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Nail polish exposes date-rape drugs

Four North Carolina State University students have hit the nail on the head with their invention. 

Darts & Laurels 8/7/14

Here it is, y’all: Our bittersweet bye-bye-summer-love

Faking an orgasm is preventing the avenue to real pleasure

About a month ago, Vice published a quiz to test its readers — "Can you tell which of these porn star orgasms are fake?"

Study shows gym membership could mean higher GPA

Brains and brawn might go hand in hand, according to a study that links gym memberships to higher GPAs.

Cookbooks for men: reflecting on gender roles

Walk into a bookstore, browse Amazon cookbook category listings, and you’ll find various genres of cookbooks. There are cookbooks for kids, for vegetarians, for couples, for one, for beginners and even for dogs. Look closer, and you’ll notice a category of cookbooks for men. But absent is a category for women, revealing the assumption that unmarked cookbooks are for women.

Letter to the editor: Hobby Lobby decision

Let’s not be distracted by the hype. At the heart of the recent Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, the issue was solely about power. The majority decision, delivered by Justice Samuel Alito, and even the oral arguments from Hobby Lobby, instead tried to cloak the corporation’s discriminatory, anti-woman, anti-family practice of denying to cover certain birth control methods under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Since corporations are currently granted “personhood” under the law, the rights of corporations now officially seem to outweigh those of women.

Cultural Spotlight: Photoshop me beautiful

We live in a world where beauty sells. Movies, magazines and social media revere beautiful people and younger generations stress over having a “hot” face and body. We all have our own idea of what we consider beautiful, but does our perception of beauty differ from that of other countries? I recently came across an interesting article called “See What Happens When a Woman Asks Photoshoppers in Different Countries to 'Make Her Beautiful'” by Nate Jones that highlighted an important point: the idea of beauty differs from culture to culture. What may be considered beautiful in the United States might not be beautiful in Morocco or Indonesia. 

Snacking, skipping meals may be a social trend in the US

Some UF students are snacking instead of eating meals, and it might be good for them.

The Whole You: Women and lifting- 7 reasons to not fear the weight room

I can’t speak for all gyms (although it always happens in the few that I’ve seen), but there always seems to be some sort of invisible divide between the cardio and weight areas. We still live in a world where girls dominate the elliptical, while guys master the bar. Of course, I’m not saying that women should be the next body builders -- even though there already are plenty of successful ladies out there -- but having a little knowledge on how to lift wouldn’t kill anyone. 

Supreme Court birth control decision divides Gainesville residents

Gainesville residents are split on a recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that exempts birth control options from mandated business health insurance coverage.  

Hobby Lobby case filled with hypocrisy

Christian conservatives call the Supreme Court ruling granting three family-owned businesses the right to refuse to pay for certain forms of contraception for their employees based on their beliefs a victory for religious freedom. 

Gov. Scott benefits health clinics with added budget

Florida abortion bill is irresponsible, regressive

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott passed HB 1047, which stipulates that pregnancies may not at any time be terminated in the state of Florida if doctors determine that the fetus could survive outside the womb.

Clearing the air: Tuesday’s coitus interruptus column

On Tuesday, the Alligator ran a column titled “‘Pull and pray’: Yay or Nay?” singing the praises of the pull-out birth control method. We realize that the piece didn’t emphasize a few key pieces of information: That, like all birth control, the pull-out method isn’t for everyone, and furthermore, the study quoted in the article stipulated that the pull-out method should be used in conjunction with other forms of birth control. 

Activist group wants sexual assault ranks added to college reviews

An activist group is trying to push the Princeton Review to include information on sexual assault in its rankings, but members of the UF community disagree. 

Obama and the Bergdahl dilemma

The president is the ultimate victor-victim: The policies Obama proposes that should win the White House easy political victories are the situations that always lead to his defeat. 

National Women’s Lib op-ed falsely describes HB 1047/SB 918

On May 29, the Gainesville chapter of the National Women’s Liberation wrote an aggressive opposition to Florida HB1047/SB918, regarding the termination of pregnancies. 

‘Pull and pray’: Yay or nay?

For those of you who are bad at remembering dates, here’s a reminder: Father’s Day is this Sunday. 

Slippery slope: the ins and outs of lube

Saturday morning found me in bed surrounded by lube.

Florida women seek governor’s veto

Our legislature is attacking women’s rights in Florida. House Bill 1047/Senate Bill 918, which vaguely claims to revise circumstances under which a pregnancy in the third trimester may be terminated, permits doctors to place the potential life of a fetus above the life of a woman.