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The Algorithm Police: Are Social Media Policies Biased?

Date: February 20th, 2020

By: Ella Dorval Hall

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Ella Dorval Hall

We frequently get caught up in assessing the negative effects of social media for young people, particularly when it comes to their sexuality. Yet it is also common to hear from research and LGBTQ+ folx the importance of the internet for developing identity, community, and self-exploration. As Amber Leventry describes in “The importance of social…

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Date: February 13th, 2020

By: Guest Blogger

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By Tiffany Tibbs Christensen, Taylor Herrigan, Ashley Stewart, and Camille Smith What is the Healthy Teen Network Design Challenge? The Healthy Teen Network Design Challenge is a 3-day deep dive into human-centered design. The challenge provides a unique opportunity to meet with health professionals from around the country and unleash your collaborative, creative energy on…

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Date: February 7th, 2020

By: Nicholas Sufrinko

Washington, DC’s premier leather, kink, and fetish event known as “Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL)” concluded last Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend with plenty of parties, pageants, and “pup play.” I was a first-time visitor to the annual event that brings together leather, kink, and fetish enthusiasts from around the region and the globe to…
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Date: January 30th, 2020

By: Ella Dorval Hall

By Ella Dorval Hall How are young people using technology to tend to their sexuality? How is technology shaping young peoples’ intimacy? And how do professionals incorporate these topics into their work? Today technology feels undeniably baked into sexuality—dating apps, porn, smartphone-controlled sex toys, social media, sugar daddy apps, virtual reality, gifs, etc. Relationships often…
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Date: January 23rd, 2020

By: Bob Reeg

The new year provides an occasion for Healthy Teen Network to update our members and supporters on the status of (y)our federal public policy priorities. January 2020 brings us into the second year of a two-year legislative session of the 116th Congress. Before recessing in late December 2019, Congress passed and the President signed into…

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Date: January 17th, 2020

By: Healthy Teen Network

Each year, approximately 19,400 women and 12,100 men are affected by cancers caused by HPV. We broke it down, by the numbers, in this short infographic, designed to help parents learn more about the HPV vaccine and why it’s so important for children to receive the vaccine. Want more? Check out our full suite of…

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Date: December 22nd, 2019

By: Healthy Teen Network

Wishing you happy holidays, from our family to yours! We'll see you in the new year! As you make those New Year's resolutions, we encourage you to join SisterSong and many other organizations and allies for a tweet storm on New Year's Day to talk about our #RJresolutions, or reproductive justice resolutions. What are your…
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