Author Archives: Lara Loewenstein

Everyone knows that the holiday season is a commercial paradise. Not only is it generally required that you have to get presents for your family members, but also your college and old high school friends. And unfortunately, the days of our parents paying for such things are over. But this year instead of being the […]

When someone first asked me if I’d have sex with a person with HIV, my immediate answer was a resounding no. That was during my freshman year of high school, and the only person in the class who gave an affirmative answer was my teacher. Initially I was shocked by my teacher’s response ““ I […]

Last Friday a good friend of mine asked me to join her on a rather personal adventure: getting her hood pierced. After much debate as to the proper etiquette with respect to shaving and whether to eat before or after (she decided on after, which may not have been the best idea), we arrived at […]

Every day, millions of sperm swim up vaginal canals in search of an egg to inseminate, only to discover that they’ve been duped ““ the woman is on the pill. But it’s time for a change. Women have borne the responsibility of birth control for far too long. It’s time for sperm to find their […]

Near the end of my freshman year, some friends and I decided it would be great fun to go to the Suicide Girls’ Burlesque show. And, minus being caught on the Sunset Strip while the Los Angeles police were enforcing anti-cruising laws, it was exactly that ““ fun. It never crossed my mind to not […]

We are born sexual people. I don’t have many memories from my early childhood, but one thing I do remember is humping my parents’ newly delivered couch. I must have been about 2 years old. And even at that young, tender age, when I didn’t understand what I was doing, I did have a sense […]

Gender equality and reproductive health are not just women’s issues ““ they affect families, societies and (for those of you who need a dispassionate reason) the economy. Recent U.N. reports show that funding to health, education, and specifically women’s reproductive health in developing nations, is crucial to the fight to end poverty. As sex education […]