This weekend, John McCain announced that his running mate would be Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. It seems there has been little talk of anything else since that announcement…particularly since the announcement that Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is 5 months pregnant.
There has been much written on the topic since the announcement, while I was away attending [...]
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Palin and teenage pregnancy and…everything else
Racism and Relationships
[This post written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen]
I have just completed a summer program at the southeastern university that I will be attending starting next week. The program was a math refresher course for incoming freshmen, around 30 in total with four being a minority and four being female. I have three suitemates, and since the [...]
Homosexuality
I learned this week that I have no patience for people who are anti-homosexual. Part of the issue is that I just don’t get it. I just don’t understand why one person would have such strong feelings as to be “anti-” two women or two men being in a loving, sexual relationship. Why all the [...]
To the next President
I’m really not back on my feet again from the events in Tennessee on Sunday. So today I am merely pointing you towards a great blog post: Violet Blue wrote a great piece yesterday on RH Reality Check to the next president on how to completely re-vamp sexuality education in America. Here’s her down-and-dirty what-to-do [...]
McCain Women’s Clinic
McCain Women’s Clinic
McCain Can’t Explain Voting Against Birth Control
McCain Can’t Explain Voting Against Birth Control
I generally don’t venture into trouncing one campaign or another in this space. But - you knew there was going to be a but - I can’t go silent in this particular presidential election. John McCain has such a poor record when it comes to voting pro-women [...]
Time on Ladyboys in Thailand
I was delighted to read this article in such a “popular” magazine as Time:
Where the ‘Ladyboys’ Are
Monday, July 7th, 2008
By Hannah Beech
Life can be complicated enough for members of the transgender community — the last thing they need is to hesitate between two bathroom doors: Male or female. Luckily for students at the Kampang high [...]
Sexism. Politics. (admittedly a little bit late on the second one)
Today I am thinking about the intensely personal nature of -isms. Mostly about sexism and racism.
These are the two -isms that we talk about the most. Both of these -isms have been highly visible in the democratic primary.
I realized early on that I had a very personal, very emotional investment in Hillary Clinton. Politically [...]
Virginity, Virgin, Virginal, Are you…?
I have been thinking a lot about virginity recently.
A sex ed teacher recently asked me how I would respond to a 6th grade girl who asked for the definition of “virgin.” Does “virgin” apply to those who have done a wide range of sexual activities, but have not engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse? Or [...]
Gay Marriage Legalized in California!
While I napped this afternoon, the most amazing thing happened…
It takes effect in 30 days. Read more from the New York Times. Or, perhaps more fittingly, the Los Angeles Times.
