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November 03, 2007
Vajajay? I Think Not.
If you read last week’s New York Times article you know that our pop culture icons are talking about vaginas...or are they? No, they are talking about vajajays and if you know anything about me, you know that I don’t like it one bit. In fact, as soon as I read the article I started my Letter to the Editor campaign, which I am pleased to say, has resulted in my first published Letter.
Not that this should be a surprise, but I am completely dismayed by the idea that we have to have a more "palatable" term for vagina (and BTW, most of the time that word is really describing the vulva - so how confusing is that?). What message does that send to girls and women - are our parts so dirty that we have to use an alternative term for them? What do you think?
In more positive news, Denise over at Fast Times at Club Mom has posted a review of Third Base Ain’t What it Used to Be, and has posed a great question to her readers. Check it out. What do you have to say?
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October 29, 2007
A Little History Lesson…
After a super (yet seriously short) trip to San Francisco at the end of last week, I came back to see that Nancy over at The Centre for Emotional Wellbeing has reviewed my book. It’s always nice to see what people in related fields have to say.
In the meantime, a reader, Inness, has asked me to talk about how I started my career in sexology and sexuality education. For those of you who already know, you can skip this part, but if you don’t know, here is your chance to find out. When I was in high school, I was offered an opportunity to be part of a Peer HIV/AIDS Education pilot program at North Shore University Hospital. (With the support of my parents) I jumped at the chance. At the time, I had no idea that this experience would foreshadow my future. Needless to say, at the age of 15 I became incredibly comfortable talking about sexuality, more specifically safer sex. And when I went to college, I found myself providing the same types of information to my peers. I served as a member of FLASH, a sexual health education group on campus, wrote the anonymous sex advice column for the paper, and wrote articles about female sexuality for the campus women’s magazine.
Though I had once assumed that I would be an investment banker or an attorney, it was clear that the field/industry for me was sexuality (education in particular). Once I realized that, everything was a bit easier. I matriculated into the Human Sexuality Education program at The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (most of the program is now being conducted at Widener University) and fell in love with what I was learning. And that is where it all began.
For those of you who may be looking to join the field, there are many resources out there.
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October 11, 2007
And then there was another…
I have to say, I am so delighted by the wonderful feedback about the book. In fact, another review (and a wonderful at-home sex ed story) was posted today at The Dana Files. But while my book commentary has been super thus far, the comprehensive sexuality education movement has been faced with a new challenge - a new government sponsored PSA - which basically has children saying "Mom, Dad, talk to me and tell me to wait to have sex." Let me just say, I work with kids and teens, and that’s definitely not what they are saying (nor is it what they need). Click here to view the horror that is the abstinence only campaign.
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October 06, 2007
The Blog Tour Continues…
With more incredible reviews from wonderful writers. If you want to check out what they have to say (and there’s a lot), check out BlogHer (Mir’s post) and The Queen of Spain (where forget about the review - she relays an incredible story about her own sex ed teacher!) .
