I have to say, as an openly gay teenager, dating and relationships haven’t come very easy to me. However, this isn’t because of homophobia or fear of what others think; it’s mostly because there aren’t many openly gay teenagers as young as me. I have experienced some forms of homophobia—not just within dating and relationships—but I haven’t let it stop me from being who I am.
In the July/August ’09 print issue, we unveiled results from our first-ever teen survey about love, relationships and sex. Essentially we wanted to know what Jewish teens like you do and think when it comes to sex. And we thought you might be surprised by some of the results—maybe you’re not the only one who hasn’t done “it.”
This month, we’re answering even more of your questions about sex and relationships (with the help of four experts), as collected in our Teen Love/Sex Survey 2009. To read more about the survey statistics (440 teens participated!), pick up a copy of the July/August “Love/Sex” issue (if you don’t subscribe and would like a sample copy, please email editor@jvibe.com).
Kick your summer reading list into high gear with these intriguing new books. And don’t forget to check out our 15 must-reads in the July/August ’09 print issue. You can enter to win all of our featured books right here.
Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff
In her award-winning documentary Body Typed, up-and-coming young Jewish filmmaker Jesse Epstein explores our society’s complex and distorted obsession with physical perfection. In a series of short films—Wet Dreams and False Images, The Guarantee and 34x25x36—she presents her audience with three different portraits of life in a body-fixated world.
“Hey” is a brand-new, 3D-animated music video from Israeli band Eatliz. It’s a cool sci-fi fantasy journey of a young girl with a special pet friend—a huge toad. The project took nearly three years and a 15-member crew to create. But it turned into a success—“Hey” was recently awarded the Spike Lee Award for animation from the Internet-TV platform Babelgum.
