By Rebecca Hoffman It was almost two weeks ago that Speaker Christine Quinn held her first free self-defense class in Central Park. This event was in response to an increased number of sexual assaults on women in the city, most notably an incident involving the rape of a 73-year-old woman in Central Park. While free 
According to movies and television it is a scientific fact that Nerds have long been plagued with debilitating social diseases such as acne, braces, limp wrist, four-eyes, and polio. But now the Wizards over at the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington have crafted a method of casting the Sequence Genome spell 
by Rebecca Hoffman Though it is important to keep up to date with the latest technology it isn’t necessary to whore yourself out on all of them. By all means, if you want to post half naked shots of yourself on every social networking site no one is going to stop you, but doing so 
By Gerry Gavin I first met Shya and Ariel Kane at the Body, Mind Spirit Expo in Edison, New Jersey. I had read their first two books, Working on Yourself Doesn’t Work and How to Create a Magical Relationship, and they gave me a copy of Being Here, their last book, which is also the 
By Emillio Mesa “Your punishment is that you have to spend the night with me”. At the stroke of midnight, after three hours of bar hopping and grabbing the obligatory slice of pizza, in downtown NYC, my friends decided to ditch me. Some hooked up, while others had to get up early for work. I, 
By Paul Bisceglio Downtown was buzzing with excitement yesterday for the prospect of free vibrators. Trojan announced that it would be distributing 10,000 Tri-Phoria and The Pulse devices — $40 and $30 retail values, respectively! — from two hot dog carts in different neighborhoods throughout the day, so New Yorkers lined the streets of 
By Rebecca Hoffman So you’re in a relationship and it’s great except for this minor problem. Your partner needs you for everything. At first it was nice. It’s always nice to be needed, but then it was annoying, and then it became too much. After all, you’re their partner not their proofreader; you really don’t 
By Rebecca Hoffman Sex sells. It really is that simple. E.L. James the author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy can attest to it. Her ‘romance’ novels have resulted in the sale of approximately 16 million books, which means its outsold Harry Potter, and why? Because sex sells: in advertising, in fashion, in movies, 
By Rebecca Hoffman Hating on victims seems to be a popular trend these days. Because, after all, she was dressing for it, asking for it, or should’ve just kept her mouth shut. The last one seems to be especially true for, 17-year-old, Savannah Dietrich who was facing potential jail time for tweeting the names of 
By Rebecca Hoffman In such a liberal day and age where laws, marriage, and religion are in constant flux it’s amazing how prudish some people can still be about basic diction. Anatomical terms manage to send Republicans into a tailspin and many synonyms are deemed offensive. If taking our leaders seriously wasn’t challenging enough already, 
