Just last month, I hopped onto a meeting of the Sex Education Alliance (SEA) to talk about the most recent onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation sweeping across the U.S. The Alliance is a membership organization for sex educators who are focused on family and child education and we spend a lot of time supporting each other […]
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Sometimes I love when people ask me what I do for my job and sometimes I hate it. I usually skirt around the topic and say I’m a “health educator” at a university. Sometimes I delight in the awkwardness and say I work with sexual assault survivors. I enjoy watching people stumble out a polite
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Sitting with family, we got into a discussion about equality. A loved one said, “I don’t need equality. I want fairness.” It was indeed a fair point met with an agreement with those in the conversation. Equality is defined as “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities”. The word is foundational
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Ukraine is currently under attack by Russia and Americans are looking for more ways to help than ever. Before diving into the great organizations that you can support, let’s take a brief look at the history of Ukraine and Russia and why this invasion is a feminist issue. Back in 1991, Ukraine decided to become
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It was the early 2010s when, suddenly, conversations about sexual assault on college campuses were everywhere. At least it seemed so to me. Know Your IX — a survivor- and youth-led project that empowers students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools — was founded in 2013. In 2015, the world watched as
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Stacey Abrams, the Queen of our times! You may know of Stacey Abrams as one of the gubernatorial candidates for Georgia back in 2018. She came to fame because she was the first Black woman to run in the state. She refused to concede and accused Brian Kemp of flagrant voter suppression. She is also
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Three Mexican media workers have been murdered in January 2022 alone. Between the 10th and the 23rd, two journalists and one crime photographer were found killed, some right outside their homes. Their names are: José Luis Gamboa, Margarito Martínez, and Lourdes Maldonado López. In the most recent murder, it is documented as far back as
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Summary “Is this normal?” “Am I the only one who experiences this?” “What’s wrong with me?” These are a few of the many questions that women ask themselves when it comes to their sexuality and sex life. If you’ve ever asked one of these questions – you’re absolutely not alone. Dr. Emily Nagoski discusses, myth-busts
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Some Background In the fall I shared a lesson about teaching Latinx heritage year round using literature and art as a process of learning. I loved being able to share a lesson that my students enjoyed and I hope it inspired others to weave Latinx creators and innovators into their lessons throughout the year. Now
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The other month, I finally got my hands on The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. The book grew out of a long-form journalism project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones for The New York Times Magazine, which was originally published in August 2019. According to that special edition of the magazine, the project’s aim was to
In Many Small Communities, Fighting Book Censorship Has Become a Full-Time Job Read More »
Hello there. I’m Steph Auteri and I’m a freelance writer. I write about sex and stuff, here and elsewhere. For the past two years, however, I’ve been experiencing what I can only describe as writing paralysis. At first, it was the pandemic. Pieces were killed, projects were postponed, and prospective clients disappeared as the media
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It’s been a year since the last whirlwind of an election. Presidential elections get too much hype. The president is the highest office in the land, and it certainly is very important, but our lives are being directly affected by the folks much closer to us. (Editor’s Note: Remember our Read. Resist. Vote. limited series?
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