Filed under: Newborns, Teens & tweens, Pregnancy & birth Thought teen pregnancy was a thing of the past? Well, if the well-publicized "celebrity" teen pregnancies that went down in 2008 didn't convince you then take a look at this. Turns out Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin are more repre...

8th grade students from the Smith Leadership Academy paid a day-long visit the AIDS Action Committee offices in early November. They were accompanied by their homeroom teacher Laura Kacewicz and the head of Smith Leadership, Kamala Sherwood. While at the AAC office a number of staff members spoke t...

As we enter the final stretch of this election season, it’s time to focus on what is coming next, and more importantly, on our goals for the future. It’s exciting – and challenging – for those of us in the HIV/AIDS community to envision a day when we are not merely scrambling to survive the ...

Aw, shit. Kmart is selling abstinence-gear for juniors. Featuring what Kmart calls a "bold abstinence screen print," the True Love Waits sweatpants come in blue, yellow and gray. I also think it's no coincidence that on the same page they carry "Life is sweet" pants. I have no idea if the pants are ...

I was having a bad day, then I found out that the Abstinence Clearinghouse has a blog. Here is some recent abstinence wisdom; it's the entirety of a post titled, "Saving Sex Until Marriage." Virginity is an asset that holds its value well. Aw, shit. I didn't know I'd be getting an economics lesson w...

Okay, everyone everywhere, it is time to take a breath and come to grips with a single fact; there are some subjects in which some people know more than you do.  There are some things that other people can do better than you.  A lot of the time, it’s because they study and practice it more t...

While I was perusing around the blog for The American Virgin - a film in the works by the woman who brought you I Was a Teenage Feminist - I found quite a gem. Trixie featured this amazing "Virgins are hot" shirt being sold at a Heritage website. They're like the guru of abstinence-only ed, marriage...

A survey in Florida showed that some teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and that a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy. Lawmakers in the state say the myths are a direct result of Florida's abstinence-only sex education. Thankfully, legislators are using these disturbing su...

If you didn't catch the New York Times Magazine piece, "Students of Virginity", make sure to check it out. It serves as a good reminder as to why the abstinence-only, modesty, chastity, or whatever they're calling it at the moment, movement is bad for women. The piece - which examines the abstinence...

Image from Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music project Yeah, yeah, we've heard it a million times: sex sells. It's often used as an excuse for why advertisers use pictures of half-naked women to sell just about every product imaginable. It shouldn't be surprising, then that anti-sex also...