Maybe He Doesn’t Hit You

May 11, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Maybe he doesn’t hit you but he collects your infractions and lines them up on his desk like so many surgical knives.

So You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With Herpes

May 7, 2016.Reading time 27 minutes.

Here’s what you should know, from someone who has been through everything that you’re going through.

Why I Don’t Call Herpes a “Gift”

May 1, 2016.Reading time 11 minutes.

We need to make space for nuance as the conversation about STIs becomes more than the occasional personal essay on a lady blog.

How to Give a TEDx Talk When the Internet Wants You to Shut the Fuck Up

April 19, 2016.Reading time 12 minutes.

The abuse we received for #ShoutYourStatus was intensely gendered, violent, sexual and dehumanizing.

It’s STD Awareness Month 2016. Why Aren’t We Celebrating?

April 5, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

STD awareness is celebrating us, the people who live with STDs and dare to be, y’know, okay.

The Herpes Interviews: The Guy From The Bar

April 2, 2016.Reading time 25 minutes.

“I think the fact that I’m here tonight after five weeks speaks for itself.”

How News Genius Silences Writers

March 25, 2016.Reading time 14 minutes.

The very loss of control that boxed me into writing just for my site has been exacerbated by a tool originally built to annotate hip hop lyrics.

I Am Not “Suffering” From Herpes

March 14, 2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’m exhausted today. Someone I’m seeing came over late last night to, in his words, “fuck the shit out of me,” and by the time he left it was just shy of 1:30am. I took a shower and then lazed around in bed, smelling him in my hair and remembering how he kissed my neck, how […]

Peeple Launches Today. Here’s Its Plan to Profit from Harassment

March 7, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Peeple is back, and it’s worse than ever.

BACHELORELLA: Ben Higgins Is a Softboy

March 4, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Something rare happened recently on The Bachelor: a contestant’s family called out the star of the franchise, Ben Higgins, for being a dick. Jojo’s two obnoxious brothers were the villains of the “hometowns” episode, accusing Ben of having her “brainwashed”—quite hypocritically, as it turns out. Jojo Bros #1 and #2 expressed doubt about his motives […]