**Editor’s note: I have a comprehensive sex ed class for middle school students starting in Austin soon! If you’re local, or local enough, that you’re interested, drop me an e-mail (karen.rayne@gmail.com), and we’ll talk!**
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How To Lose Your Virginity (And Maybe Reclaim the Other-V-Word While We’re At It)
The first book on virginity loss that I want to talk about is How To Lose Your Virginity (…and how not to) by Shawn Wickens.
Shawn describes his book as: “shocking, humorous, dangerous, sweet, & scandalous stories of the first time taken from 1,000 face-to-face interviews.” Shawn presents pretty much exactly what he promises. I’m not [...]
The virignity issue
I’ve been pondering virginity again recently. A couple of things have come up, directing my attention there.
First, I was contacted not once, but twice within the same week by authors of new books on virginity, asking me to review their books (reviews are in coming posts - this is a multi-post issue if I ever [...]
The Widening
I recently had the pleasure of reading The Widening - a novel by Carol Moldaw.
Carol asked me to review her book for this blog, presenting as a “self-contained, close-range, cut-to-the-quick vignettes, and published in the spring of 2008 by a non-profit literary press, The Widening is an edgily erotic novel; darkly comedic, intimate, [...]
Book review: The Body Scoop for Girls
The Body Scoop for Girls is a new book out in a very familiar genre. I’m all for new books in this area, because there aren’t many that I like. Disappointingly, this is another one I don’t like.
But before I review the book, I feel compelled to ask: Why another one for girls? First, there [...]
Laid
A new book hit the bookstores on Friday, and it is very well worth the trip to buy it. Laid is a collection of first person accounts of sexual experiences written by teenagers and young adults. The book tells real stories of real people. There are stories that are essentially good, bad, and mixed. [...]
Why sex education? Why now?
What do your kids know about sex?
It’s often hard to say, particularly around those middle school years and the first years of high school. Much before that, and as a parent you can assume that they’ve learned everything they know either from you, their school, or some other place that you’re aware of. Towards the [...]
Parental self worth
I recently finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory for the first time. (I know, I know, color me behind on the latest novels. Blame it on grad school, children, and running my own business and move on please.) Now, I’ve read up on some of the controversy on whether [...]
Does this metaphor even work?
As you may remember, I’ve been writing my book this week. With my nose stuck deep into my computer keyboard for hours every day, I have found myself having fun with metaphors. And then suddenly I worried that I’m the only one who has any idea what I’m even saying. So I’d [...]
Books for Pregnant/Parenting Teens
Last week I wrote about a book for pregnant teens, and said I wish I had something iron clad to recommend instead. I’ve thought about that over the ensuing week, and realized that while I don’t have one single book to recommend, I do have several that when put together I think might cover [...]
