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Your Map to the Condom Aisle

Heather Corinna — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:17:04 -0700

But intercourse DID totally change my vagina!

Heather Corinna — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:36:20 -0700

I don't feel safe with him: how can I change my feelings?

Heather Corinna — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:09:40 -0800

Older boyfriend wants to add a second male partner: what do I do?

Heather Corinna — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:59:31 -0700

Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Three Words Most Likely to Make My Blood Boil

Heather Corinna — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:03:58 -0700

I hate, hate, hate that phrase. Nearly everywhere I go or look as a young adult sexuality educator anymore, I run into it incessantly. Let me be clear: I don't hate doing all that we can, to help people of every age to avoid pregnancies or parenting they do not want or do not feel ready for. I'm so glad to do that, and it's a big part of my job at Scarleteen and elsewhere when I work as a sexuality and contraception educator and activist.

The hormones made me do it?

CJ — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:15:37 -0800

I'm bisexual, so why don't I feel exactly the same about men and women?

Heather Corinna — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:16:56 -0700

Emergency Contraception

Heather Corinna — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:07:16 -0700

We get a lot of questions from teens who are wondering if they can prevent pregnancy after intercourse, whether the concern is due to a broken condom or from not using any method of contraception in the first place. Regardless of how it happened, there is something that can reduce the risk of pregnancy if used within 120 hours (or with an IUD, eight days) of your risk. That something is Emergency Contraception.

Comprehensive Sex Ed for the Comprehensively Celibate

KMPatwardhan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:04:35 -0700

As someone who was all but completely celibate throughout high school and this was not at all by conscious choice, I can tell you that I often found it frustrating to deal with the fact that a lot of teenagers were under- or mis-informed about safer sex, that a lot of teenagers were sexually active, and that a lot of politicians and think tanks believed in stanching teenage sexual activity entirely. I was fourteen when I started listening to Loveline (though I didn't always agree with Dr. Drew) and it began my path of sex-pertise (as it were). I was eager to get informed.

SEXploration: The Naked Truth and Savage Love

Joey — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:11:43 -0700

I am halfway through my exchange semester in the US, and enjoying all of the opportunities that an American college campus affords me. This past week, my campus put on an event called “Sexploration Week”. Run by the university's health center, this meant info-stands with free condoms, rapid-result , anonymous HIV testing, and several presentations by guest speakers. As both a curious college student and someone who is interested in the field of sex education, I was very excited about the event.