August 2012
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July 2012
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Birth Control for Men...?
I find the posts about “why don’t men take birth control pills?” really odd. Maybe it’s just my background, but especially when it’s positioned as a feminist issue, as if it were just about “equality” and “fairness.”
I’m very much in favor of and fully support of continued research and development of more birth control methods that cis...
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Where Babies Come From
Choose Your Own Comfort Level: Include or ignore as much detail as age and appropriateness require.
When two people like each other a lot [in a special way], sometimes they like to hug [and kiss] each other [and rub their bodies together to make each other feel good.]
And sometimes, hugging [and rubbing each other] [rubbing their private parts together] in just the right way starts a growing...
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friendlyangryfeminist:
I’m wary of reblogging pornographic images on Tumblr, especially more hardcore scenes.
Two reasons, really.
One is that I have no idea the labor conditions under which the image, video or media was produced. I have no idea what was consensual, what was forced. See why I don’t follow any ‘sex-positive’ blogs: I don’t trust them to check.
People think I’m too critical of...
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OMG. People reblogging the post about PEP - it is...
postmodsexgeek:
latinosexuality:
wretchedoftheearth:
If you have no knowledge whatsoever of something, don’t extol its virtues on a thread. It’s not the same as EC or even similar to EC.
1. PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis) is primarily for healthcare workers who may have been exposed to HIV through the bodily fluids of their patients. There is no research proving that it will be effective...
Introducing: for2spirits
for2spirits:
This is a blog intended for Indigenous people who identify as LGBTetc, queer, trans, two-spirit, or with a traditional or other identity that falls outside the Western idea of cisgender heterosexual. It is meant to be FOR and BY queer indigenous people; although it may educate non-queer, non-indigenous people, that isn’t its primary purpose.
Because I am a Metis two-spirited person...
New blog: The Attraction Project
fuckyeahsexeducation:
I’ve created a new tumblr for people to talk about the way they experience sexual, romantic, and other types of attraction.
http://theattractionproject.tumblr.com/
From the “about”:
The purpose is to show that people experience these things in different ways.
This is a brand-new project, and I’m still figuring things out. Advice is appreciated, un-constructive criticism...
lucrezias-sparklyhairnet asked: Thank you SO much for the reblog! My doctor didn't even bother to mention a lot of those medications. I'll make sure that I show him some of these options (and assert myself in that respect more than I did last time).
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help
mywildest-hopes:
warning: TMI. boys are highly suggested to NOT read this.
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I assume your doctor(s) aware you are taking both drugs? (If they aren’t, you need to tell them as soon as possible, because Microgestin and Lamotrigine have medical interactions with each other.) I don’t see anything suggesting an increased risk of pregnancy though.
Any time you change...
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TMI Lady Issues Time
lucrezias-sparklyhairnet:
But seriously guys, I am having a birth control crisis and if anyone has any kind of pill to recommend, I would sincerely appreciate it. (Birth control crisis in that I need a new kind of pill. I’m not possibly pregnant or anything. HAHAHAHAHAHA.)
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You can technically use almost any hormonal method to suppress menstruation, usually by skipping the...
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I hate/love birth control
theteethbehindkisses:
I am really frustrated with birth control. I am very grateful that it is available yet I do not take any other prescriptions and I am very nervous about the side effects and risks that are associated with many birth control pills. I do not think that I want kids ever; however, so it is very necessary to me to be on some sort of prevention. I have been on loestrin 24fe for...
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There Is No Universal Transsexual Experience →
oliverhyde:
from Lisa Harney on Questioning Transphobia
“Not every trans person experiences sex and gender the same way. Not every trans person is aware of being trans from an early age. Not every trans person feels the same need to transition.
There is a tendency among some trans people to talk about being “trans enough.” For example, HBS advocates believe there is exactly one experience of...
killthemonsterinsideme:
No, Not the Mermaid: OMG NOW IM SPOTTING.
ari-withtheredhair:
killthemonsterinsideme:
I’m not sure if it’s from my birth control or I’m pregnant. I haven’t had my period since I got on my BC in May (supposed to have it at the end of each pack). I had a scare in March and what I thought were periods the next 3 months……o.0 Now I’m scared
IF you are…
I have...
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OMG NOW IM SPOTTING.
killthemonsterinsideme:
I’m not sure if it’s from my birth control or I’m pregnant. I haven’t had my period since I got on my BC in May (supposed to have it at the end of each pack). I had a scare in March and what I thought were periods the next 3 months……o.0 Now I’m scared
IF you are worried, a pregnancy test can’t hurt you. But I kind of doubt you’re pregnant. It’s not unusual to have...
