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Due to factors outside our control, we need  to create a new page for donations, and are currently working on it. For the time being, you can make tax-deductible donations to Scarleteen securely via a PayPal account, debit or credit card through UN|HUSHED , our current fiscal sponsor (and we'll tell you more on that change soon!) here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5JGT9PVZ4SGFS If you want to be filled in as to what's going on a little: Tomorrow would usher in month 3 of a lack of service -- and without ever giving us any notice or even acknowledgement there were problems or changes until we contacted them weeks after the fact -- from Network for Good, the third-party charitable payment processor we've been clients of, in perfect standing, for 12 years. We are not the only organization who have had or are currently having issues with them. Over at least the last week, they have had apparent technical issues that created problems for many others wh

This year, I reached out to a couple of my close friends about spending Valentine’s Day together and indulging in all of the loveliness and corniness of the holiday. We plan to dress up, eat as much candy as we want and just enjoy each other’s company. I’m even getting them flowers (shhh, they don’t know that part yet). Despite not being in a romantic relationship with either of them, I still wanted to show them they are loved and appreciated. Everyone deserves to feel that! Which leads me to this—everyone can enjoy Valentine’s Day! From being single to coupled up, with a few “situationships” (a casual romantic or sexual relationship that is not more “established”), I’ve spent this day celebrating in different ways. Many of us have felt pressure to be in a relationship on what is known as the “most romantic” day of the year. But you don’t need a date for Valentine’s Day to celebrate. Tea Parties and Heart-Shaped Pizza My earliest memories of Valentine’s Day are from elementary schoo

Author:  Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT, OCS Ads on TV often give the impression that bladder leaks only happen to old ladies who’ve had a bunch of kids. However, urinary incontinence (UI) affects people of all ages, genders, and activity levels. There are many different types of UI, but one of the most common types affecting young people occurs during physical activity and athletics – hence the term “athletic urinary incontinence.” Hey again, Scarleteen readers! It’s Caitlyn the pelvic health PT here, back for another installment of Pelvis Problems. This time, we’re focusing on urinary incontinence (aka bladder leaks) during physical activity. Ads on TV often give the impression that bladder leaks only happen to old ladies who’ve had a bunch of kids. However, urinary incontinence (UI) happens to people of all ages, genders, and activity levels. There are many different types of UI, but one of the most common types affecting young people occurs during physical activity and athlet