http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/07/the-future-of-sex-ed/ Writer, sex futurist. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:01:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/07/the-future-of-sex-ed/#comment-283 Caty Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:12:34 +0000 http://www.melissagira.com/?p=75#comment-283 I love this post, but am I not doing enough analysis and just doing the doctor-as-modern-secular-priest when I think that we still need a place for MD-originated, up to the minute information about STDs? If we didn't have "experts", I wouldn't have learned 6 years ago from Tapestry that nonxynol-9 was not an effective birth control bolstering "spermicide", but a vagina-abrasion-causing HIV risk. I do a lot of this education for my clients, etc. But *I* need to learn it from an "expert" medical source first, like Tapestry, or at least a source that can do reliable reportage on medical information, like POZ magazine. What do you think, lady? And call me, call me like Blondie.... I love this post, but am I not doing enough analysis and just doing the doctor-as-modern-secular-priest when I think that we still need a place for MD-originated, up to the minute information about STDs? If we didn’t have “experts”, I wouldn’t have learned 6 years ago from Tapestry that nonxynol-9 was not an effective birth control bolstering “spermicide”, but a vagina-abrasion-causing HIV risk. I do a lot of this education for my clients, etc. But *I* need to learn it from an “expert” medical source first, like Tapestry, or at least a source that can do reliable reportage on medical information, like POZ magazine.
What do you think, lady? And call me, call me like Blondie….

]]> http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/07/the-future-of-sex-ed/#comment-280 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2008-10-09 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:31:17 +0000 http://www.melissagira.com/?p=75#comment-280 [...] Melissa Gira » Blog Archive » The Future of Sex Ed "We started to see the impact our personal words had. That we didn’t have to segment ourselves to be read: that we could mix up sex, politics, health information, and random intimate day-to-day details, and be meaningful in a very different way to our readers. We gained their trust by seeming real in a very impersonal media landscape." (tags: blogging sexeducation sex sexuality writing internet web socialmedia) [...] [...] Melissa Gira » Blog Archive » The Future of Sex Ed "We started to see the impact our personal words had. That we didn’t have to segment ourselves to be read: that we could mix up sex, politics, health information, and random intimate day-to-day details, and be meaningful in a very different way to our readers. We gained their trust by seeming real in a very impersonal media landscape." (tags: blogging sexeducation sex sexuality writing internet web socialmedia) [...]

]]> http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/07/the-future-of-sex-ed/#comment-279 Jessica Melusine Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:23:46 +0000 http://www.melissagira.com/?p=75#comment-279 Fabulous! Fabulous!

]]> http://www.melissagira.com/2008/10/07/the-future-of-sex-ed/#comment-278 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » New media filling the void, for passion and (maybe, sometimes) profit Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:23:05 +0000 http://www.melissagira.com/?p=75#comment-278 [...] takes, if it ever happens at all. Instead, we can use the tools that are now available to us to get accurate information out there quickly, in our own voices, unpolluted by editors who are “uncomfortable” with certain topics [...] [...] takes, if it ever happens at all. Instead, we can use the tools that are now available to us to get accurate information out there quickly, in our own voices, unpolluted by editors who are “uncomfortable” with certain topics [...]

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