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Bleach! You know it’s super powerful and that it has a strong odor to it. You also know that it can make whites whiter and that it kills germs. But did you know these other fun facts?

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Last week when Gabrielle Hamilton and Ashley Merriman, of celebrated NYC restaurant Prune, announced that they were going to swoop in to “save” Ken Friedman’s The Spotted Pig, people recoiled. It has been only seven months since Friedman’s toxic culture of sexual abuse at the Spotted Pig was revealed publicly, and just as people boycotted the Pig, now there are calls to boycott Prune over disappointment in Hamilton’s betrayal.

Prune, Spotted Pig, Batali’s Babbo, Lupa and beyond: In the wake of #metoo, the decision for restaurants owned by toxic, abusive chefs has been swift and decisive: Boycotts all around. Which is easy to do, especially if you don’t live in New York anyway.

But many of these chefs have entered our homes in a more intimate way through their books and recipes. Should we boycott our beloved copy of Gabrielle Hamilton’s Prune or the countless cookbooks that bear an emboldened “Batali” on their covers, spines, and forewords? Is it possible to cook a recipe without it serving as an edible reminder of the gross failings of the person who created it?

In the wake of #metoo, what happens to your cookbooks?

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Embrace summer with your sunglasses on and two feet stuck firmly in the sand — not stuck in the kitchen. Slow cooker pulled pork helps keep those vacation vibes going as long as possible since it practically makes itself. All you have to do is decide whether you want to build tacos or BBQ sandwiches.

And don’t stress about needing an arsenal of spices — this recipe just needs salt, pepper, and brown sugar, plus a bottle of BBQ sauce or a packet of taco seasoning. Serve the pork piled high onto buns or stuffed into tortillas — you can’t go wrong with either.

You’ll want to commit this easy slow cooker pulled pork to memory, whether you’re at the beach or just daydreaming of an island oasis from your cubicle.

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One of the most common quotes about the path to success is, “fake it till you make it.” While it’s not bad advice when you are thinking about general life principles, it is the actual definition of nonsense when it comes to sexual pleasure.

For women, the concept of sexual pleasure is radical, and for some it’s quite confusing. As women move through adolescence and early adulthood, the primary sexual messages we receive are:

• Pregnancy prevention
• Divine virginity
• Avoiding slut status

Awesome! (Insert sarcasm.)

The sexual lives of women are often under the microscope of the world — from the government to religion to even ourselves. It’s not surprising that for women, pleasure is often viewed as secondary perk instead of a core component of satisfying sexytimes.

The fact is, sexual functioning is in indicator of one’s overall health and therefore an unsatisfying sex life should be taken off the table. So how do we change our sexual script? How do we design our pleasure?

Here are a few ways to get started:

1. Recognize That Your Sexual Pleasure Is Your Responsibility

Yes. I said it. Your sexual pleasure is your responsibility — not your partner’s. The myth that your partner should know every pleasure nook and cranny on your body without any direction or input from you needs to be put to bed immediately, if not sooner (pun intended).

In the words of my homie Joe Biden, “It’s total malarkey.” In order to optimize your sexual pleasure, you must communicate (either verbally or nonverbally) to your partner what you and your body need.

2. Ride the Wave

Listen, comrades: things change. Life happens — work, love, partners, kids, fertility, loss, joy —  you name it. Your sexual self can take a beating depending on the season of life in which you currently are; don’t lose hope or think that it will always be this way. If your body or mind needs a minute, please take a seat — just don’t stay seated.

Stay connected with yourself and your partner while you’re taking a breather. Focus on sexual activities that are more on the intimacy spectrum if you crave reparative touch. If you need more overt sexual play, engage in activities that foster more spontaneous desire and arousal. When you keep yourself out of the sexual game for too long, it is so much harder to get back into it.

3. Do Your Research

In other words, treat masturbation as the most important research experiment you will ever conduct (scientist or not).

Sixty years of research have spoken: masturbation is the single best way to learn about your sexual pleasure, hands down. Here is the trick to masturbation: you can do whatever strikes your fancy and curiosity. The key here: be curious.

If you find a new spot that you absolutely love, explore your new pleasure area with a different speed, texture, pressure, or include your partner in the fun. What felt good to you two years ago or even two months ago, may not feel the same way. This change does not mean you are broken; it means you are ready to move on to new pleasure possibilities.

Think about it: are you going to do the same workout for the rest of your life? Is that going to give you the results you are looking for? No, it’s not. Trust me on this one.

4. Retrain Your Brain (and Your Partner’s While You’re at It)

Sex education is a lifelong process — it should never stop. Not even if you are in a committed, lifelong relationship with your soulmate. Many of us can get complacent in the safety of our relationships, whether or not we are experiencing pure bliss, dissonance, or somewhere inbetween. Sex ed isn’t just for the “youngins.” The world is your sexy oyster when it comes to grownfolk learning.

People of all genders deal with “sexpectations” deeply rooted in society, and cultural expectations that can often leave us deflated and sexually unfulfilled.

Flood your mind and relationships with sex-positive and culturally relevant information that informs and empowers your sexuality. With platforms such as O.school and Youtube’s Sexplanations by Dr. Lindsey Doe, you can learn in the privacy and comfort of your own home. In this case, more knowledge means more pleasure.

Look, I’m not saying that every time you have sex your toes should curl so hard that you end up with a Charley Horse in your foot; but pleasure should always be somewhere on the table.

The stress of managing all of the aspects of your life (family, friends, work, partners, etc.) will always be there. So whatever it looks like, get into the practice of making your sexual pleasure a priority.

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Consider the egg—a raw one may have a hard exterior but we all know what happens when the outer shell is compromised. Unless we reinforce the inside first, by cooking it, an egg might look hard and solid when, in fact, it’s fragile and falls over when we try to stand it up. A hard-boiled egg, on the other hand, can be spun on its head.

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When I was in a band I saw a lot of pills. Not the kind that is going to make you stronger, but some of the people I encountered were very happy to pop at least a handful of them before lunchtime. I had thought this was the time that I would be most exposed to drugs in my life, but all of that paled in comparison to the rattling sound at the gym as another 18 multi-colored supplements were ingested by the blokes in the changing rooms trying to get jacked. So much promise, so much money, so few results.

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“Your brain is wider than the sky…  and deeper than the sea” wrote the poet Emily Dickinson. The interconnections and complexities of your grey matter are indeed vast as scientists estimate that your cerebral cortex contains about 100 billion nerve cells (a number that’s comparable to the number of stars in the known universe). By […]

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Believe it or not, Etsy is now 13 years old. Which means, if it were a person, it could officially see PG-13 movies and yell things like, “UGH, you just don’t understand.” But because it’s an online marketplace for creators, a 13th birthday just means an excuse to have a sale.

The sale, which runs now through June 22, includes more than a million listings across the entire site. You can sort the items by type, whether or not they have free shipping, and even their country of origin. If you want a little more help, here are five things we’re currently loving from the sale.

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People throw away billions of dollars worth of perfectly good food every year. Nobody wants to waste food, but it’s an easy thing to do when you’re standing in front of the refrigerator wondering, “How long has this been here? Is this still good?” And the labels on food packages are not nearly as useful as one might think. In fact, some grocery stores say food labels in the U.S. could actually be contributing to household food waste, because they’re too confusing, and they’re leading people to throw away food that could still be eaten.

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