sex educator spotlight

In the year of our overlords, 2020, I started spending more time on Instagram. And because I was actively working toward the launch of Guerrilla Sex Ed, I became more intentional about following more sexuality educators. Which is where I came across Anne Hodder-Shipp and her business baby, Everyone Deserves Sex Ed (EDSE), an organization providing sex educator certification, … [Read more...] about Sex Educator Spotlight: Anne Hodder-Shipp

Deep in the depths of time, when I was but a lowly intern at Nerve (R.I.P.), I came to know Twanna A. Hines. And by "know," I mean that I read the hell out of her work, as she had just started to write for Nerve's Blog-a-Log column. In the years since, we've circled around each other, both of us writing for now-defunct publications like New York Press and The Frisky, each … [Read more...] about Sex Educator Spotlight: Twanna A. Hines

Continuing our Sex Educator Spotlight series, I present to you: Kim Cook, RN, CHES. Kim and I connected through my Thunder Thighs email newsletter, of all things. She responded to one of my emails and shared a bit about the work she did with Teen World Confidential, a site she founded that supports parents and other caring adults in communicating with their children about sex … [Read more...] about Sex Educator Spotlight: Kim Cook

Last month, I kicked off my Sex Educator Spotlight series with Nadine Thornhill, Ed.D. This month, I interview Yael R. Rosenstock Gonzalez, a sexologist, identity coach, workshop developer and facilitator, curriculum consultant... I could go on. Full disclosure: Yael is a fellow contributor to Pure Romance's Buzz blog and, as I got to know her work and her areas of interest … [Read more...] about Sex Educator Spotlight: Yael R. Rosenstock Gonzalez

To me, sexuality educators are superheroes. The work they do is so essential. I find it so important, in fact, that I've sometimes thought of becoming a certified sexuality educator myself. I'm better in writing, though, and the thought of getting up in front of a classroom full of students is terrifying. Still, the journalism I do around sex ed advocacy doesn't feel like … [Read more...] about Sex Educator Spotlight: Nadine Thornhill