Stds - xoJane

The Year Of Two STDs Or Why My Vagina Has Been On Hiatus

Lindsey Wahowiak — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 -0500

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

Michelle Tea: "Hookers Have All Sorts of Helpful Information"

Michelle Tea — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:00:26 -0400

Plus, Quentin may in fact have gonorrhea after all.

ATTENTION: The Fear of HPV is Not Preventing Teens From Having Sex

Jackie — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:00:19 -0400

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: How Do You Ask Someone If They Have an STD?

Emily — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:00:31 -0400

In my opinion, conversations about STDs are less than worthless.

Michelle Tea: Does My Sperm Have Gonorrhea?

Michelle Tea — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:00:22 -0400

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."

In Defense of People Who Give You Herpes

Emily — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:58:58 -0400

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.

I Have Vaginal Hypochondriosis

Zoe — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:23 -0500

I have been to the see my gyno, who I have in my phone as “Vag 911,” five times in the past six months.

I Just Found Out I Have Herpes

Jennifer Lemons — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:10 -0500

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.

Obsessed With: Venereal Disease Stuffed Animals

Cat — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:03:31 -0400

Embrace your STDs, literally.