Heather Corinna

We get a lot of questions from teens who are wondering if they can prevent pregnancy after intercourse, whether the concern is due to a broken condom or from not using any method of contraception in the first place. Regardless of how it happened, there is something that can reduce the risk of pregnancy if used within 120 hours (or with an IUD, eight days) of your risk. That something is Emergency Contraception.

Am I blue? Find out what “blue balls” are really all about: the facts may surprise you.

When I was a teenager, having sex wasn’t really part of my rebellion. Having GOOD sex was. Now, I know that I’m kind of not supposed to even say this stuff out loud, especially within earshot of anyone under 18… or 21 or 29 or whatever this week’s proper age for sexual activity issued forth from…

I’ve recently been unable to put down The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler. (It’s a tough month for my bedside table, which has had to bear the physical and emotional weight of that book, as well…

A vaccine is available to help prevent the spread of some types of HPV for people of all genders. Have a click to find out more about it.

(Thanks for the AU link, Stephen.) …a Federal Government-funded study revealed teenagers are crying out for better advice on sexual intimacy and relationships. The groundbreaking study, funded by the Australian Research Council, shows that while an increasing number of youngsters are sexually…

The morning after pill is now legal in the U.S. for over-the counter use, without a prescription, for those over 18. But what does that mean to you? Following is an in-depth question and answer page about the decision and how it will be applied for all women, about Plan B, and about pharmacist refusals and how to manage them. Please circulate this information and/or link it as widely as possible, (with attribution to the author, please). The FDA press release from the day of the decision stated:

It’s hard enough to stomach this administration’s claims of a “War on Terror,” when fighting that war (as if that wasn’t ironic enough already) involves taking water and work away from civilians, and thousands of deaths and injuries for Iraqis and American soldiers alike. But when, today, the Supreme Court negated federal protections for abortion clinics against violence, when the Bush administration supported a “pro-life” group with a validated history of a wide scope of clinic violence, including bombings (again with the irony), all one could really ask oneself was…

Studies, and reports on them, like this amaze me. Of course, the pro-life blogs and sources are all over this already like white on rice. Of COURSE a lot of women suffer long-term trauma with abortion, and of course it’s longer-term than miscarrying (pity they didn’t also include women’s…

At least once every couple of days, someone posts or writes into Scarleteen reporting that vaginal entry – usually intercourse or manual vaginal sex, and usually (but not always) with cisgender male partners – is painful, uncomfortable, or unfulfilling for them. Whatever sort of vaginal entry we’re talking about – with fingers, a penis or a dildo, with partners of any gender – not only doesn’t have to be painful, it really shouldn’t be. More than that, any kind of sex shouldn’t be about a lack of pain, but about the presence of pleasure.