R. The culprits? Scissors and hot wax did some of the damage, but plain-old non-electric-razors accounted for the lion’s share, at 83 percent. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be under my desk, rocking slowly back and forth and crying as I think about this.

The study also revealed that below-the-belt grooming isn’t just for adult ladies anymore – men accounted for 43.3 percent of the injuries, and almost 30 percent of them were girls under the age of 18. To avoid becoming yet another harrowing grooming gone bad statistic, the researchers advise hair removal aficionados to “Pay attention to where you’re placing that razor. Invest in a non-slip bath mat. And don’t shave while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.” Yeah, don’t do that. For the love of God don’t do that.

What was just a few years ago a somewhat novel ritual is now considered an all but de rigueur part of aesthetic maintenance, for both sexes. Kids, as recently as the 1990s, everybody had piercings down there, but pretty much everybody still had pubes, too. Now, between 70 and nearly 90 percent of females remove part or all of their genital hair, and roughly 60 to 80 percent of men. And while it may be leading to more E.R. visits, on the upside, it’s made pubic lice all but extinct in our time. Someday, people won’t even know that crabs were once something you could get someplace other than Red Lobster.

Hairstyles come and go, but the nagging problem with all this deforestation is a simultaneous, culture-wide discomfort for anything outside a very narrow aesthetic. In Jezebel Thursday, Laura Beck examined a recent letter in 7×7 from a gentleman asking, “How Do I Get My Girlfriend to Change Her Grooming Routine?” In it, the writer says that his special lady is “well-groomed and healthy” but “much more natural.” I honestly have no idea what qualifies as “well-groomed” but “more natural.” Neat triangle? Trimmed short? Wide landing strip? The writer goes on to explain that during oral sex, the lady’s follicular situation is “distracting me to the point of throwing me off my game down there.”

Read it all at the Salon.

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No Valentine’s Day this year, thanks to the LAPD.

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with 14-Year-Old ‘Drag Sensation’

Gay Pride event also features star of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ TV show.

If you needed any more proof that the media has influenced youth culture with the gay agenda, then this might be it.

The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth (BAGLY) and Boston [Gay] Pride are sponsoring a Valentine’s dance for LGBT teenagers this weekend. The liberal gay-friendly social meetup group Sojust.org describes the event more on its website:

“Boston Pride is hosting their very first Valentine’s Day Dance Party for LGBT Youth, hosted by Lakia Mondale (Queen of Boston Pride 2010) with a special performance by a 14 year old drag Sensation Miss Crystal Foxx and our special Guest from RuPaul’s Drag Race Stars Mystique Summers.”

RuPaul’s Drag Race is a popular reality television competition on the gay network Logo.

Finish reading this at CNSNEWS.

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Will Skeet Cause President Obama’s Downfall?

Until recently, we knew little about the evolution, life and death of skeet.
A recent article now fills that great void.

A scholarly treatise by Mr. Gary Abernathy, publisher of The Times-Gazette in Hillsboro, Ohio, deals with the evolution of skeet culminating in their short and pitiful lives and violent deaths. It seemed necessary to post a link and an excerpt here as quickly as possible because of the great but previously unsatisfied longing for reliable information on the subject. I do so despite my concern that it may detract from the attention otherwise likely to be paid to President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening.

The following paragraphs merely introduce Mr. Abernathy’s treatise, which it behooves all who wish to be considered well informed to read in its entirety.

Now go and finish reading this at danmillerinpanama.

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Liberal t-shirt.

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Discussion over Universal Background Checks Heats Up as President Prepares State of the Union (VIDEO)

When the President gives his State of the Union address later today, gun control is expected to be a major talking point, including the push for universal background checks (UBCs).

To really emphasize its desire to usher in gun control reform, the White House has invited as many as 30 victims of gun-related violence to proverbially ‘share the stage’ with the President, POLITICO reported.

These guests include high-profile gun control proponents like Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, as well as individuals tied to the mass shootings at Virginia Tech, Tucson, Newtown and Aurora.

Additionally, Michelle Obama will appear with the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old who was fatally wounded on the streets of Chicago in Jan., shortly after participating in the president’s second inaugural parade.

“These people by their presence will send a message more powerful than any words from me or my colleagues,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told POLITICO.

“I think that picture will be worth a thousand words,” he continued. “And when the president looks to the gallery, sees the faces and voices of victims it will powerfully reinforce his message that we need to do something about gun violence.”

As Guns.com has previously discussed, in the debate over gun control UBCs are the lowest hanging fruit. They appear to be popular both politically – several GOP lawmakers including 2012 vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan have voiced support for them – and amongst the public, polls consistently show widespread support for UBCs.

Consequently, one can expect the president to spend a fair amount of time pitching UBCs to the country. Given this fact, perhaps it’s time to review the arguments for and against.

Finish reading at Guns.com.

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Obama Uses A Special Mirror While Getting Ready For The State Of The Union