Topic: STDs

I’m Mostly Proud Of How I Dealt With My Herpes Diagnosis

One picture of herpes is enough for one day, don’t you think? More »

XOJane Writers Are Stupidly Spreading Herpes

Just so we’re clear – this is not slut shaming. I am entirely down with you fucking everything that moves if you wear a condom or take other sane person precautions. This is stupid shaming. More »

Dear Gloss Readers: AIDS Is Still Real, Still Terrifying

Yesterday, editor in chief Jennifer Wright published a Real Talk in which we asked men and women whether or not they were ever concerned about contracting HIV/AIDS. We were pretty surprised by what we learned. More »

Real Talk: Have You Gotten Gardasil? Women Share Their Thoughts On The HPV Vaccine

Earlier this month, Michele Bachmann tried to equate Gardasil–the suddenly controversial HPV vaccine–with “mental retardation.” It’s 1) deeply irresponsible that Bachmann would say something like that on national television without a shred of evidence and 2) appalling that she said “mental retardation” with a straight face. More »

Why Prudes Have All The Fun

How great is hanging out watching British comedy shows?

There’s an article up over on College Candy about how sluts have all the fun. What? Just because they look great in tank tops? No! They don’t even know what fun is. Prudes are having all the fun. Sluts do not have time for all the fun! And one day, prudes will have all the cats! All the cats! Here is why being a prude is the funnest. More »

Party Favors: Powers Combine

A Captain Planet movie?! -The Frisky

The pill can help prevent HIV infection? -YourTango

Concerning the stigmatization of STDs. -College Candy

Ridiculous home-related fights we’ve had. -ShelterPop

Today in Hollywood sex panics. -DoubleX

Do you know about butter tarts? -The Hairpin

The 10 best Twitter feeds in the fashion industry. -The High Low

Apparently Alexander Wang only eats extremely delicious foods. -Styleite

Ignore the Kardashian sticking out of it: that ivory blazer is pretty and summer perfect. -The Budget Babe

Public service announcement: how to wash your face. -YouBeauty

A checklist for getting bikini-ready (without having to hit the gym). -Birchbox

…Or you could exercise! …For your body type! -Betty Confidential

Horse Herpes Outbreak Forces Cowgirls To Ride Stick Horses (No, Really)

This is apparently an actual news story. More »

Real Talk: Horrifying Ways Our Parents Found Out We Lost Our Virginity

Well, they’re not all horrifying. Some of them are.

Yeah, most of them. More »

Here’s Why 32% Of You Aren’t Using Condoms

Yesterday we wrote about whether or not anyone was using condoms. Answer: some of you are. At last check, the poll indicated that 68% of you either use them all the time or until you or your partner has been tested. And then there’s the other 32% of you who are insane wild risk takers who would probably like to go shark diving drunk. Here are some of your comments the offer insight into why so many of you are opting to skip the wrap (though I am a little surprised that no one cites religious reasons. I am expressing that surprise via a Pope condom picture): More »

What We're Reading:

This Will Drive Your Man Wild Before Sex
Source: The Stir
Why Kissing Matters During Foreplay
Source: YourTango
Woman Divorces Soldier Who Lost Legs Because She Wants A Normal Life
Source: The Stir
3 Ways He Can Tell You're Faking An Orgasm
Source: YourTango
6 Ways Sex Can Make You More Attractive
Source: YourTango

Does Anyone Actually Use Condoms?

We all know that we’re supposed to “use a fucking condom, use a condom fucking”*. But are we? More »

Party Favors: When Snakes Get Married

These five places to meet men are especially useful because they’re places you already go to anyway. – Betty Confidential

A 16 foot long python and her slightly smaller boyfriend were married a few days ago in Cambodia. Nearly 1,000 people attended. – Telegraph

10 percent of teens with STDs claimed they had been abstinent. Do we have to bring in our high school health teacher to talk about how intercourse isn’t the only kind of sex? – Double X

Technology makes dating more complicated. Here are some rules that should apply to texting, sexting, and the rest. – HowAboutWe

If you’re trying to conceive and want a girl, eat leafy greens and brown rice. If you want a boy you should probably eat snips and snails and puppy dogs’ tails. – Babble More »

5 Dating Habits To Drop Next Year

All right, ladies. It’s about to be 2011. That’s practically the future. It’s time to clear out dating habits that scream “2009″ and start acting like women of the new decade — nay, the new millennium! Here are five habits to drop if you’re still doing them: More »

If You Have Unprotected Sex, You Will Be Vampire Violated

Normally, I like to go the “please don’t have unprotected sex, eventually you will get a disease, because that is what happens to everyone who consistently has unprotected sex” route but the US Navy one-upped me (they’re always doing that). … More »

Video: The Safe Sex Flash Mob

The Possibility Project is behind a “safe sex flash mob” that recently convened in New York’s Washington Square Park. The park, which is in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, is near universities like NYU and The New School.

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