Ladies, if you are not already recycling your old clothes start doing it! Wearable Collections, a nonprofit that places clothing collection bins in residential buildings around New York City is a great and easy option for repurposing your discarded frocks. And for those of us who are intensely lazy it is super easy. Get your building manager on board and fill out the incredibly simple web form to request a bin for your building! If you ... Read More

PMS! Give your crampy, grumpy, bleeding-out-your-vagina days a positive spin with this cheer-ful charm necklace! This rah-rah beauty was put together by the crafty lady behind Tiny Picnics. Check out her other adorable stuff on Etsy at ... Read More

Planned Parenthood handed out more than 700 pounds of condoms at the Democratic National Convention, and not just because Dems are sexy. Each condom was enclosed in a hot pink matchbook bearing the message: ''Protect Yourself From John McCain (In This Election).'' The back lists one of Planned Parenthood's top ten reasons to NOT vote for McCain, such as the frightening #10 -- John McCain has voted against women's reproductive rights ... Read More

Come ride in train full of artwork this Saturday, August 30th, when a Chicago CTA train is converted into a mobile gallery from 6 pm - 10 pm. The event is organized and hosted by Lethal Poetry and Salvo, a think tank of artists who want to bring art into the public sphere. ''Our passion is not only to provide Chicago artists with a means to exhibit their work unconventionally,'' they say at www.chicagoartontrack.com, ''but to redefine the ... Read More

In an Australian court, Nicholas Gonzales, 23  was cleared of rape charges based on the assumption that the victim's jeans were too tight to get off without consent. Read the article ... Read More