May 2008 Archives
May 05 2008
Relationship Redux
Please, all of you, read this article from the New York Times. It is, apparently, an award winning essay and there are more to come from the same competition that led to this one. I love its pace and candor, and Marguerite Fields needs to immediately write more and start her own blog. But what she reports is so, so depressing to me. Doesn't this sad chronicle show -- definitively -- that we have lost our way? I find it deeply distressing that this saga of random hook ups and failed connections is part of the legacy of the women's movement and the advent of modern contraception. I thought the point of those two advances, in particular, was the chance to deepen human relationships. Is there anything about what Marguerite reports that suggests progress? Discuss.
May 01 2008
Would You?
May 7, 2008 is the 7th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. On the National Day (and throughout the month of May), teens are encouraged to visit The National Campaign's teen website -- StayTeen.org -- and take a short, scenario-based quiz that challenges them to think about what they would do in different risky sexual situations. In addition to the National Day Quiz, The National Campaign is offering an online widget (like the one posted above) that allows teens to add the National Day Quiz to their profiles on websites like MySpace and Facebook and an online video contest for teens.
For more information and to see what others around the country are doing to support the National Day, visit our National Day page the TheNationalCampaign.org.
