STIs aren’t a consequence. They’re inevitable. [Ella Dawson’s TEDx Talk With Transcript]
I don’t care how you got herpes. An STI is not a reflection of your character or a consequence of a bad decision.
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We need to make space for nuance as the conversation about STIs becomes more than the occasional personal essay on a lady blog.
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The abuse we received for #ShoutYourStatus was intensely gendered, violent, sexual and dehumanizing.
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STD awareness is celebrating us, the people who live with STDs and dare to be, y’know, okay.
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“I think the fact that I’m here tonight after five weeks speaks for itself.”
Read MoreHow News Genius Silences Writers
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.
Read MoreI Am Not “Suffering” From Herpes
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 […]
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Peeple is back, and it’s worse than ever.
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