In the words of her mother, Betty, Sally Draper "became a woman" this week on Mad Men. During her date with former neighbor Glenn Bishop at the Museum of Natural History, Sally gets a stomach ache. She runs to the bathroom and discovers she's started her period. Next, Sally flees the bathroom and takes a $25 cab back to the Francis' haunted mansion and into her mother's arms. After trying to act older, drinking coffee, and talking about her "boyfriend" with stepmom, Megan, in Manhattan, when confronted with a literal sign of growing up, Sally Draper just wants to be with her mom. Betty shows a rare moment of maternal warmth, holding Sally and explaining that her period is nothing to be worried about; it simply means everything's working and that one day she can have a baby, Betty tells her daughter.

The mother-daughter interaction about Sally's "change" comes off as surprisingly healthy. But the tampon and maxi pad ads of the time didn't treat this natural bodily function with such a matter-of-fact attitude. Whether with a distraction (hey, look, a pretty dress!) or the rhetoric of freedom, advertisers tried to sell a product women have never really been thrilled to buy. Let's look at some vintage tampon and maxi pad ads, which women like Betty or Sally would have seen in their day.

School's almost out for Summer. As kids enjoy sun-kissed freedom and new college grads look for jobs, these famous women may reminisce about their school days. While some of these women got their degrees before they hit it big, a chance to be normal is a common reason for celebs to put their careers aside and start college. What's not the norm? Graduating. Check out these 26 actresses who have.

E.L. James may have kicked off her Fifty Shades of Grey book tour in Miami, but don't expect to see the erotic book in every Florida library. Librarians in Florida, as well as Georgia and Wisconsin, took the series off the shelves for being semi-pornographic and not so well received by critics.

While book banning may sound like a throwback to Victorian times, censoring books continues to flourish in 21st-century schools and libraries. What's most surprising is a book can be removed from a curriculum, reading list, or school library with the complaint of just one parent. Violence, racial themes, and the occult are commonly cited reasons, but an even more popular one is sexual content. Check out these 11 books that have been removed from schools and libraries in the last two years, and tell us if you think there's ever a good reason to ban a book.

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Happy birthday, David Beckham! The steamy soccer player, underwear model, and family man turns 37 today! Some celebrity men — like David, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and McSteamy aka Patrick Dempsey — age like a fine wine, while others not so much. We've rounded up retro and new shots of some of Hollywood's hottest who have been in the spotlight for anywhere from a decade to several, to see how they've gone from boy wonder to mature man candy. So weigh in now: are these celebs hotter now or hotter then?

Exactly 60 years ago today (May 2, 1952), the de Havilland DH 106 Comet was officially introduced as the world's first production commercial jet airliner with its inaugural flight from London to Johannesburg. Soon after that landmark flight came the flight attendants of the '60s, who have had a resurgence in popularity thanks to last year's big drama Pam Am. Some consider this era the glory years of air travel, when service was still good and passengers weren't herded like cattle. Some would also call it a time when stewardesses (the retro name for flight attendant) were treated as sex objects who were supposed to wait on you hand and foot and possibly hint at . . . other services. For a time, there was even a policy that only unmarried women could fill the job. Let's take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly in this flight attendant flashback.

Whether you're on eHarmony, Match.com, and OKCupid all at once or could never put a profile out there, one thing is for sure: online dating is here to stay. Meeting people on the Internet is so ingrained in our culture, we can barely remember a time before chat rooms. Each of these movies about finding love on the web offers a specific message we can take away. And no matter if you're a fan of online dating or the whole thing creeps you out, these 10 films are sure to entertain.

If it surprised you that S&M romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list, it shouldn't. The romance category is the most profitable in publishing. Even so, we judge books by covers and people by what they read. At best, they impress; at worst, they repel. Thank goodness for Kindles! Previously, we asked which reads you didn't want to be seen in public with. We rounded up the books, series, and genres that embarrass you on the train, in the air, and at the park. Now you can be the judge!

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Thirteen has been an unlucky number since at least 1700 BC, when ancient Babylonia omitted the number 13 in its list of laws. Its association with Friday is a more recent phenomenon. Take a peek at these 13 historical facts relating to the superstition. Are you feeling unlucky today?