I remember when the switch happened in my state of North Carolina! When I was in seventh grade, we had comprehensive sex ed. All the diseases, all the methods to prevent pregnancy (even the sponge and foam which I’ve still never seen in person) and disease transmission were discussed. For the diseases we got the…

When it comes to HIV, studies have actually shown that PrEP is better at preventing HIV than condom use in MSM. Now, ideally people would use both, or would use condoms with partners whose status is unknown. Reality is that PrEP alone is very, very good at preventing HIV infection. Nothing is 100%, and PrEP does…

Your breakroom comment really struck me - I’m amazed at how Petty and shitty people can be about food. I don’t have an eating disorder, and I’m a healthy weight, so I don’t get too much beef about my weight one way or another. But I’ve still been on the receiving end of some judgy-ass comments. Like over a chocolate…

I know the review mentions that there is a woman who is fat and bulimic, but I really do wish ED stories wouldn’t seemingly always focus on the story of a woman who gets unhealthily thin, then gets help. I feel like it almost implies that, if you’re not below your healthy BMI range, you’re not really that sick (and,…

Oh man. I sort of want to see this, but I’m literally a few weeks off from being kicked out of treatment myself and this will probably be too trigger for me right now. I had been in inpatient for 5 weeks, stepped down to a day program for a few weeks, and then they wanted to move me back up and I refused. Now I’m just…

I’m pretty sure Collins said she chose to do it BECAUSE of her experience.

I’ve never seen any of these films (my age and my unwillingness to be triggered has prevented me), but I really wish there were more movies that talked about diet culture and how it leads to EDs.

I’d love to see a movie about an eating disorder affecting someone who doesn’t look like their being affected by ED. I don’t think most people understand that you can be fat and be bulimic.

Oh, Lord, yes. I mean, it’s good when Indiana has higher rates of HIV transmission than sub-Saharan Africa, right? Right?

You have a vivid and highly knackered imagination! Think of me as Hedonism Bot with a small side hobby! ;)

Well, we all know Mike Pence has such a stellar record preventing the spread of HIV from his days as Indiana governor...

I watched my best friendly slowly waste away from AIDS related illnesses while in a coma earlier this year. He let his ‘flu’ progress to a level that gave no hope for survival. I wish getting tested for HIV wasn’t considered so scary to so many people.

People don’t even know that HIV and AIDS are still killing Americans today. We seem to think that because treatment exists, everyone who is HIV+ is being treated.

We also had very good sex ed in the early 90s, and that was in Texas. I wonder sometimes if the HIV crisis opened the door to good sex ed which was then immediately closed after the bodies stopped piling up. Or did the Republicans just get crazier? In any case, I find it ironic that my sex ed in Texas nearly 30 years…

Aren’t you obligated to post a picture for those who don’t know what “Goatse” is?

Good to see the classics never die.

i recently found out a good friend had no idea what Goatse is and it is literally impossible to describe it without sounding completely deranged

I’m not sure you should be lecturing HIV positive people about whether they’re emoting enough publicly about their diagnosis.

I think getting ANY chronic disease would freak me out.

Yes, see: anti-vaccination movement