Well, if you can't see it, it must not be happening. If you're interested in learning how these things might be part of a broader cultural landscape that negatively affects Native Americans then try this for a start: http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/

Sorry, to clarify, it's more about mucus membranes than just skin. It is probably less risky but I mean, I think the decrease would be negligible?

Sorry about that — being less exact than I meant to be. But I still don't think that would really reduce the risk significantly.

Well it's a good thing a bunch of British people aren't offended by making light of a history of indigenous Americans?? The fact that it's not offensive to play act in sacred garments (war bonnets, for example) is a problem, not an explanation that it isn't racist. The history of genocide gets erased when the culture…

No because gonorrhea is not spread through ejaculate (in fact, most STIs are not). It's skin-to-skin contact.

See, this presumes that a racist action becomes 'not racist' if there's no malicious intent, which I'm going to have to disagree with. This harm of a racist action is very rarely negated by good intentions.

Oh god no. There are now strains of gonorrhea that are so drug resistant that there is literally only one drug left to treat it that is effective, so it's not like you can just roll down to the doctor's and pick up a Z-pack.

Gonorrhea in particular is spread by skin-to-skin contact so it wouldn't make a difference.

I mean, is there a huge expectation of trust in a hook-up? Even with someone you're seeing casually, if there's no monogamy expectation then why not protect yourself because (especially with STIs that can be latent or non-symptomatic and are therefore tricky to spot) you know, these things happen.

brb, sending this article to all of my friends who think I'm just overly-neurotic about oral sex (condoms or dental dams). I think a lot of people are unaware that STIs are pretty indiscriminate about moving from mouth to genitals and vice- versa.

Do you mean 'poor taste' as in 'racist taste' or what?

Thank you, so much, for this.

I guess it's not okay to have fun when you're too broke to stop wearing t-shirts or something. This is weirdly lacking in looking at the potential actual causes?

This match was amazing to watch — great tennis by two formidable players, but Serena just turned it ON at the end when it counted.

Don't hate on the Young Avengers, which is really well written.

But this girl is literally the best player in her age class in the world. Is her weight really ~holding her back~?

Really, this whole thing is just ugh. I guess I'm not surprised that they'd sanitize the concept for an edgy white artist, though.

It's not just you — they both have something.

Only if I can stop paying for people's knee replacements and shit caused by being athletic.

Dude, for reals — after the LAST federal investigation turned up nothing, the fact that more money was getting thrown at this is crazy.