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reproduction,
2
–5

Reverse Cowgirl,
viii

Rheeqrheeq,
xii

Riley,
xii

Riri,
x

Roberta,
xv

Robyn,
x

Rocket Fuel,
ix

rockets,
148

rocks,
102

Rohypnol,
90

Ronnie,
xvi

Rose,
xvi

roofies,
90

roses,
100

S

Sabrina,
xviii

sad libs,
129

Salom,
xi

Sam,
xix

Samantha,
xiv

Sammi,
xvi

Sandra,
xviii

Sandy,
xv

Santa Claus,
99
,
174

Sara,
xiv

Sarah,
xii

sarong,
79

Sasha,
xi

Saturn,
147

Savannah,
xii

scarf,
79

Scarlett,
xii

Schrödinger, Erwin,
75

science, for urban her,
73

scientific method,
51
–52

Scooby Snax,
ix

scrambled egg whites,
34

seasonal affective disorder (SAD),
128

semen,
13

senescence,
50

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of,
76
,
79

sex,
2
–5

apocalypse and,
109
–10

death during,
23

featured moves of,
12

waiting for,
8
–9

“sex on the bleach!,”
37

sexual assault,
156

sexually transmitted diseases (STDs),
126

Shakespearean spam,
152
–53

Shannon,
xv

Shirlene,
x

Sixty-nine,
69

Skylar,
xiii

slavery,
73

smallpox,
23
,
127

smell,
40

smog,
59

smoothies,
34

sodium bicarbonate,
52

sodium chloride,
45

Sofia,
x

solar systems,
147

solid,
56

Sondheim, Stephanie,
xiii

Sophia,
xi

Sophie,
x

space,
144
–50,
191

an introduction,
144
–45

spacecraft,
148

spaghetti-strap tank,
106

spam,
151
–52

Shakespearean,
152
–53

sparkling water,
35

spatial reasoning,
65

Species,
24

speed,
65

sperm,
2
–3,
13
,
18

Stacey,
xvii

Stacy,
xv

stars,
149

Stella,
xii

sucrose,
33

suicide,
128
,
129

Summer,
xiii

sun,
144
,
147

sundress,
106

Super Ice,
ix

Susan,
xv

Sydney,
xii

T

Tali,
xviii

Tammy,
xiv

tangential acceleration,
70

tankinis,
106

Tara,
xvii

Tatum, Channing,
131

taxonomic hierarchy,
24

Taylor,
xii

technology,
151
–63,
191

television,
81
–82

thermodynamics,
72

Tiffany,
viii

time travel,
78
,
80

Tina,
ix

Tracy,
xv

Trash,
ix

trees, study of,
91
–99

Tricia,
xvi

Trinity,
xiii

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
(Meyer),
119

twins,
18

U

United States,
159

Kickstarter for national debt of,
160
–61

a review,
76
–77

Uranus,
147

Urban Outfitters,
97

uterus,
136

V

vaccinations,
127

vacuum,
144

vagina,
136

Valerie,
xvii

Vanessa,
xvi

velocity,
65

Venus,
147
,
148

Victoria,
x

Violet,
xiii

viruses,
14

W

water,
44
,
45

WebMD,
126

weight,
71
,
81

weight-loss,
84

Wendy,
xv

What to Expect When You’re Expecting
(Murkoff),
119

Whitney,
xiv

whooping cough,
127

wine,
39

women:

and driving,
65
–68

and employment,
174
–75

in science,
167
–75,
191

Y

yoga pants,
106

You,
xix

Z

Zagat guide,
151

Zoe,
x

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