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Urban Outfitters promotes unhealthy body image with "Eat Less" shirt

Urban Outfitters is promoting a lifestyle that is killing young men and women, when as a clothing store I argue that they have a duty to do everything they can to promote realistic, healthy body images.

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Breakthrough: the once-a-month male birth control pill

Crossposted on Amplify When the birth control pill came out in 1960, it was revolutionary because women could take charge and control their fertility. For the last 50 years, women have had numerous...

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The Daily Show and Women: Making News Media Work In A Modern Era

Cross Posted on Amplify There has been a raging debate the past few days about women’s roles on The Daily Show, starting with a Jezebel post that accused The Daily Show and Jon Stewart of being sexist....

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World Population Week Blog-a-thon: Young people Make Up Half The World's...

Crossposted on Amplify Did you know…half of the world’s population-nearly 3 billion people-are under the age of 25? And Consider this: One out of every four people diagnosed with HIV is between ages 13...

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Where Does Elena Kagan Stand On Gay Rights, Abortion

Crossposted on Amplify Elena Kagan, Obama’s second appointee to the Supreme Court, was confirmed by the Senate Judiciary committee last week. Kagan is the second woman Obama has appointed, and she will...

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Writer Anne Rice Leaves Catholicism In Protest Of Catholic Churches’...

Crossposted on Amplify I am a person who grew up with the saying that all that is needed for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing"...

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Gallup morality poll reveals our messed-up attitudes about sexuality

Crossposted on Amplify A recent Gallup Pollasked Americans about the morality of 16 different behaviors and social policies.  The poll asked about things like cheating, suicide, gay marriage, cloning,...

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Study Shows: Teen Sex Does Not Mean Worse School Performance

Crossposted on Amplify A provocative new study presented by the American Sociological Association finds that not all teenage sexual activity leads to worse performance in school.   “It's not so much...

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Comprehensive Sex Education Coming To North Carolina, but Not Without Challenges

Crossposted on Amplify September brings about the start of the 2010/2011 school year, and in North Carolina sexual health advocates are celebrating.  The Healthy Youth Act (HB 88) goes into effect this...

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Why We Must End DADT Now

Crossposted on Amplify 9:59 p.m EST: A federal judge in Southern California on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional because it violates the First...

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Outstanding Advances In Maternal Health Solutions In Rwanda

Crossposted on Amplify Maternal mortality is one of the most heartbreaking and devastating challenges women and families face in the developing world.  The leading cause of death for young women ages...

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Think Young People Can’t Step Up And Solve Societies Problems? Think...

Cross-posted on Amplify I am a 17-year-old high school student who has worked to improve adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights for a several years.  I work with other amazing young people...

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How Mr. Condom Made Thailand A Better Place

Crossposted on Amplify In Thailand, condoms are sold on rafts in small villages, in mini-bars, and passed out by policemen, as well as blessed by priests. Yes, thats right. Thailand's "Mr. Condom,"...

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How Open About Sex and Sexuality Should Society Be?

Crossposted on Amplify Much of our poor public sexual health outcomes in America can be traced back to a societal view that sex is dirty, wrong, and immoral.  Since sex has such a negative connotation...

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Youth Perspective from the Rally To Restore Sanity

Crossposted on Amplify Upwards of 250,000 people swarmed to Washington, DC on Saturday to promote sanity and rational debate in the American media and American politics.  After an election season...

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Community Discussion on Sexual Health at my High School

Cross posted on Amplify Last Tuesday, I showed the documentary "Let’s Talk About Sex" to a group of around 75 parents and students at my school in Durham, North Carolina. The film explores the...

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Catholic Church Takes a Step in the Right Direction: Condoms Sometimes OK

Crossposted on Amplify Since the 1960’s, the Catholic Churches official position has been that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to because it prevents new human beings from coming...

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Pope: Condom Use Even Ok For Women!

Crossposted on Amplify A few days ago I wrote about the Pope’s decision to condone condom use in certain situations. Today, news is out that condoms used to prevent HIV are even OK for heterosexual sex.

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The Girl Who Cried Wolf? The Details of the Rape Accusations Against Julian...

Cross posted on Amplify Love him or hate him, Julian Assange is in prison not for leaking classified information, but for alleged rape. The details of his case are bizarre and vary widely between...

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Senator Hagen, I Worked To get you elected. And Today You Failed Our Nations...

Crossposted on Amplify The DREAM act failed today in the senate, a heartbreaking defeat to many who have worked hard for years on this legislation.  This is also a set back for our whole country and...

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