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how to interact with trans* individuals
tattooeddicks:
i understand that cisgender people often have trouble communicating with trans* individuals. it’s okay that you don’t understand how to go about this, as you’ve grown up in a society which treats you as the default, and trans* individuals as a sort of exotic creature.
the good news is you can overcome this! you can learn to have meaningful relationships with trans* people, and to...
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Anonymous asked: I'm 17 and a female. I've never orgasmed. I find that whenever I try to masturbate I get too squeamish and can't go through with it, so I don't understand my body and I can't help my partners to, either): Do you have any tips? I feel like it'd greatly help out my sexuality & in other aspects of my life, too. xox
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No need to freak out though, right?
camerasandpride:
I just realized that I’m on day 5 of my period cycle…and my period hasn’t come. I’m on birth control so I’m regulated. (Without it I’d have 3 or 4 periods a year.) I’ve taken 2 tests in the past month. The first so that I could ease my mind cause I thought I was having some of those early signs. The second was to shut everyone else up because every time I’d say my stomach hurts...
stfuconfederates:
semanthics:
stfuconfederates:
theworldisconfused:
I will never understand why some people have something against masturbation.
It literally hurts no one.
It does not hurt other people.
It does not hurt yourself.
And if a god exists, why would he care?
The Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) is extremely vague on the issue.
The only anecdote is the story of Onan...
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Anonymous asked: can you tell me about getting birth control from planned parenthood & cost & stuff? I'm having trouble getting in touch with them on the phone..
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HEY GUESS WHAT
fuckyeahsexeducation:
papersoup:
I’ve decided to try to become a AASECT certified sex educator, of which there are actually 0 in the state of Arkansas.
Wish me luck!
P.S. Any advice? Put it in my Ask Me Anything box.
I was actually wondering how many certified sex educators there were in my home state of Arkansas. Another reason for me to become one.
I want to hear all about your...
Planned Parenthood Experience
maeby-tonight:
Yesterday, I had an appointment to go to my local Planned Parenthood to see about getting a pack of birth control pills without a pelvic exam.
Quick back-story…my old gyno (who I’ve been seeing for 11 years or so) has recently cut her hours and become very rushed and honestly, kind of mean. I hate asking her questions because she usually snickers and gives me a one-word response....
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Why Do We Suck at Taking Birth Control →
A full 35% of sexually active women who ended up unexpectedly pregnant say they didn’t use birth control because they didn’t think they could get pregnant […]
The second largest group of unplanned births came as the result of women who didn’t use birth control because they didn’t mind if they got pregnant, the third largest group reported that they didn’t...
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“The term sex-positive describes the understanding that sexuality and the ability...”
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Melissa, CSPH Education Intern Summer 2012
[Part of our weekly Sex Positive Saturday series! Visit http://thecsph.tumblr.com for more, or to submit your own definitions.]
(via thecsph)
trainway asked: thank you so much for your response!
clavicle-bones asked: Thank you for in depth response to my very simple post! I wasn't expecting so much detailed attention, but I really do appreciate it! I have looked into the IUD, and am really considering it, because hormone free sounds great to me! I'm still waiting to have a conversation with my partner about everything, and I think that the advice of talking to him is the best advice I can get. But I...
My article on Dental Dams because I am fabulous...
republicoflabia:
Lots of people think that dental dams are only for lesbians but I’m here to say that this is so not true! Straight people often have this idea that although they might perform or receive the pleasures of oral sex, they are exempt from needing to protect themselves and their partners against what comes
with sharing fluids (sounds clinical, doesn’t it? “Sharing fluids”—but that’s...
Should we ban porn in public?
polycule:
themoralperspective:
Take a look at this interesting article in the New York Times:
It is an issue playing out not just at libraries, but in cafes and gyms, on airplanes, trains and highways, and just about any other place where the explosion of computers, tablets and smartphones has given rise to a growing source of dispute: public displays of mature content.
The subject can put...
21 things that should be taught in sex ed class....
fornaraa:
Trans people exist, are not ugly, are the gender they say they are, need support and respect, are human beings, aren’t your fetish objects or porn category, and it’s okay to be trans.
Porn can be really oppressive, and healthier (and funnier and better) sources of porn exist besides videos.
