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“My Year of Dicks,” based on the memoir by Pamela Ribon and directed and animated by Sara Gunnarsdóttir, brilliantly and humorously reveals the inner thoughts of a teenage girl determined to lose her virginity. It’s refreshing to see teenage angst about sex from the perspective of a girl. Much more commonly, we see films about [...]

Talking about consent with Dr. Julia Our resident medical expert Julia Arnold VanRooyen weighs in on how comprehensive sex education can advance the conversation around consent.  The more openly and frequently we talk about consent, the more comfortable everyone will feel expressing both their desires and their reservations. It should be routine to check in [...]

Learn more about how Hollywood negotiates tricky scenes from certified intimacy coordinator Nisha Ahuja (“Never Have I Ever,” “Mayans”).Nisha (she/they) will join Alex Sgambati for a rePROFilm Instagram Live #AskAnExpert conversation at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET Feb. 7.Follow @reprofilm View this post on Instagram A post shared by rePROFilm (@reprofilm) nisha ahuja (she/they) : [...]

Courtney Hope Therond’s short film “Rehearsal” is engrossing and uncomfortable. In depicting the gray areas around issues of consent, the film provides a great entry point into conversations about this topic.  Discussion Questions Consider a couple of specific scenes from the film:  In the very beginning, Jared tells the actors they are they to block [...]

I think the key to normalizing conversations about periods is to Just Talk About It! I grew up in a household with two brothers and no sisters and menstruation was literally never discussed in my house. Not with my father or brothers, certainly, but not really with my mom either, beyond me telling her awkwardly [...]