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Who's Calling Who Compulsive? Calling Out a Common Rape Survivor Stereotype
Jun 6, 2010 4:30pm
I was one of several guests on a radio show in Baltimore on Friday. The topic of the show was apparently going to be about sex education and social justice, but turned out to be more like fear-mongering and a whole lot of projections around teen sexuality mixed with focus...
How Can I Trust Her if I Can't See What She's Doing?
Jun 1, 2010 9:46pm
How do I find out if my girlfriends flirting and talking about other guys? She says she doesn't, she's begging me to trust her but how can I if we are in a long-distance relationship? Read the answer......
To: Current Resident of That Broken-Down House
May 29, 2010 1:06pm
I moved to Seattle around four years ago from Minneapolis, where I lived for six years after leaving my hometown of Chicago. Growing up in Chicago, living in Minnesota and after an early childhood on the east coast, I was used to old things, to history, to a total lack...
Queering Sexuality in Color: Ellaris
May 28, 2010 2:13pm
Time for another installment of our first-person profiles of queer people of color. This one is from someone older than the age group we serve at Scarleteen, but who came into hir sexual identity at 20. I think it's valuable to have a look at someone with more years to...
I feel like my body is wrong, but my parents say my feelings are wrong.
May 26, 2010 4:06pm
I'm a girl, but I've always felt like I'm in the wrong body. Every time I picture myself, I see a boy. I want to get a sex change, but I know how much it can cost. My parents are also Catholic, and are already angry about me not being...
How have your experiences been with sexual/reproductive healthcare?
May 25, 2010 11:42am
Excellent: I've been treated well, gotten what I need and had great healthcare providers. Good: my needs have been met, I have been cared for well, but it could...
Scarleteen Peer Sex Educator Training Announcement
May 25, 2010 10:51am
Many people have been asking about when our next peer sex educator training will be, and I'm sorry to say that I'm coming in with my founder and executive director hat on to deliver some not-so-awesome news about it. We have a very long waiting list for another session of our...
Pucker problems, or: What can I do if I don't like kissing?
May 20, 2010 6:50pm
I've realized that I just don't enjoy kissing. I love to be close to the person, and I like quick pecks on the cheeks, lips, and neck, but I don't enjoy deeper kissing. I do it, but I always feel as if I'm doing it for the other person, not...
Help us help you better...and win a free book!
May 19, 2010 4:36pm
As you might already know, what we do here at Scarleteen and the way we do it has a lot to do with what young people tell us they want and need. Rather than deciding we know what our readers and users want and need better than they do, we...
Queering Sexuality in Color: Maalik
May 19, 2010 9:57am
Time for another installment of our first-person profiles of queer people of color, this one from a young man who talks very candidly about being on the down-low, masculinity and race. Again, even if you're not of color and queer, not LGB or not of color, we think it's so important...
Disability Dharma: What Including & Learning From Disability Can Teach (Everyone) About Sex
May 17, 2010 8:10pm
Author: Heather Corinna ...
Lying, and other kinks in relationship communication
May 11, 2010 6:59pm
I caught my partner lying about his past. It was a few weeks ago and we "cleared it up" yet I still feel out of place. At first he told me that he was a virgin (I didn't really believed him since he was 24 and he told me his...
How Can Sex Ed Prevent Rape?
May 11, 2010 6:57pm
I was watching a debate about sex education today, one rife with a lot of ludicrous statements, but the statement that quality sex education could not possibly help prevent sexual abuse stuck with me. It was all the more infuriating as someone who knows too well that a lack of...
Sound Counsel: A Conversation With Lynn Ponton
May 10, 2010 6:57pm
Author: Heather Corinna and Lynn Ponton ...
Queering Sexuality in Color: Casa
May 6, 2010 3:16pm
If you're gay, lesbian or bisexual (LGB) and also of color, you don't need us to tell you how challenging that can be, nor that a lot of people -- especially those who aren't of color or who aren't queer -- don't realize, see or acknowledge much of what you've...
