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Under GOP pressure, University of Tennessee yanks funding for LGBT-friendly Sex Week
TweetTennessee is not known for being a sex-positive state. Many school systems choose, in fact, to outsource their high school “sex ed” to vaguely religious abstinence-only programs like Just Wait. We were revealed as one of the most hostile states to LGBT students when state senator Stacey Campfield of Knoxville expressed his support of the [...]
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From corps to class
Tweet A SYTYCB entry I was very excited to start orientation at my new university (which will remain nameless). I was even more excited when I was told that we would be doing an exercise that helps us meet other students. I am new to the town and have not had much time for social [...]
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Abstinence-only education hurts young women disproportionately
TweetA SYTYCB entry NPR is reporting that although the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States has dropped by nine percent in the past year, our rates are still three times higher than any other developed country. If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably well familiar with issues pertaining to the sometimes puritanical views [...]
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“Living Young,and Wild and Free……well if your a man!”
TweetGoing to College parties in the middle of the summer is just protocol for most teenage girls and boys my age. I can assure you no matter what country your from College parties all contain the same coinciding elements of free alcohol, Loud Music and dare I say it Horny teenagers! But it seems that as we teenagers [...]
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At the intersection of privilege and college admissions: An apology of a former Abigail Fisher