Kara Crabb

Fashion

I Asked a Bunch of Epidemiologists How To Make Fashion Out of Parasites

I asked some of the best minds in our country to take a break from solving legitimate world problems to contemplate the feasibility of making a bikini out of worms.
Kara Crabb
6.18.15

I Went to a Raëlian Cult Protest for Titties

The organization Go Topless has been reprimanded by the media as a superficial publicity stunt since its establishment in 2007. When I arrived on the scene, Raëlian men and women were parading around a statue holding signs about "equal rights."
Kara Crabb
8.27.14
Stuff

It’s Time to Learn About the Female Prostate

We recently published two articles that referenced the female prostate. Many commenters freaked out, incredulous at the authors’ seemingly poor grasp of human anatomy. So we asked Kara Crabb to respond by writing her own guide to the mythic gland.
Kara Crabb
8.15.14
Stuff

A Bluetooth-Enabled Vibrator Made Me Reconsider Sexual Intimacy

As a blogger for a media website, I often write about personal experiences and sometimes I’m given free products to advertise under the guise of narrative. The OhMiBod® blueMotion™ is a Bluetooth™ enabled vibrator that's "perfect for couple play," so...
Kara Crabb
8.11.14
Fashion

Quebecois Women's Fashion: A Marvel, A Mystery

Montreal is generally regarded as the fashion hub of Canada, but one thing that is talked about considerably less is what I consider to truly be Quebecois women’s fashion: balloon pants, useless seams, and mosaics of patched textiles that don’t match.
Kara Crabb
7.17.14
Stuff

Here Are More Reasons Why Girls Should Only Have Anal Sex

Kara Crabb's follow-up to her stunningly popular expose on why girls should only do it in the butt.
Kara Crabb
7.11.14
Stuff

Therapy with Steve Girard, AKA Stevie Eats Worms

I hate to keep coming back to this, but after I gargled my piss on the internet I received a lot of heartfelt missives from urine enthusiasts the world over. One very intrusive fan even searched my DNS registration and sent me a text with my father’s...
Kara Crabb
1.24.14
Tech

We Reviewed 'Figure 1' the Instagram for Doctors

I’m glad that there is now a service (it’s almost exactly like Instagram) to document the weird things that nurses, technicians, surgeons, and physicians get to deal with on a daily basis.
Kara Crabb
11.26.13
Stuff

Jacob Barnett Is Even Better in 3D

Jacob Barnett has been getting a lot of media attention lately because he is an autistic baby genius. I have been following his story for over a year now, waiting for my chance to pounce. When I found out he was going to be at a science-outreach...
Kara Crabb
10.10.13
Motherboard Blog

Let's Apply Network Analysis to Medicine

This is how I dream of the future: People can go get a brain scan—maybe we have disposable imaging headpieces at this point—and then connectome translators interpret their brain scan into a list of personalized features.
Kara Crabb
9.19.13
Motherboard Blog

What Defines Psychopathology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence?

While whatever causes brief discrepancies of intellectual understanding could be considered flaws, perhaps the infinite possible features that are yet to be “flaws” should also be considered in the study of mental illness as well.
Kara Crabb
9.9.13
The Fiction Issue 2013

Bitches Be Writing: A History

The first important modern writer with a vagina emerged out of nowhere, with an exaggerated, hyperbolic diary she called Pride and Prejudice, written when she was just 21 years old. As a result, universities all over the place now have feminist...
Kara Crabb
7.8.13
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