>> Blogging about the abortion experience. Suzanne Reisman’s highlights “two blogs that were created so that the authors could share their abortion experiences with other women. They both begin with finding out that they are pregnant and follow through with post-abortion care and thoughts.” Illustrating the social stigma still attached to abortions, both blogs are anonymous.

>> Learn about eco-sex toys, win a double-ended dildo, aka Tantus’ Revolve. (Thanks for the tip, Liz)

>> The State of the STD. In Slate, Sydney Spiesel summarizes the CDC’s latest stats — which basically shows most STD case rates rising. Sydney says the bigger numbers could point to easier and more aggressive testing. And since rates of infections vary by disease for different populations (men/women, gay/straight), Sydney brings up this interesting question: “These diseases are all spread the same way—so why are their epidemiological patterns so different?”

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