Brokelyn

Diva Cups and Keepers stop your money from flowing down the drain

Ladies, are you sitting down and comfortable? Let’s talk about Aunt Flo. Crimson Tide. Shark Week. The Time of the Month. Do you know you’re flushing money away by using tampons and pads? An average woman spends $50 a year to keep the floodgates at bay. Instead, you could make a one-time investment of $20-$40 for something that can last you up to 10 years. TEN YEARS. It’s called a menstrual cup. I know even the words “menstrual cup” might skeeve you out. Maybe you associate them with Birkenstocks or hairy armpits. I sure did — at first. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a question I’ve asked myself every Wednesday morning for the last five weeks as I’ve ridden the Q train into Union Square to see a pick-happy third-year dental student at the NYU College of Dentistry. Dental insurance is one luxury I haven’t had in some time, like so many former students, former employees and, well, people these days.

I had just moved back to Brooklyn after a few years in Boston, where I had dutifully forked out $100 or so every few months to minimally maintain my not-so-pearly whites. Now I was back in New York and overdue for a cleaning. I also had a sinking suspicion I might be in for some more. My Boston hygienist said a dental school was a good, cheap and still respectable way to get dental care, and that NYU was the place to go in New York. So there I went. Read the rest of this entry »