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I remember my first period, but like most women, I won’t know my last period at the time. When I reach a calendar year without a period, menopause will be official, but it will be an over-the-shoulder realization, rather than the facing-the-future realization of the first. Most women will go through years of perimenopause leading up to that unknown finale.

We talked about the sex scenes (no spoiler alert needed) after seeing The Kids are All Right, which we both liked and disliked for various reasons. Bronwyn and I work with HIV+ women, so we can’t help but discuss how sexuality is portrayed in movies, and what kind of safe sex messaging does and doesn’t play out. I think that anyone over fourteen can get cynical about messaging around sex when you watch movies, whether you work in the sex ed field or not.

  I get to read a lot on this job, which I love, although it can make me feel like a cartoon character with a spinning head. I’m always on the prowl for interesting items on sexual health, building relationships, safe sex communication, and talking honestly and powerfully about sexuality. I can’t use everything I [...]

My name is Miriam and I’m blogging for her today, while she’s out of the office. I have to confess right off the bat that I’m not yet in my middle years, but I’ve been looking forward to this opportunity to write about a topic that affects women of all ages but becomes more common as we age- “reduced bladder control.” I didn’t even think to call it incontinence. I think I told the doctor something along the lines of “I’ve been pissing myself”.

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