Friday Links: High School Dating, Vagina Facials, and McDonald's No-Rot Hamburger Mythbusting

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• Ah, high school dating. [Slate]
• In many of the closest races across the nation, abortion turned out to be a winning issue. [Politico]
• Um, anyone want to go get a vagina facial? [Harper's Bazaar]
• The impact of the recession on reproductive health (audio). [Guttmacher Institute]
• Top 10 ways to be a feminist in 2010. [Amy Andronicus]
• Science confirms that gender makes no difference in math ability, so why do women "choose" not to go into math careers? And are they even actively making that choice? [Ms. Blog]
• A lesbian student is kicked out of high school in Oklahoma because she lived with her girlfriend. [Change.org]
• An academic discussion on abortion reveals that even academics can't agree. It might be time to change how we talk and think about this issue, writes Francis Kissling. [Salon]
• How B-movie cliches are taking over comedy. [The Atlantic]
• Why the elderly are more susceptible to financial scams. [Scientific American]
• Remember that happy meal that wouldn't rot? Here's why that happened -- and why it's not just McDonald's that does that. [Serious Eats]