The first time I visited a Planned Parenthood, I was twenty-eight years old.

I’ve been fortunate. I waited until adulthood to become sexually active and, when I did, I had an open-minded mother who was determined to do things right. From a young age she had told me, “If you have any questions, any at all, I am always here to answer them.” Of course the first time she offered I took her up on it: “Mom, what’s the difference between a circumcised and an uncircumcised penis?” My…

My teacher friend once told me that the worst thing she can hear from a student is, "I found you on facebook."



The most terrifying four words in the life of a blogger? "I found your blog."



It's such a fine line to walk as a writer between wanting your work to be read and the self-conscious feeling of having been exposed.



(It's also a little more complicated for me. I have had the experience in the past of being scorned for what was written on my blog [an old…