A few months ago I had the pleasure of meeting the dynamic John Styn at SXSW Interactive. I was fascinated by John’s Hug Nation. Schools across the country are banning all physical contact between students - including hugs. I find that teenagers need hugs - they need physical contact. In fact, we all need hugs, [...]
Archives for Internet
Donations for Online Comprehensive Sexuality Education
I love my work. There is no other reason for me to take such incredibly poor pay for the extensive time and energy I put into it. Sadly this is the case for most sexuality educators. While I wish we were all paid a living wage, we simply are not.
In a similar vein, I wish [...]
New Blogroll
Hi Folks,
I’ve got a new blog roll over there on the right side fo the screen. (If you’re reading this in your e-mail or RSS reader, click onto my site. It’ll make more sense.)
You’ll notice I have the links split into two general categories - for parents/adults and for teens/preteens. These groupings are not necessarily [...]
How to do it: in the words of a young adult
I have recently been drawn into a conversation about teenagers, sexuality, and online activities on a massive e-mail group. The conversation was started by a father posting a link to this Daily Mail article about the excessive promiscuity and online sexual activity teenagers are regularly engaging in. I was unimpressed by the article - and [...]
What to do with that pesky YouTube?
Dr. Kris Gowen was lovely enough to take some time to talk with me last week about teenagers and the Internet - particularly YouTube.
Kris modestly describes herself: I have been a sexuality educator for 14 years and I have spoken nationally on teens, the Internet, and sexuality at conferences and at public, community-based venues.
What she [...]
Awards and such
I have something to confess: I am highly remiss and negligent. On October 20th, 2008 Paul Sunstone awarded me with his highly prestigious, highly sought after Sun Mountain Award. It even comes with a number! See:
But seriously, I am very honored. Paul’s blog, Cafe Philos, is one of my favorites. Paul’s posts are always interesting, [...]
Blogs and thiefs
Yesterday - as with most days - I had more on my schedule than I could realistically get done. About midday, as I was triaging, I noticed that there was a new link to my blog somewhere out there in the Internetz. Generally I try and click through to anyone that’s linked to my blog [...]
Preventing HIV
RH Reality Check is a great organization that serves individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. One way RH Reality Check does it’s great work is through a series of videos called Our Reality Video Series.
For the moment, here is an interview with two women living with HIV. They [...]
Advertisements - the good, the bad, and the ugly
Happy Friday!
I had a serious post in the works that went back to Wednesday’s post about The Hurried Child, addressing Dr. Elkind’s assertion that middle school and even early high school is too young for sex education and that a class is an inappropriate place for sex education to be taking place. But it’s Friday [...]
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 [...]
