Laid: Young People’s Experiences with Sex in an Easy-Access Culture Edited by Shannon T. Boodram. Seal Press, 2009 Perhaps I had unrealistic high expectations for this book. “The basement smelled like sex,” the book starts. “That thick, musty scent that sits in the air and clings to everything it touches. I inhaled deep and hard, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘scarleteen’
Scarleteen: Help Lift Sex Ed to a Higher Plane
I’ve written about the sex education network Scarleteen before, calling for support and donations to help keep this invaluable resource going strong. I’ve been following Scarleteen and the work of its Executive Director, Heather Corinna, since probably around 1997 or ’98, and have been enamored especially of her photography and her work on her site [...]
Important Calls for Support: Home Alive & Scarleteen
I know there are dozens – hundreds – more organizations that also need support, but these two in particular are very dear and important to my heart, they’re community organizations that have provided so much help and support and information to underserved, underrepresented groups. SAVE HOME ALIVE is a grassroots effort to save a grassroots organization, Home Alive, out of Seattle. And Scarleteen, which I’ve linked to here often and hopefully you already know about, is a sex education and resource center aimed at teens.
