Two Day Magazine

I am a total yoga dork as a few of you may know, so you can only imagine my excitement when my I found out that this Saturday, January 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. there will be an awesome YOGA EXPO at the Union Project in Highland Park.

Address: 801 N Negley Avenue
               Pittsburgh, PA 15206

(Video above is of 2011 3rd place PA competitor, Angela Del Raso, who did an absolutely beautiful job! Way to go, Angela!)

It has been great fun being a guest on Lisa Davis’ show: It’s Your Health Radio. We have discussed a wide array of topics over the last two weeks, and lately we have been honing in on some relationship questions that I answer in my askNatalie advice column.

Twoday’s Topic: Supporting Your Sister Through Her Divorce

Read on for the link to the interview!

Kicking off Natalie Bencivenga's radio segments on Lisa Davis' radio show, It's Your Health Radio for this week is a topic that has stirred up much discussion in the media over the last few weeks. 

Twoday's topic: Changing the Definition of Rape.

Read on for the link to the radio interview!

All week long I have had the wonderful pleasure of being a guest on Lisa Davis' radio show, It's Your Health Radio. We have discussed all kinds of interesting topics and have had some great conversations. I hope you enjoy twoday's segment! 

Twoday's topic: Are Prescription Drugs Worth the Risk?

Read on for the link to the radio interview!

By: Mia Bencivenga

Well, my dear friends, award season is finally upon us.  

With it comes the glamor, the pageantry, the decadence, and in some cases, the mind numbing, nausea-inducing irritation that comes with viewing the endless barrage of red carpet coverage; and let’s not forget the numerous awkward conversations between Ryan Seacrest and Scarlet Johansson’s breasts.  

Ryan, we know she has massive knockers.  After all, they are in large part responsible for the majority of acting jobs she has acquired throughout the years.  She knows it.  We know it.  Everyone knows it.  You don’t need to draw attention to it by talking directly into her chest.  Contain yourself.  I mean, for Christ’s sake, you are just about the most licentious metrosexual man on television, with exception to the boys of the Jersey Shore. 

I am lucky enough to be on Lisa Davis' radio show on It’s Your Health Radio all week long! We have been having some great conversations and today's is no exception!

Twoday’s Topic: Sex and Politics

Read on for the link to listen to the show!

Enjoy my latest radio appearance with the always wonderful, Lisa Davis, from It’s Your Health Radio!

Twoday’s Topic: Virgin Diaries (A very entertaining chat about our sex-obsessed culture!)

By: Mia Bencivenga

I, like many other children, was raised Catholic.

For those of you who are not familiar with exactly what that entails, please allow me to sum up our important sacraments.

Shortly after your birth, a priest dunks your head into holy water, thereby cleansing yourself of the “original sin” we are all born with, because Eve had a little bit of an attitude problem with God and went ahead and ate some forbidden fruit.  This is called “Baptism.” 

“Will you marry me?”

It is amazing as to how those four little words can change your life. Of course you want the scenario to be perfect. Of course you want your soon-to-be betrothed to remember that moment for the rest of their lives. But part of the excitement and the anticipation comes from planning that intimate, romantic moment yourself.

So why outsource it?

By: Mia Bencivenga

Marriage.  

In many cultures, it is considered to be a sacred sacrament, one that seemingly binds two people together for an eternity, so that they may worship, procreate, cohabitate, and even decorate as a single collaborative unit.  

Once married, you are in it for better and for worst, richer and poorer, in sickness and in health. You are expected to love your partner unconditionally; accept your partners flaws, even if that means tolerating their gaudy taste in silverware.  

Well, theoretically.

Some called Arunachalam Muruganantham a pervert, some called him psychotic, and others believed he was dabbling in black magic. But I think of him as a truly evolved man, a real feminist, someone who goes that extra mile to help the women in his life! In essence, it takes a real man to wear a maxi pad!

When we think of phone sex operators, we often want to envision young, pretty, single women who are just so eager to talk naughty on the other end of the line. What we don’t want to think about are “real-life” moms with kids who are taking these jobs because the rent was due, like, yesterday.

Let’s play a game. Can you pick out all of the disturbing quotes in Perry’s latest ad? Here are some of the fun things I was able to pick out...what did you notice?

This is a very interesting video. Watch Michele Bachmann as she tries to explain to teenagers that the LGBTQ have the “same civil rights” as heterosexuals because everyone has the right to marry someone of the opposite sex.

One of the great things about being back in school is that I am being exposed to all kinds of interesting commentary about gender, the media and the way women are viewed in the world. A video that I watched in one of my classes last week really stuck with me and I couldn’t get beyond the way women were portrayed in the video clips. I am eager to hear how other people view this video and their thoughts on how sexism is still very much a part of our modern culture, how it is acceptable and how it engrains itself into our every day conversation.