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Yearly Archives: 2016
1 GUEST WRITER! We invited parents to write blogs for SacPOP to get their point of view on our various topics. Look out for our "Parents Corner", coming soon!
Treat yourself after Halloween
"Halloween is the earmark to the holiday season and that’s when we start thinking about those we love, lost and still struggling to find...
However, we fail to show appreciation for ourselves. Now, I’m not saying ignore all of these things, I’m simply saying that the holiday season can also be about you."
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Treat Yourself
Pop this! – School is starting soon, what advice would you give to someone for starting their next chapter? Or what have you learned this past year that you can reflect on? Soooo Beyonce ain’t Sorry, Riri & Drake rockin, Melanin Kings & Queens DOMINATED in the Olympics and Frank finally […]
School is back!
POP This! – How did you know that your first time was the right time? Is there something you wish you knew before you had sex? In the movies, sex looks so easy and romantic. I realized my first time was nothing like the movies and television shows. My first experience was […]
POP This! – My First Time
Sometimes I wonder why parents dread talking to their children about sex. The first time my mom talked about it, she drew what a uterus looked like on an old piece of mail and illustrated what happens when a woman gets pregnant. She felt like I wasn’t old or mature […]
The Daunting “Talk”
Today is National HIV Testing Day! We want to encourage everyone to get tested and treated for HIV. More than 90% of new HIV infections in the United States could be prevented by getting tested and by making sure that those who are living with HIV are receiving early, ongoing […]
National HIV Testing Day #NHTD
2 I remember the exact moment I realized that I was pregnant. It was June 8th, 2013. It was a Wednesday morning. I was 18 years old. My boyfriend and I thought we were practicing safe sex. I woke up feeling this heaviness in my lower stomach. I was in […]
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
April is STD Awareness Month and here you'll find helpful tips to protect yourself.
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STD Awareness Month
Mean Girls is one of the most quotable movies of the twenty-first century; from “it’s like I have ESPN or something” to “stop trying to make fetch happen” the film is stuffed to the brim with hilarious and chaotic distinction. Though the plot of Mean Girls focuses on the competitive […]
Mean Girls: A Case Study
March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is to bring more awareness about the risks of contracting HIV and to encourage more women and girls to get tested and treated for HIV. HIV remains a significant health issue for women and adolescent girls, with more […]
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Relationships, companionship, love, and friendship are things we all long for but some of us often fall into ones that show us more love than hurt. I would like you to read a story about a young girl who loved her abuser more than herself. At eighteen I fell in […]
I Thought it was Love
#LOVEISRESPECT No Title No Description February comes to an end, its time to recap on National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Abusive relationships have increased drastically in the last five years. It is estimated that 1 in 3 girls will have an abusive dating experience by the time she graduates from […]