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Talking About Sex(ually transmitted diseases)
Whether it’s to your kid, your partner, or your health care provider, talking about STD’s can make one or both participants in the conversation uncomfortable.
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What we’ve been reading
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was awarded “Champion of Women’s Health” at last night’s Planned Parenthood fete on Capitol Hill. Yes! Nebraska judge blocks overly burdensome anti-choice law. The judge granted a...
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What We’ve Been Reading
It’s Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice! So go do something already. Hey college kids – apply for the Great American Condom Campaign today! 10 of the best things you can do to honor your...
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Rally
On the heels of the debate and vote on the Pence Amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives last week it feels like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Although I am a veteran of the...
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Contraception Is About Freedom – Just Not Religious Freedom
Last week President Obama found an elegant solution to resolve the pressure he was under to allow religiously-affiliated organizations to avoid paying for contraception. Many people have weighed in on...
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What We’ve Been Reading & Watching
On Rush Limbaugh’s misogyny: “Real men care about women & their reproductive health.” Thank you Mother Jones for reminding us that, at heart (vulva?), all women are sluts. One woman’s story: “My...
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SlutWalkNYC, Rape Culture, and Reproductive Justice
When people ask me what I’ve been doing this past year, I always end up asking “Have you heard of SlutWalk?” It’s kind of a loaded question; people often balk at the risqué name, and sometimes people...
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Social Media Activism – It Works
There seems to be a lot of flack these days about so-called “slacktivism.” Crotchety adults love love love saying “Kids today don’t do anything, they just stare at their phones and tweet their twits.”...
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Pink Loves Consent – And so do I.
I confess: I was so excited about the PinkLovesConsent campaign when I thought it truly came from Victoria’s Secret. After some savvy friends of mine liked it on Facebook, I checked it out and found...
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GYT – GET YOURSELF TESTED
It’s April again, and you know what that means! No, not baseball season, no not the Final Four. No, I’m not talking about springtime (obviously, since its 30 degrees out today). I’m talking about GYT!...
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