stds
By June, I thought my vagina was in the clear. It was time, I decided, to start dating.
Lindsey Wahowiak in

Jan 2, 2013 at 2:00pm | 149 comments

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kids
A bishop at a Catholic school in Canada has outlawed the Gardisil HPV vaccine for his students, under the archaic, broken logic that providing teens with the tools to protect themselves will only encourage them to bone.
ask emily
In my opinion, conversations about STDs are less than worthless.
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Checking email on my phone while I wait for a flight to Los Angeles to visit my sister, I find one from Quentin. It’s titled "Immaculate Infection."
herpes
Nobody wants an STD. I guess that's why, when it comes to the topic of getting one, or especially the dirty screwed-up sociopaths who give them to people, emotions run high.
Emily in

Jun 6, 2012 at 1:58pm | 243 comments

gynecologist
I have been to the see my gyno, who I have in my phone as “Vag 911,” five times in the past six months.
herpes
I’d suspected something awful a long time ago, when I got what I now know was my first outbreak. I know I shouldn’t have, but I went about my sexual business in the usual way.
Jennifer Lemons in

Dec 7, 2011 at 3:00pm | 0 comments

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