Is it awkward to whip out a banana or a cucumber (or even better, a penis model) and tell your teenager you’re going to show her the steps on how to put on a condom? Yep, no doubt. But there’s really no other good place for your teenager to learn how - except [...]
Archives for June, 2008
Condoms vs. AIDS
Happy Friday (and Happy Weekend) to everyone! I’ve started teaching my class, and am bulking up on my academic reading rather than my condom commercials…but this one jumped out as too fabulous to pass up.I also want to recommend one of Hugo Schwyzer’s recent pieces on how and when it is appropriate [...]
Conversations on gender
Gender is such a malleable concept. And it can be difficult for people who are entrenched in the general understanding of gender to understand the variances.
I spoke with my friend Sarah Dopp here some months ago, but I’m not sure I mentioned her website Genderfork, which explores androgyny and gender variance through artistic photography.
I was [...]
Blog Nosh Magazine! (or) I’m an editor!
Today the lovely Blog Nosh Magazine launches - and while I’m excited about the concept in general, I’m even more excited because I’m an editor!
Here’s what we’re doing:
Blog Nosh Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to promoting the best archived posts from your own personal blogs.
You know those really great posts you wrote before anyone [...]
On deviancy and teenage pregnancy
We have some old friends staying with us right now with their granddaughter, who is almost one year old. We’ll call our friends the Sullivans, their daughter Hannah, and their granddaughter Beth. Here is the startling story of the Beth’s birth:
Hannah was 18, and a senior in high school. The Sullivans thought [...]
Parents who talk have teenagers who listen.
Listen up, Parents: Your teenagers listen to you. You talk, they listen. They might not appear to take in anything you say, but it goes in nevertheless. And it affects them, whether they’re willing to show you or not.
And here’s the even more impressive thing: You don’t have to talk very [...]
Teenagers who…want to have a baby…WTF??
Yes, Virginia, there ARE teenagers who want to have a baby.
Yesterday Mommy B sent me to this story about Gloucester High, where the fad last year was to try and get pregnant. Is this a new trend? Nope. Is it surprising? Maybe, if you haven’t been paying attention. And will [...]
Orgasms
Recently I wrote about first masturbation experiences - and how little we really know about how and when people start masturbating. This has naturally led me to thinking about first orgasms, and by extention I’ve been reading about orgasms in general.
But as with first masturbation experiences, I really have more questions about first orgasms than [...]
Want to be a guest blogger?
I occasionally adjunct for the Universities around town, and there is one particular summer course at the University of Texas that I find much delight in teaching. It’s short and brutal (sixteen weeks of material squashed into 15 consecutive class days), but the students are highly motivated and focused. I was so pleased to be [...]
Stand By What You Say
MTV has a new initiative to reduce HIV transmission. A worthy cause to support an interesting initiative. Anyone can call Stand By What You Say and record a short message. A nifty little software called SpinVox turns your message into text, which is then posted on the homepage. Everyone who contributes is [...]
