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Amber M.
Amber Madison has been writing about sex, love, and relationships since college (she went to Tufts University) when she wrote for her school newspaper’s sex ed column. Since graduating, she’s published two books: Hooking Up: A Girl’s All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality and Talking Sex With Your Kids and has been quoted in a ton of different media outlets from Seventeen magazine to MTV to NPR. Have a question for Amber? Send us an email!
Articles by Amber M.
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There’s a lot that can be alluring about a much older partner. Your friends may envy you, it can feel like a pass into the “cool” crowd, or even your fast track to be seen as a real adult—they might have a car and money from working a job. The pro…
- Posted: 12/20/2016
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When you think about birth control, chances are your mind jumps straight to two things: condoms and birth control pills. But there are SO many other options out there, and it’s important to know about them all—that way you can choose the method that…
- Posted: 11/18/2016
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When Lexus Phillips was growing up as a self-identified queer black woman in Memphis, Tennessee, she had a distinct feeling of flying blind into relationships. “There’s this dominant narrative of boy meets girls, they fall in love, and this is what i…
- Posted: 10/20/2016
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Nothing is quite as exciting as when it looks like your bff’s crush might like them back. Exciting of course, unless that mutual crush becomes a relationship where there’s no room anymore for you. One of the hardest things to navigate as you start to da…
- Posted: 9/14/2016
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Sure, you’ve probably heard a lot about STIs. But if you’re like many people, you were only half listening because it didn’t seem like anything that would ever affect you. You may have thought STIs only happen to people who have a lot of sex, date a…
- Posted: 6/27/2016
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If STIs were running for class president, HPV (aka Human papillomavirus infection) would win by landslide. Seriously. It’s insanely popular (if one can call a sexually transmitted infections “popular”!)—experts say that around 80% of people wil…
- Posted: 6/9/2016
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Let me just be clear from the beginning—this is not just an article about deciding to lose your virginity. Sex is a big deal whether you’re a teen or adult, and regardless of the number of people you’ve had sex with. Along with the physical risks of…
- Posted: 5/31/2016
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And we’re back with Dr. Katharine O’Connell White, the Director of the Family Planning Fellowship at Boston University—this time to talk about STIs. (We talked to her about sex and birth control too!) If you’re sexually active, being able to talk…
- Posted: 5/16/2016
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Sometimes it can be hard to admit you have a crush on someone. Especially when that someone is a person you consider a friend. Curious if what you feel is just friendship or something more? Here’s how to tell.
You’ll go out of your way to see them. Of c…
- Posted: 4/21/2016
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Birth control is right up there as one of the most important conversations you’ll have with your doctor when it comes to your sexual health. And the best time to have that conversation is before you actually start having sex. Here, Dr. Katharine O’Con…
- Posted: 3/23/2016
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We tend to think of doctors as the people who treat us when we’re sick. But doctors can do a lot to keep us healthy too—and by healthy, yes, I also mean sexually healthy. I know that talking to your doc about sex may not feel like the most comfortab…
- Posted: 3/7/2016
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Fighting is—unfortunately—part of almost every relationship. As unpleasant as fighting may be however, it’s actually better that you get your feelings out, instead of keeping them bottled up inside. That being said, there are certain things that are…
- Posted: 2/9/2016
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