One of the 80 million ways young people are my s/heroes
May 5, 2010 4:33pm
On top of doing what I do here at Scarleteen (and everything else I do), I also do some outreach sexuality and sexual rights education for a youth homeless shelter here in Seattle. My partner also now works full-time at that shelter, and when he came home last night and...
How good is your communication with partners with any kind of sex?
May 5, 2010 3:16pm
I'm female-identified: I usually communicate what I want, like and don't want/like sexually. I'm female-identified: I sometimes communicate what I want, like and don't want/like sexually. I'm female-identified:...
He likes it, I don't. What now?
May 5, 2010 1:32pm
I don't feel anything at all when I touch myself. It just feels like nothing inside and doesn't arouse me at all. The only way I can masturbate is by rubbing the palm of my hand on my clit. When my boyfriend and I are together, he likes to finger...
Your body is never the problem: a letter on clothing, style, and creepy old men
May 3, 2010 12:43pm
Rachel, who blogs at Musings of an Inappropriate Woman, poses this question from her 16 year-old self: how do I stop creepy old men from hitting on me? Rachel writes of a recent encounter with her favorite advice columnist, Melissa Hoyer: Me: “OMG, I loved your column! When I was...
Glee and the Big V
Apr 28, 2010 9:15pm
High school has always provided great inspiration for movies and television. Grease, Popular, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Breakfast Club, Freaks and Geeks....the list of high-school-based movies and TV shows is pretty extensive. And then there's a new addition, Glee, set in a smallish town in the US,...
How safe (free from danger & harm) do you feel identifying your gender around people of a different gender?
Apr 28, 2010 3:52pm
I am female-bodied & female-identified and I feel safe. I am female-bodied & female-identified and I feel somewhat safe. I am female-bodied & female-identified and I feel unsafe. ...
I want to come out to my friends, but how do I make sure they'll accept me?
Apr 27, 2010 12:30pm
I'm bisexual, and I really would like to tell my friends. I mean, they seem pretty open-minded, being pro-gay rights and generally accepting. The thing is, they're being open-minded from afar. If they found out that one of their closest friends is bisexual, I'm not sure they'd be too keen...
What's Sex?
Apr 22, 2010 3:00pm
While a recent Kinsey survey pointed this out, it's not news to anyone who does any kind of sexuality education that people have a mighty hard time agreeing on what "sex" means. It's very common for someone to figure that what sex means for them, the way they have experienced...
Meet Scarleteen's New Assistant Director!
Apr 21, 2010 1:03pm
I'm thrilled to announce that beginning in May, Scarleteen will be welcoming CJ Turett as our part-time assistant director. We've never had an official assistant director before, but have wanted one for quite some time, and I can't conceive of a better person for the job. I am particularly delighted...
The Importance of Consent in Everyday Situations
Apr 19, 2010 7:03pm
Yesterday, I had my hair cut. As the stylist called my name, she asked if I would like a shampoo. I politely declined. She then noticed how thick my hair is and she said she was going to take me back to the sink to wet it. And being incredibly used...
How safe (free from danger & harm) do you feel telling other people about your sexual orientation?
Apr 19, 2010 4:53pm
I'm hetero/straight and feel completely safe. I'm hetero/straight and feel somewhat safe. I'm hetero/straight and feel unsafe. I'm bisexual/pansexual and feel completely safe. I'm bisexual/pansexual and...
What I Really, Really Want for My 40th Birthday
Apr 16, 2010 3:17pm
You probably already know I'm the founder and executive director of Scarleteen. (If not, hello! Lovely meeting you.) You might not know that on Sunday I'm turning 40. I don't normally ask the internet for birthday prezzies, but 40 is a big freaking birthday. When I was the age of most...
Spotlight on Scarleteen: Break-Ups
Apr 10, 2010 9:31pm
Unrequited love, being in love, puppy love, lost love, lovers being done wrong, and cheesy, shirtless songs about loving to be loved. Turn on the radio or your mp3 player and it seems the vast majority of songs are about love and relationships, with the notable exception of artists like...
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