Watch This Charming Short Film About Having Sex After a Herpes Diagnosis
People living with herpes are real, and we deserve to see our experiences in film. Here’s a start.
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“Bad Sex,” Or The Sex We Don’t Want But Have Anyway
Let me be clear: “bad sex” isn’t rape. By “bad sex,” I mean the sex we have that we don’t want to have but consent to anyway.
Read More“What a Wallflower Wants” Is a Ground-Breaking Romance Novel for the #MeToo Moment
This gorgeous romance novel can teach us a lot about how to honor the experiences of survivors, stand up to perpetrators and acknowledge the flawed social norms that allow rape and harassment to thrive.
Read More“The Backroads” for Exhibit A’s Lyric-Inspired Erotica Contest
“Do you ever think about how exciting it was back then to just… make out?”
Read MoreBook Review: Roadhouse Blues by Malin James
Malin James weaves something hot and unrelenting out of her experiences as a survivor to create fiction that pulses with dark life.
Read MoreIt’s STD Awareness Month 2017. Please Show Up For Us This Year
STI stigma isn’t considered a real issue by the feminist community, the body positivity community, or the larger social justice community.
Read MoreThe First Time I Had Sex After Getting Herpes
I didn’t want to fuck—I wanted to disappear inside of him where it was safe, nestled in the warmth of his approval.
Read MoreWho I Am Now (This Is a Coming Out Post)
I wasn’t ready to come out. Then a stranger sent an email to my coworkers and I didn’t have a choice anymore.
Read MoreI, Ella Dawson, Am a Slut with Herpes
I lost my virginity at eighteen, because real sluts wait until they can also vote and buy lottery tickets.
Read MoreIt’s STD Awareness Month 2016. Why Aren’t We Celebrating?
STD awareness is celebrating us, the people who live with STDs and dare to be, y’know, okay.
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