Healthy year alert: 8 keys to success in 2018 and beyond
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By: health
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May 16, 2018
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
3 people talk about their decision to use PrEP
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By: health
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January 9, 2018
Whether through social media feeds, text messages, or old school conversations, most of us love hearing real stories from people just like us. So it’s no surprise that Tay, Cordero, and Sam—three people from different parts of the U.S.—all learned about HIV and PrEP ( Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis ) through friends and family. And now they’re […]
Our favorite health and sex articles
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By: health
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January 2, 2018
In honor of a brand new year, we’re sharing some of our greatest hits! Below you’ll find our most popular articles (plus a few of our personal faves). We hope they help you start the new year right. Enjoy! 1. Foods that make your vagina happy and healthy (yes, really) via GIPHY 2. Written in […]
Fitness for fooling around: Happy Baby Pose
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By: health
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December 8, 2017
Happy Baby Pose is a sweetly named, yet totally powerful yoga pose that lengthens and helps realign the spine, opens the hips, stretches the inner groin, and strengthens the arms and shoulders. It gets you ready for missionary and many other positions. And it’s a great stress reliever. Happy Baby Pose Get your yoga mat […]
Let’s talk about (safer) sex
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By: health
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November 29, 2017
Having a conversation with your partner about safer sex can be intimidating for a lot of people. Safer sex is a general term that is used to describe all of the ways partners can choose to prevent the transmission and acquisition of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but when thinking about bringing up safer […]
Fitness for fooling around: Cobra Pose
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By: health
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October 20, 2017
Bhujangasana. That’s the Sanskrit name of Cobra Pose, a yoga move that can stretch your abs, increase upper-body strength, reduce neck and back pain, alleviate stress, and prevent injuries by keeping the hips flexible. They say it also elevates mood, helps with menstrual irregularities, and improves digestion. Cobra Pose Lay flat on your stomach on […]
Is PrEP right for you?
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By: health
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October 17, 2017
Thanks to major scientific advances, HIV is more preventable than ever. But even with all of the available options, people between the ages of 13 and 24 accounted for about 22% of all new HIV cases in the United States in 2015. If you’re sexually active, it’s more important than ever to stay informed about […]
Was it rape? Thinking about consent and unwanted sex
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By: health
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September 12, 2017
If you had a sexual experience that didn’t feel right or wasn’t what you wanted, you might have a million questions: What if I was drinking? What if we didn’t go all the way? What if I didn’t ever say “no”? Your experience is your own, and everyone’s story is different. But if you have […]
What is stealthing, and why is it wrong?
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By: health
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August 22, 2017
Stealthing, or removing a condom during sex without asking for a partner’s permission, has been all over the Internet recently. While survivors and providers have been talking about birth control sabotage for a while now, many people are hearing about stealthing for the first time. We want to be clear: stealthing is not a “sex […]
Birth control across the gender spectrum
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By: health
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July 26, 2017
Wherever you fall on the gender spectrum—whether you’re transgender, cisgender, or gender nonconforming—you may have birth control needs. Being transgender or gender nonconforming means that you don’t identify as the gender you were assigned at birth . Being cisgender means that you do. And many folks lie somewhere along the spectrum or don’t identify as […]