Latest articles by Emily Shire
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No more age restrictions on the morning-after pill: 4 takeawaysfeature A judge accuses the Obama administration of playing politics with contraception
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All hail the Bad Sex Awards, the world's best literary prizefeature Get ready to suck some Brie
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Amsterdam's plan to pay alcoholics in beer is actually not a bad ideafeature Hear me out...
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Don't blame gay marriage for the decriminalization of polygamyfeature Some conservatives are saying, "We told you so."
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The science behind delivering a 13.5-pound babyfeature It's impressive that baby Jasleen was delivered without a C-section — but was it safe?
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Are bras bad for you?feature A new study from France says "oui"
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Are we making ourselves miserable trying to live longer?feature Our life expectancy has increased, but our quality of life hasn't
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Orange is the New Black was snubbed at the Golden Globes. The show has only itself to blame.feature With a tweak, the popular show could have put itself in a better position to bring home some hardware
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The mysterious decline in female life expectancyfeature The unprecedented reversal is concentrated in certain parts of the country
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The good and not-so-good reasons to have sexfeature It's important to get in your head and think about your sexual motivation
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Why Saturday Night Live could use an affirmative action programfeature Kenan Thompson's controversial remarks have sparked a lively debate about the show's diversity — or lack thereof
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The Idina Menzel–Taye Diggs split, and 5 other breakups that hurt us more than it hurt themfeature They may have moved forward, but we certainly haven't
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The fight against cyberbullying has gotten off trackfeature Charges in the death of Rebecca Sedwick only show the ineffectiveness of anti-cyberbullying laws
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Should women drink up while knocked up?feature A new book suggests expectant mothers can enjoy a glass of wine and a few other traditional pregnancy no-no's
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Why Amherst College's advice to watch out for 'unwanted sexual advances' is offensivefeature It's not the advice itself, but Amherst's historically weak response to assault
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Watch 'The Quarterback': Glee's memorial to Finn Hudson and Cory Monteithfeature Glee is tackling the real-life death of star Cory Monteith through his character, Finn Hudson
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Could Dubai's gold-for-pounds weight loss program work?feature The fabulously wealthy emirate has taken a novel approach to promoting public health
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Ladies, don't sweat getting pregnant after 35feature A new article sheds light on a popular infertility misconception
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Why American Jews are less Jewish than they used to befeature A growing number of American Jews say they have no religion
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How sperm could one day cure cancerfeature Say hello to the spermbot
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Fear of dying alone drives women AND men into bad relationshipsfeature Both sexes lower the relationship bar out of spinsterhood fears
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Lena Dunham's body reveals the naked truth about our distorted valuesfeature You're probably missing the point of Dunham's purposeful nudity
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'Blurred Lines' and 5 other popular songs sued for copyright infringementfeature Robin Thicke is in good company
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India's gay sex ban shows why the LGBT movement must go globalfeature Discrimination against gays is still widespread — and getting worse
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