sex
What Do You REALLY Know About AIDS?
If you didn’t know, now you do – December 1st is World AIDS Day! Created in 1988, it’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS, show their support for people living with the disease and to commemorate those who have lost their lives to it. This year’s theme is “Getting…Read More +
What Is Sexual Health?
Contrary to what you may think, sexual health is more than simply avoiding disease or unplanned pregnancy. Sexual health is a crucial aspect of who we are and how we live our lives. According to the World Health Organization, sexual health “involves physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality”. Sexuality is a wonderful…Read More +
Savage U
Here at Red Hot, we strive to reach and inform today’s youth about sexual health and sex education through pop culture. Well, it doesn’t get any more popular culture than MTV. Hosted by sex columnist Dan Savage, MTV’s new series, Savage U, is a straight forward, educational, yet entertaining and down-right good television show about…Read More +
STDs: Now a Collector’s Item
These might be missing from your stuffed animal collection. And despite everything you’ve learned since middle school health class, it’s safe to snuggle up to these sexually transmitted diseases. They belong to the Venereals family of the GIANTmicrobes®, a company started in 2001 with the idea that fuzzy, stuffed, cartoonish representations of the germs that…Read More +
Check-In While Doing It
In today’s society, you are probably obsessed with our social media profile, internet chatting with friends, and keeping people ‘in the know’ of our every move. But are you ready to check in while having sex? A new site, launched by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW), allows you to share where you’re doing…Read More +
February 14th: National Condom Day!
It’s February 14th, a recognized holiday that we all know and love so much, Valentine’s Day! But it is also another very important holiday, National Condom Day! And we all know love is not just in the air on Valentine’s Day. Statistics from well known condom brand, Durex, say that condom sales are about 25%…Read More +
Myths About HIV/AIDS Debunked
Some people at school were talking recently about sex, and I heard some pretty silly things. One person – who will remain unnamed – told a friend of mine that he didn’t use condoms much – didn’t like how they felt. He said he took Emergen-C after sex, so of course he’d be fine! Another…Read More +
LADY GAGA TALKS SAFE SEX
Lady Gaga is a fashion icon as well as a musical phenomenon. She has also been the face of VIVA GLAM since 2009. VIVA GLAM is a part of the MAC AIDS Fund, which was established by the cosmetics company MAC. In short, VIVA GLAM is a line of lipsticks and glosses from which all…Read More +
Pieces of AIDS @ 30 Years
HIV/AIDS was first discovered approximately 30 years ago, and since then artists have spread consciousness of the disease in a million different ways. The Museum of Design in Atlanta is having a special exhibit showing from now throughout January. From October 2nd to January 1st, you can see illustrative history of AIDS/HIV posters dating from…Read More +
Let’s Talk About Sex
Let’s talk about sex, baby! Let’s talk about you and me!–for those of you reading to the beat of Salt N Pepa’s song, here’s the video to accompany the melody (you’re welcome)! For those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about… well… I’ll just get right to it: Talking about sex is probably…Read More +
