From April 26th to 28th, I represented Sex, Etc. at the annual Youth Tech Health (YTH) Live conference in San Francisco. The conference gathers the young and not-so-young to present and discuss how technology is being used to provide sex […]
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Despite a decline in teen pregnancy rates over the past few years, there are still many teenagers who become parents. As you can imagine, teen parents face a lot of challenges. It’s already hard enough to balance things like grades, extracurricular…
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Two years ago, Arizona passed a law that requires schools to present childbirth and adoption as preferred options to abortion. And just a few weeks ago, a suburban Phoenix school board voted to change a chapter in an honors biology […]
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There was something big happening in Colorado on Tuesday—something very serious. Colorado was trying to pass Amendment 67, which is a “personhood” amendment. What “personhood” means is that a fertilized egg would have the same human rights…
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Spermania is a game that takes players on a journey through the female reproductive system. Available for use on Android devices, the game follows the main character, the sperm, as it enters the uterus, passes obstacles—including viruses, white blood…
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When I first heard about the Facebook group “Women Against Feminism,” which actually originated from a very popular Tumblr site, I honestly thought it was a parody. As a self-identified feminist, I found it hard to believe that so many […]
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“Keep calm and trust youth innovation.” That’s what Jamia Wilson, YTH Executive Director, said at the opening plenary of the YTH (youth + tech + health) Live Conference in San Francisco earlier this month. And while I was trying hard […]
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Happy birthday, dear Sex, Etc., happy birthday to you! This month, we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sexetc.org! In the last decade and a half, we’ve seen some incredible changes. Our cell phones are smaller, the Internet is faster and […]
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