How can you have sex when you don’t even know what sex is?
Working at Planned Parenthood, I tend to get a lot of questions about sex and sexual health. I’ve met people at parties and had them tell me about their crabs. I’ve had folks I just met at a bar, only half-jokingly, ask about a rash they had in their nether-regions. And I’ve become the resident [...]
...read moreQueer Virginity
Not a story per se, but Miriam over at Feministing has a great post about being queer and the concept of virginity.
...read moreHotel rooms are where all the best sex happens anyways.
To everyone who’s been leaving their stories in the comments, thank you so much. They’re all so different — some are heartbreaking, some are funny, some are blase, and all are definitely worth the read. I know a lot of you have been talking about how inaccurate the idea of virginity is, and how it [...]
...read moreToday, in confusing media messages!
NY Daily News: Being obese can lead to less sex – and poorer sexual health: study Sociological Images: roundup of pro-anorexia t-shirts. (That NY Daily News study raised a whole boatload of issues, like how obese women have a harder time finding partners but obese men don’t, which, you know, hello double standards. Still though, [...]
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Expect lots of extroverted, neurotic babies coming soon.
Who read NY Daily News this weekend? Did you see that article? One called “Extroverted men, neurotic women are the most fertile combination: study“? If you’re anything like me (Jewish, New Yorker, and yes, neurotic) you glanced at this and were like “Really? Then how am I not pregnant already?” But then you actually *read* [...]
...read moreWhat’s up? I’m Erica, and for the next two weeks, you’re mine.
Hey there! So, I’m Erica Sackin, one of the many guest bloggers whose semi-capable hands you’ve been left in for the next two weeks. I’m a feminist, but usually I write more about the young and tragically hip for websites such as The Awl, or FreeWilliamsburg.com. I also work for Planned Parenthood of New York [...]
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