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I'm Maya Dusenbery. I'm a writer and editor at Feministing.

Formerly, I was an editorial fellow at Mother Jones.

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10 October 12
“ Along those lines, if you’re going to own a boat, don’t buy life jackets. That way, you won’t go boating unless you’re prepared to drown as a consequence of your boating. Life jackets just encourage falling in the water and dying. Studies have shown. Studies have also shown that wearing seatbelts contributes to accident deaths. Studies. Have. Shown.
— Anti-choicers trying like hell to deny that birth control prevents abortions is always my fav.
21 February 12
Calculator: How Expensive Is Birth Control?
7 December 11
Laugh to keep from crying with frustration.

Laugh to keep from crying with frustration.

17 November 11
“ This is what truly comprehensive sex ed could be. It’s not about teaching kids that sex is awesome (they’ve probably already gathered that) and it’s not about throwing some condoms at them and telling them to be safe–it’s about really speaking to how amazing/terrible/complicated/etc. sex can be and empowering young people to make the decisions that are best for them.
— In my fantasy world, everyone would take Mr. Vernacchio’s “Sexuality and Society” class.
26 October 11
“ Universal, comprehensive sex education is not a radical notion. But for students who have not yet received that knowledge, it just might make a radical difference.
— On the manufactured controversy over New York City’s new sex education mandate.
29 September 11
Meet Zoya Amirin, Indonesia’s only woman sex therapist, who just launched a new podcast to debunk common myths about sex and contraception in her country.

Meet Zoya Amirin, Indonesia’s only woman sex therapist, who just launched a new podcast to debunk common myths about sex and contraception in her country.

29 April 11
LOVE me some vintage STD posters.

LOVE me some vintage STD posters.

28 April 11
Dear will.i.am, Please leave me my condoms and get your baby wipes outta my house. Love, Maya

Dear will.i.am,
Please leave me my condoms and get your baby wipes outta my house.
Love, Maya

7 January 11
“ Sometimes it’s easy to forget that sex-negativity—and the stigma around teen sexuality in particular—has real, direct effects on young people’s health. It’s not just about the pain of being slut-shamed, and the fear of being labeled “not normal,” and the many, many other ways our relationship to our sexuality is distorted by living in a culture that fears it. It also means that the teen birth rate in the U.S., even when at a record low, remains much higher than in Western Europe because we don’t do enough to encourage teen contraceptive use. It means that a 16-year-old faces disapproval and judgment when she makes the extremely responsible decision to get an effective, long-term form of birth control. And it means that some young people don’t feel like they can trust their doctors—people whose very job is to provide them with the information and tools needed to lead healthy lives in a confidential, non-judgmental way.
— Me at Feministing on a new study that suggests some young people lie about their sexual behavior and the need for better communication between doctors and their teen patients.
13 December 10

Your tax dollars hard at work teaching girls not to have too many ideas lest their princes be scared off! Amplify Your Voice has launched a video series of lessons from actual abstinence-only programs.

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh