i'm currently working on a couple of longer blog posts, that i hope will be up soon, but just a quick bit of news -- the APA published a study on August 13th that determined that "the best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they ( Read more... )

it's a posting bonanza!

actually, i just realized that the curriculum i wrote is available online: http://www.learningaboutliving.com/south.

so, check it out!

disclaimer: this is not the curriculum i would write given complete creative freedom.  this curriculum is based on the nationally standardized nigerian sex ed curriculum, and was edited for " ( Read more... )

ok, so my friend alice, the british volunteer, got married about a week ago to a nigerian.  being as alice was born here, this isn't all that shocking, and provided me not only my first chance to attend a traditional wedding, but also my first chance to wear traditional dress.  though, to be fair, it wasn't so much traditional dress as a vaguely ( Read more... )

this email appeared in my inbox today (thanks to the pepfarwatch listserv), and i really wanted to pass it along.  those of you who live/vote in the US, please pay attention to this.

Dear Chelsea,

Yesterday afternoon Congresswoman Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Shays (R-CT) re-introduced the Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act ( Read more... )

today, while teaching my friday morning sex ed class, i totally passed out from heat stroke. having never ACTUALLY fainted before in my life, this was a bit of an adventure for me. not to mention for the classroom of 9-12 year olds who were just starting to get used to having an oyibo talk to them about puberty and sex ( Read more... )

ok, to be clear, my feminism hardly qualifies as budding. it has been in full bloom ever since i first rejected (and then war-painted with nail-polish) my barbies back in elementary school (and then wished i hadn't, 'cause their pretty dresses didn't fit anymore). i have, however, avoided the whole feminist scene, managed to take women's studies ( Read more... )