Twilight Teens

SexEd Abstracts Due For SexTech Summit: Not Your Mother’s Media

November 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Nov. 8, 2009 One of our SexTech.org ‘top ten’ posts continues to be the Top Ten Teen SexEd videos created by students, for students in an effort to improve the lousy coverage of an inevitably touchy subject in schools. If you're unfamiliar with Isis-Inc.org (Internet Sexuality Information Services) they're an amazing health advocacy crew that epitomizes the concept of Shaping … [Read more...]

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Twilight Teens, GirlChild Press & A Manifesta: Read, Kiddo, Read!

November 18, 2008 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

Whether you’re sucking up the plotlines with girls of all ages and stages as part of the Twilight saga book series or are completely unaware of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer as the up and coming J.K. Rowling phenom-in-the-making and need a “Twilight beginner’s guide” to sort out all the 'will she/won’t she' vampire innuendo... ...Chances are, … [Read more...]

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