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INTERMEZZO: Create a Map of your Sexuality

peripheries — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:39:30 +0000

A clickable map to charter your sexuality. Thanks to Daniel for spotting it! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Safe sex? Sell it “as good as bareback”

peripheries — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:42:36 +0000

Bareback sex is a serious matter when it comes to HIV prevention. It is an issue difficult to address and which often triggers heated debates. Beyond the differences in opinions surrounding bareback sex, it is obvious that sex with and without condom is not the same and bareback practitioners often emphasise the difference in sensation between protected sex and bareback sex. Real or not, this difference made some people thinking and got them to understand that not everybody is prepared to sacrifice safety to pleasure, and that if it ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

SCRAPS (things I would like to have written about)

peripheries — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:00:50 +0000

… but did not have the time to… I would like to have blogged about this thought provoking excerpt from Russell Banks’ The Darling on the difference between empathy and sympathy. “What was ethically and even practically wrong with having empathy towards the other? For a long time, I answered, Nothing. Nothing at all. It’s good politics. I see a blind man about to cross a street and think, He can’t see the whizzing traffic, he needs me to see it for him, to take his arm and escort him over to ... Related posts:

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INTERMEZZO: The Billion-Dollar-O-Gram

peripheries — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:11:14 +0000

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CAPRISA: the day after

peripheries — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:56:43 +0000

The results of the CAPRISA trial which tested the safety and effectiveness of a 1% Tenofovir Gel for the prevention of HIV acquisition in women created quite a stir at the XVIII International AIDS conference in Vienna. For the first time, and after years of unsuccessful research, a randomised trial involving 889 women in South Africa showed that it was possible to prevent HIV acquisition with a gel containing an antiretroviral (ARV). Overall the results are clear and unequivocal, after 30 months of gel use, the group of women who ... Related posts:

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