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"Sexy Time: Splitting The Bill On Plan B" Response3 comments

vivalafrosh wrote 6 months ago: I’m not typically one to respond to many things (phone calls included), but it’s been a … more →

Tags: Life, birth control, Boyfriend, Condom, Etiquette, One night stands, plan b, poor, Pregnancy

The health benefits of masturbation

nevenera wrote 7 months ago: After reading an article about how masturbation reduces the risk of prostate cancer (Masturbation … more →

Tags: sex, masturbation, health benefits sex

Beautifully Caffeinated?

joliesari wrote 1 year ago:   Photo from beauty.ivillage.com. All rights reserved. CCCAAFFFEEIINNE…   Is this you? Is caff … more →

Break a Leg... Seriously

joliesari wrote 1 year ago: Jiao Xiaoyu, 19, a drama student from Shanghai, who has had limb lengthening. Why bother buying heel … more →

On Sex and Running

tighthams wrote 1 year ago: The subject of intercourse before a big race (or a little one) is believe it or not – on the I … more →

Tags: sex, fatigue, health, Injuries, laid, Race Day, Racing, Running, sexual intercourse

But will Medicare pay for lube?2 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: You might have missed the part about the penis pumps. It was in a New York Times article about Medic … more →

Tags: Education, Gender, health, Medicine, New York Times, News and politics, public discourse, sex, sexuality and age

Prevention bill(s)* still stuck in committee while Democrats increase Abstinence-Only Funds3 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: File this under “with friends like these…” What has happened to the Prevention Fir … more →

Tags: Sexuality, public discourse, sex, News and politics, Education, sex and the law, sexuality and age, Reproductive 'Freedom', health

NCSF Survey on discrimination and sexual diversity

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: Just a very short post to request that you take a few minutes out of your day to take the National C … more →

Tags: public discourse, sex, Community building, sex and the law, Culture, nonmonogamy, Heterosexism, Discrimination, Research

Canada, Church, Charters and Choice1 comment

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: I’m back in the city, which means I’m back in the country. I just returned to NYC from A … more →

Tags: Sexuality, public discourse, sex, sexuality and age, Culture, pro choice, Canada, Charter for the Sexual and Reproductive Rigths of Youth

Democrats vote to increase funding for abstinence-only "education"6 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: I don’t know how I missed this item posted on the Advocates for Youth web site last week: Demo … more →

Tags: Sexuality, public discourse, sex, News and politics, Education, activism, sex and the law, sexuality and age, pro choice

The good news and bad news about the new teen birth rate data3 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: A new study by the Federal Inter-agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics reports that the teen b … more →

Tags: Sexuality, sex, Gender, News and politics, Education, Family, sexuality and age, Culture, Moral panic

A quick update on the Holsinger confirmation hearings

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: The AP filed a story this afternoon that was then run on the New York Times web page. It’s a d … more →

Tags: public discourse, sex, News and politics, Homophobia, sex and the law, Gays in the Military, health, Heterosexism, James Holsinger

Questions for Dr. James Holsinger, or those in charge of his confirmation hearings4 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: Quick: name the Surgeon General of the United States. Can you do it? I couldn’t. I know all about th … more →

Tags: public discourse, sex, Gender, News and politics, Homophobia, activism, Feminism, health, Heterosexism

"Do it ourselves" Abortion Reduction Policy

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: Atul Gawande had a very clear, concise, mostly very smart and only partially problematic op-ed in ye … more →

Tags: Sexuality, public discourse, sex, Family, activism, Culture, pro choice, Abortion, Feminism

Will New York Stop Treating Teen Prostitutes as Criminals?1 comment

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: Keep tabs on these two bills making their way through the New York State Senate and the New York Sta … more →

Tags: Gender, health, inequality, News and politics, public discourse, sex, sex and the law, sex work, sexuality and age

Sex Ed(itorials) in the New York Times.1 comment

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: The New York Times had two important editorials in the past three days dealing with important issues … more →

Tags: public discourse, News and politics, Education, sexuality and age, Sex crimes, Genarlow Wilson, health, Sex Education, abstinence only

The Supreme Court thinks Congress knows more about women's health than does the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists5 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: And: Why I continue to be grateful for the lessons I learn from my mother My mother, from whom I lea … more →

Tags: public discourse, sex, Advocacy, Info, and Activism, Gender, News and politics, activism, Culture, pro choice, Abortion

More on the Awfulness that is Gonzalez v. Carhart, the first successful nationwide banning of an abortion procedure4 comments

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: As if the outcome of the decision weren’t bad enough, there are aspects of the majority opinio … more →

Tags: public discourse, sex, Gender, News and politics, Family, activism, Life, pro choice, Abortion

Time Corrects Medically Inaccurate Statement!

Elizabeth Wood wrote 2 years ago: Online activism works, and works quickly! I’ll join the women of Feministing in congratulating … more →

Tags: Sexuality, public discourse, sex, News and politics, Education, activism, sex and the law, pro choice, Abortion


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