Tag Archives: stigma
Quick Hit: Stigma, Shame, and Sexuality Series
TweetThis week, Gender Across Borders, RH Reality Check and the global reproductive rights organization Ipas are teaming up on a great blog series on stigma, shame, and sexuality. Despite the progress that human rights advocates are making worldwide, stigma seems to pervade as a nebulous stumbling block. The bulk of the series focuses on abortion, [...]
I Had HPV and Lived to Tell the Tale
TweetAs a follow-up from Maya’s post yesterday and for #HPVDay today, this is a guest post by Bryce Covert, a writer and editor who works on feminism, economic equality, and progressive politics. You can find her work here. I was 24 when I found out that my health insurance would cover the full cost of [...]
Fight sex-negativity by tweeting that you’ve had HPV tomorrow
TweetCourtney mentioned the “so-called Ayelet Waldman overshare” yesterday, but I think it deserves its own post because I agree so hard with Jill that this is why we are losing as a culture. To recap: After Michele Bachmann made ridiculous and patently false claims about the HPV vaccine in an effort to score political points [...]
Also tagged HPV, Sex, sex education, slut-shaming, STDs Comments closed
Respecting HIV-Positive Women, Regardless of their Pregnancy Status
Tweet This week, a new report found that “virtual elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan African is possible by 2015. The report cited two main factors in achieving this exciting health milestone: “significant progress” in increasing HIV-testing among pregnant mothers in the region, and more antiretroviral drugs that are therefore being administered to [...]
Also tagged Africa, discrimination, global health, HIV/AIDS, International, Uncategorized Comments closed
Quick Hit: A history of abortion-focused smear campaigns