Watch This Charming Short Film About Having Sex After a Herpes Diagnosis

April 5, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

People living with herpes are real, and we deserve to see our experiences in film. Here’s a start.

My Thoughts on Usher’s Herpes Lawsuit

August 9, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

This is a complicated story where no one wins.

April 29, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

On May 9, I commemorate a very important anniversary.

April 2, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

STI stigma isn’t considered a real issue by the feminist community, the body positivity community, or the larger social justice community.

March 15, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I didn’t want to fuck—I wanted to disappear inside of him where it was safe, nestled in the warmth of his approval.

November 30, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

It’s time to do the systemic work and take on the underlying structural issues that make herpes stigma so powerful.

September 13, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Let me be very clear: I will never endorse an STI dating site. Period. Ever. You’ve got the wrong woman.

July 18, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Being the Face of Herpes doesn’t pay well.

July 4, 2016.Reading time 12 minutes.

Barring an unforeseen celebrity scandal, I don’t want to publish the word “herpes” until the heat breaks in Brooklyn.

May 11, 2016.Reading time 25 minutes.

I don’t care how you got herpes. An STI is not a reflection of your character or a consequence of a bad decision.