Since it’s Hepatitis Awareness Week (Monday 23rd July – Sunday 29th July) we are stoked to have WA’s Yep Crew along as guest bloggers to give us the ABC of hepatitis. Hepatitis is basically inflammation of the liver. The liver is responsible for assisting with digestion of food, storing nutrients, helping your body detox and [...]
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The Hepatitis Alphabet – do you know your A, B, C?
July 25th, 2012The Big Step
June 28th, 2012By Jess Teenagers are a difficult bunch of people to understand. Believe me, I would know, I am one. But when it comes to growing up there are a lot of things that cross our path that force us to make decisions, decisions that we make not always want to make. There are also pressures [...]
What is a Polyamorous Relationship?
June 4th, 2012What is Polyamory?: An Introduction Polyamory is the idea of having multiple partners at the same time. Polyamory is a form of “ethical non-monogamyâ€- that is to say, it is a consensual choice to not be limited to having only one significant partner at a time. It is entirely different from non-ethical non-monogamy (i.e., [...]
Overcoming my Pap Smear Fear
May 14th, 2012Being a young female, Pap smears are something I have to do. Yes, that is a fact I 100% understand, know all the reasons and would highly encourage any friend to get done – so why did I leave it four years between my last one? We are supposed to go every 2 years, so [...]
The Key to Really Great Sex
February 13th, 2012Author: Xin *flashing warning lights*. This blog post talks sex, not just what it is – but how to do it. If you are uncomfortable with words like masturbation or anus, this article may not be for you. You have been warned! Sex. It’s everywhere, and with good reason. Human beings are inherently sexual, from [...]
KISS – Keep is Safe, Sugar!
February 13th, 2012It’s Sexual Health Awareness Week! To help us find our way through this maze of sex and relationships we have the YEP Crew bringing us a series of blogs this week on the theme of Safety, Pleasure and Respect in young people’s sexual and romantic lives! Before we delve into the nitty gritty, here’s the [...]
Putting the U in Pleasure.
February 13th, 2012author – Yep Crew Yes, putting the U in pleasure, or even the pleasure in U – It feels good to say! And just a little bit naughty. I think it’s funny how words can have such a different meaning, depending on the context they’re expressed in. For example, saying to someone, “It was a [...]
How to win at relationships
February 13th, 2012Author: Xin Relationships. They are what bind societies, and in many cases what allows the survival and continuation of the human race. Love has cost trillions of dollars, sent millions to their death in wars and literally changed the face of the earth. It’s no understatement to say that good relationships are a pivotal dimension [...]
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
February 12th, 2012Find out what it means to me! Here’s a bit of Aretha to get us in the mood: Welcome to the final blog in the YEP Crew series ‘Safety, Pleasure and Respect’ for Sexual Health Awareness Week 2012 (13 – 17th February). We’ve written already about safety and pleasure, but central to all [...]
World AIDS Day: Why should I care?
November 30th, 2011Because HIV is still here and it could affect any of us. It is not restricted to the images we may be think of with from the news relating it activities such as injecting drug users or images of poverty-stricken people in Africa. In the 30 years since the first confirmed case, HIV/AIDS has [...]
