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Dan Jubelirer is a 2010 Netroots Fellow at Amplify, a youth-driven community dedicated to promoting sexual health and reproductive justice. He is a 17-year-old youth activist, advocating and lobbying for sexual reproductive health and rights

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By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

“The Life Zone:” Anti-Choice Horror Movie Is An Insult to Young People

Crossposted on Amplify
We know politicians regularly use fear tactics to advance their agendas, but what about Hollywood? A new blatantly anti-choice horror film, The Life Zone, is emerging as the summer’s worst movie. This film engages young people in a disrespectful way. Rather than appealing to our intelligence or capacity for nuanced ethical thinking, it uses blind fear to scare young people into being anti-choice:

Here is the trailer for the film, which is premiering at film festivals now and will be released conveniently around the 2012 Presidential elections.

In the movie, an old white man presides over three young girls who have been kidnapped for committing a great sin: choosing to have an abortion. They are then kept in a dungeon for the remaining seven months and forced to give birth.

The movie is essentially a campaign piece, trying to scare young people into adopting an anti-choice political view. The filmmaker, Kenneth Del Vecchio, just so happens to be a Republican candidate for the New Jersey State Senate, and the film will be released some time in the next year in the heat of the presidential campaign season.

By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

Obama: Address Sexual Assault on College Campuses

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The past week has been an exciting time for me: college decisions were released! Having gotten into several of my top choice schools (Duke, Tufts, GW) I can stop worrying about the college admission process and start getting excited about going to college next year.

My excitement for the beginning of college, and the anticipation of expansive, fun, life changing experiences is tampered by the fact that sexual assault and rape on college campuses is all to prevalent. At least 1 in 4 college-age women will be victims of sexual assault, and while the rates are lower men can be victims as well.

To me, thinking about college next year, 1 in 4 is a staggering number. What ...

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By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

Ke$ha Promotes Safe Sex with 10,000 Custom Condoms, Fan Appreciation Video

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With such high teen pregnancy rates in the US, people from all domains of society – the media, schools, musicians, politicians, even religious leaders- need to find creative solutions for promoting safe sex. Kudos to Ke$ha for doing just that.

Yesterday news broke that Ke$ha has landed a deal to have her face put on 10-15k condoms, which she will distribute for free at her concerts. While some criticize her for her party girl image, Ke$ha also has a responsible side. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any developed nation with 750,000 teen girls becoming pregnant every year. Condoms will be shot out of cannons ...

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By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

Dismissed for Pre-Marital Sex: BYU Not Taking Responsibility for Student’s Health

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Brigham Young University basketball starting player Brandon Davies committed a terrible offense: pre-marital sex with his girlfriend. BYU’s honor code forbids students from having premarital sex and instructs them to “live a chaste and virtuous life.” This move by the university this highlights the negative attitude towards sexuality harbored by many conservative religious traditions, especially Mormonism. At a university so conservative on their views about sex, I am concerned about the student’s sexual health and safety. Surely at a University that does not “allow” pre-marital sex, students still are in need of sexual health services. Doesn’t a university that prides itself on being a moral institution ...

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By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

Dismissed for Pre-Marital Sex: BYU Not Taking Responsibility for Student’s Health

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By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

Bristol Palin Dropped From “Sex Week” Panel

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Washington University of St. Louis hosts an annual Sex Week, to “start an open sexual dialogue, encourage students to experiment with sexual viewpoints that differ from their own and to provide wide-reaching sexual education.”

Originally, they chose Bristol Palin to be the keynote speaker for the event. Wash U was going to pay her $20,000 to speak about sexual responsibility. After having a baby in 2008, teen mom Bristol Palin embarked on an ironic campaign to advocate for (obviously) ineffective abstinence-only sex education. Students at the university did not think she was qualified to speak to them about sexual responsibility; they mounted protests and gathered petition signatures to ...

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Washington University of St. Louis hosts an annual Sex Week, to “start an open sexual dialogue, encourage students to experiment with sexual viewpoints that differ from their own and to provide ...

By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

A Tough Year Ahead For Abortion Rights

Crossposted on Amplify, as part of the 2011 Roe V. Wade Blog-A-Thon
Today, January 22nd, is the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which legalized abortion in the United States. Today we have a lot to be thankful for, and we also have to brace for a tough fight ahead. Republican control of many state legislatures means we could see the most anti-choice legislation passed in decades.

Looking at the current state of abortion laws all over the world, there is a lot to be thankful for in living in the United States. The Roe V. Wade decision has done so much to protect safe, legal abortion in the United States, helping protect ...

By teenadvocatedan • 13 years ago

The Girl Who Cried Wolf? The Details of the Rape Accusations Against Julian Assange

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Love him or hate him, Julian Assange is in prison not for leaking classified information, but for alleged rape. The details of his case are bizarre and vary widely between different news reports. The case exposes issues of consent in sexual encounters, which is a very important issue to have in the public consciousness, and the case aslo runs the risk of making if harder for victims to get justice in the future if he turns out to be innocent.

So what really happened? While we just don’t know all the exact details, NPR did a very good job of piecing together the facts. (Entire news story audio here.)

NPR: [the women] ...

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Love him or hate him, Julian Assange is in prison not for leaking classified information, but for alleged rape. The details of his case are bizarre and vary widely between different news ...