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Scarleteen's Link-In-Bio

A list of recent links posted to Scarleteen's social media platforms.

I really hate my period

You don’t have to love your period, but you can learn to manage it to make yourself more comfortable.

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Innies & Outies: The Penis, Testes and More

You may know where the penis is, but what about the rest of it? Learn about external and internal reproductive and urinary anatomy for most penis-bearing folks.

Innies and outies: The vagina, clitoris, uterus, and more.

Innies & Outies: The Vagina, Clitoris, Uterus and More

A lot of questions about how to have intercourse, how to masturbate, and worries about what’s all going on down there can be solved by simply getting to know your own body.

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What’s This Sore on My Vulva?

Noticed something’s not quite right on your vulva? Get the lowdown here!

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Let's Dial Down Some (Maybe) Ovulation Freakouts

“AND OMFG I WAS OVULATING, TOO!!!!!!!” This sentence is becoming familiar to us.

More young people seem to be developing some new knowledge about fertility cycles. I think that’s great. Well, kind of great. Thing is, lots of the information you’re getting, or think you have, is often dodgy, only half the picture, or just flat-out wrong.

My Medication Abortions Allowed Me to Shape My Future

I no longer have to worry about pregnancy and, instead, can focus on pursuing my career goals and nurturing my relationships with the people I love.

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COCSA: What It Is, How To Know if It’s Got Anything To Do With You, and What To Do If It Does

Here are some things — from someone with nearly 30 years of experience providing sex, relationships, and health education along with lived experience as an assault survivor — to know about child-on-child sexual abuse.

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Care Web Toolkit

Our downloadable and printable templates to help you keep and organize all your healthcare information.

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From Touch to Trust: Physical Intimacy in Recovery

Opening up to yourself and to another person physically may take time, but it is absolutely possible.

At the Edge of the Bed: Learning to Want Again

You may have a curiosity to see what a new existence of desire can offer you, and you may find in it a source of confidence — within yourself, and with partners.