Last week, my stepfather, Mosch Virshup, was in a terrible bicycle accident. He is unconscious in the neurological ICU at the University of New Mexico Hospital.
Mosch came into my life when I was already a teenager – I met him through the church youth group as a high school freshman. The first time [...]
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About Mosch, my stepfather
Sexerati and Girl-Children
Last week I was interviewed by Melissa Gira on Sexerati and Felicia on Reign of the Girl-Child. Here is a bit of a teaser from both, so you’ll go read the whole interviews where they actually live.
Questions from Melissa Gira on Sexerati:
MGG: I’ve heard a number of adult educators working with youth & teens around [...]
Who’s on first?
Today’s funny comes from the fabulous webcomic xkcd. Here is the direct link.
How to talk with…your parents…about sex
I am delighted to let everyone know that Scarleteen.com recently published a piece I wrote for teenagers called About That “Talk” with Your Parents…. You and your teenagers should all read it.
The highlights include:
Your parents probably want to talk with you about sex too, and they just can’t find the words to start the conversation!
Talking [...]
Who jumps first?
One of the things I talked about in my presentation last week was the difficulty of starting conversations about sex. This is only exasperated, of course, when you’re trying to have the conversation between generations rather than within the generations.
I talk with my friends, my peers, about sex. Most (although not all) teenagers and adults [...]
A Top Ten list for talking to teenagers about…you know…
One of my old posts - A Top Ten List for Talking to Teens About…Well, you know… is up online today at RH Reality Check! Go check it out, either at RH Reality Check or on my site.
ICUUW Wrap-Up and International Sex Education
What a weekend!
This International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (ICUUW) has brought together so many amazing women who do so many amazing things that I have simply not been able to keep up. I am also quite sleepy from staying up far too late with the young people and getting up far too early with [...]
I am at the ICUUW Conference
Yesterday I arrived in Houston for the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (ICUUW). I am delighted to be here with 550 or so other Unitarian Universalist women, talking about how to improve the lives of women around the world. On Saturday I will be presenting about how and why to increase the intergenerational conversations [...]
On becoming thin, and my story
I recently received a short e-mail from a friend. She agreed to let me post it here, in it’s entirety:
Subject: body thought
When I am happy–I eat–I gain weight.
When I am sad–I don’t eat–I lose weight.
When I am on the thin side, people compliment me all the time. When I am on the fat side, people [...]
Where has Karen been?
I apologize for my absence here and everywhere else online. This has not been a happy absence.
Very early in the morning on Friday, February 6th my cousin Craig Arriola fell backwards off his second story balcony and fractured his scull. It was thirty, forty minutes before he was found, and despite the best medical care [...]
