Letter About Palin Goes Viral Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400 This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook. Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400 Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools. Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
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Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama. Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . . Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley. Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . . James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility? James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Bodyliness - Examines how children view their bodies and sexuality in relation to God and spirituality.
Kids - Advice and resources on variety of topics dealing with children, adolescents and sex, including sexual behavior, development, dating, sex crimes and child abuse. Targeted at parents and teens.
Abercrombie and Fitch Petition - A petition and message board on the issue of marketing thongs for children.
Meta Description: [ No Kid Thongs! Petition Against Abercrombie & Fitch Petition ]
Abnormal Sex Differentiaton - Aims to help parents and patients understand intersexuality and the challenges that accompany syndromes of abnormal sex differentiation. Prepared by The Johns Hopkins Children Center.
Meta Description: [ Johns Hopkins Children's Center - www.hopkinschildrens.org ]
CCS and Child Sexuality - A discussion of the anime series CCS, arguing that sexuality expressed by its characters is normal and should not be criticized.
Meta Description: [ a site for the dreamer in all of us - seiken densetsu, soulbonding, spirituality, sketches and more ]
Child Sexual Development - Academic paper by Loretta Haroian, Ph.D., concerning childhood sexual development.
Child Sexuality and Sexual Behavior - Report released by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare to disseminate recent discoveries in the field of child sexuality.
Child Trafficking - Digital Library - Supports effort to fight trafficking of children into prostitution, forced labour, child marriage, and other slavery-like conditions by increasing knowledge, sharing experience, and improving skills.
Meta Description: [ more children are trafficked into prostitution, forced labour, child marriage and other slavery-like conditions. Each day sees the growth of skills and experience of traffickers and those who purchase trafficked persons. to prevent child trafficking and provide care for children who have been tr... ]
Focus Adolescent Services - Resources and information on teen sexual behavior, teen pregnancy, and sexuality issues.
Meta Description: [ Resources, information, articles, organizations, and books dealing with adolescent sexual behavior, sexuality, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood. ]
Growing Up Sexually - Large anthropological study that examines childhood sexuality and scripting of sexual development. Included is a world reference atlas and an ethnographic index. By Diederik F. Janssen, MD.
Growing Up Sexually Email List - Reading and subscription list concerned with childhood sexuality matters. Free subscription ensures email notification of new academic research.
404Is Your Teen Having Oral Sex? - An article for parents that surrounds the theories regarding safer sex as it relates to common early sexual behaviors, such as fellatio.
Meta Description: [ IS YOUR TEEN HAVING ORAL SEX? Safe Sex is the Best Policy ]
Normative Sexual Behavior in Children: A Contemporary Sample - Journal article from the American Academy of Pediatrics that presents findings from research on the relationship between sexual abuse and sexual behavior in children. [PDF Format].
Oscar, How Did I Get Here? - Offers details regarding the biological aspects of sexually related topics. Includes details on how to order an interactive CD-ROM for children aged five to nine.
Perverted Justice - Intended to root out and bring to light those who would use the Internet as a way to sexually abuse and prey upon children.
Meta Description: [ Slamming wannabe pedophiles with a little Perverted Justice. ]
404Project Growing Up Sexually - Covers an effort in surveying academic endeavor in child and youth sexuality matters. Features downloadable e-books, listserv/archive, bibliographies, various link collections, and a full text digital archive.
Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Sexual Development in Children - Article examining what is normal sexual development and behavior in children and teenagers, and which behaviors might signal that a child is a victim of sexual abuse, or acting in a sexually aggressive manner towards others. By Dr. Phil Rich.
