Fact Not Fiction provides resources that teach people about sex education and help them to make better and healthier choices. Check out this helpful thread via Twitter for parents, high schoolers, and young adults about sexual violence and why you should be able to have open conversations regarding sex and autonomy. As a researcher who…
The weather’s getting colder, leaves are turning orange, and holiday music is playing on the radio. You know what that means: it’s cuffing season. Urban Dictionary defines Cuffing Season: “during the fall and winter months people who would normally rather be single or promiscuous find themselves along with the rest of the world desiring to…
The number one question we receive is from young people who’ve done something and want to know if they exposed themselves to a risk of getting pregnant or catching an STD. Using Fact Not Fiction and the internet is good when you have a question about sex or sexual health, but doing it after the…
Young people need access to resources that help them make smart decisions and commit to a bright future. Having access to a trusted adult — a mentor, coach, counselor, or even a non-parental family member — can make a big difference in the decisions young people make about sex. Parents can be the last people…
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Fact Not Fiction wants to help in raising awareness of suicide prevention in Mississippi. Fact Not Fiction cares about suicide prevention awareness because we care about giving important health information to teens, especially information that could possibly save a life. Teens go through so many struggles every day;…
Last January, Netflix released the show “Sex Education,” a show about a young teen named Otis who is coming of age in England. Although he doesn’t have much experience with girls, he does have experience with sex ed; his mom is a sex therapist who uses their house as her office. Otis has a best…
By Jenna Growing up in a small-town public school in Mississippi, I didn’t take a health class until my 10th grade year of high school, and all we learned about was similar to the Mean Girls version of sex ed: abstinence. Luckily for me, though, I had already been taught some sex ed in my…
In the public forum of high school gossip, what you learn about sex may oftentimes end up being completely wrong. But that’s okay, though. Fact Not Fiction is here, as the name suggests, to keep you in the know so that you can live your best (informed) life. Here are some things to keep in mind,…