Your sexuality is okay. It is not wrong to be queer in any way. The history of the word queer,...
hey all my sex positive, free loving people out...
trainway:
so i have been thinking about something lately, is it just me or in like the past 5 years guy have been liking.. oh and i think even loving going down on a woman more than ever before? i just remember in like movies and just girls/woman/whoever talking in general that a guy doesn’t like going down on girl, but recently (last 4 years) all the guys i’ve been with and all my friends other...
becauseiamawoman:
Autism and sex.
sexreeducated:
inflateablefilth:
[Possible TW for rape and consent issues]
So, let’s talk about autism and sex. Yes, autistic people can have sex. We can enjoy sex. And we can consent to sex. Yes, even ‘low functioning’ people (and functioning labels are shitty anyway).
I wanna talk about consent. Because I see people talking about getting ‘clear, verbal...
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sexytalkwithtyra:
London sex workers ‘cleaned from the streets’
sinidentidades:
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone — sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
While Britain’s limp economy hopes for an Olympic boost, police in Newham, the deprived east London borough that is home to...
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Following your Menstrual Cycle as a Pregnancy...
[TW: Discussions of Menstruation, Pregnancy]
thenicolemethod:
Does anyone follow their natural menstrual cycle as a birth control instead of using any other kind of birth control? I keep hearing of people just tracking their natural cycle instead of using other things to not get pregnant. Does this really work?
There are several different methods that people generally describe as...
“When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of...”
– Arundhati Roy (via jahanzebjz)
It’s not about liberating her, but about unclothing her.
^extremely powerful.
(via mmmightymightypeople)
I may have reblogged this already, but it’s worth a second look.
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The menstrual cycle and birth control, a more...
As much fun and therapeutic effect as writing A Menstrual Narration was for me, I should probably translate that into actual biological functioning.
First, the hypothalamus senses very low levels of progesterone and estrogen in the body. (This will have also already triggered shedding of the uterine lining, and why it’s technically possible to get pregnant by having sex while you’re...
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The Menstrual Cycle, a Narration
Hypothalamus: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! ... Wait. What? What's going on? Nobody's here! Pituitary Gland, what are you doing!?
Pituitary Gland: What what? HEY! FSH, send off the First Deployment Phase!
FSH (to Ovaries): Get up you lazy sods, get those eggs a-cookin'!
Ovaries: Get up! Get up Get up! Everybody up! Full steam ahead! Pull some levers! Estrogen production, Stat!
Ovaries (via Estrogen to Uterus): Nursery to Landing Pad, start prepping that nest, pronto
Uterus: Copy that.
Pituitary Gland: Hm hm hm hmmmm... Hey! Where is that estrogen I ordered?! Do I have to do everything my--
Ovaries: Here it is!
Pituitary Gland: Ah. Okay good.
Ovaries (via Estrogen to Cervix): Cervix, get those bay doors open, Now!
Cervix:
Pituitary Gland: LH, Second Deployment Phase, Go!
LH: Ovaries, Deploy those Eggs! Bombs away! Landing pad, take cover!
Ovaries: Pew pew! And away....! Progesterone, coming up Sir!
Ovaries (via Progesterone): Landing Pad, we're gonna need that security doubled-- no, tripled! Visitors incoming any moment now!
Uterus: No no, We're good, we're good...!
Ovaries (via Progesterone to Cervix): I'm sure we caught something by now, Batten down the hatches, For fuck's sake!
Cervix:
Uterus: Hold Everyone, Hold... Hold, Steady as she goes...
Ovaries: Man I'm plum tuckered out. Back in 5, ya'll...
Uterus: False alarm, false alarm! Not enough hormones, abort production sequence! Clean out the nest...!
Hypothalamus: ...Why is everyone sleeping on the job?! Pituitary Gland...!
Ovaries: Oh no, not again!
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About Birth Control & the Menstrual Cycle
A lot of people seem to be really confused as to how hormonal birth control really works to prevent pregnancy, and that seems to be partly caused by a lack of in depth knowledge about how the menstrual cycle actually functions. Understanding hormonal fluctuations throughout the cycle is necessary to understand how different kinds of birth control methods interrupt fertility in different ways.
I...
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Birth Control advise please?!
lamourhier:
Okay so I started to take Aviane a few months ago and I started to get yeast infections almost every time I’m on the first week of the pills. Also I noticed i’ve been getting little red spots on my thighs. So does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do or take?
Here are the drug specifications for brand name Aviane. It looks like Aviane comes in a couple of different...