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2019 A year in review

December 9, 2019December 11, 2019 Nyk Rayne No Comments

Here at UN|HUSHED we’ve had a very busy 2019. So busy we didn’t have time to write much in our blog to tell you all about it. Funny how that works isn’t it? So let’s dive in to what we’ve done and what we’re doing… What’s coming in 2020… We’ll […]

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UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum

October 24, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

This week we are SO THRILLED to announce that our brand new high school curriculum is up and available for purchase and use! UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum, by Karen Rayne, PhD and Kirsten deFur, MPH is available exclusively through our online portal, accessible when you are logged into your account. This […]

adolescent sexuality, Classes, communication, consent, Contraception, gay teens, gender, High school, Relationships, Sex, sex education, sexual harassment, Sexual Orientation, social media, technology, teenagers, Violence high school, sex ed curriculum, sexuality, sexuality education, teacher

The Pitfalls of Trite Advice

October 18, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

You have probably heard all kinds of trite relationship advice over life because it’s a staple of conversations about relationships. You may even give trite relationship advice sometimes, because sometimes it’s useful. But it’s important to see the advice for what it is and consider whether what you’re repeating makes […]

Classes, communication, family conversations, sex education advice, facilitating, sex education, sexuality education, teaching, trite advice

Relationship Architecture: Understanding Columns and Shadows

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

The metaphor that we use over here at UN|HUSHED for healthy relationships are the four columns of Respect, Equality, Safety, and Trust. Thinking about these four elements as columns that hold up a relationship and make it strong, sturdy, and reliable makes for a pretty good graphic. It makes intuitive […]

communication, consent, High school, Middle School, Relationships, sex education Columns and Shadows of a Healthy Relationship, relationship education, sex education, sexuality education

Teenagers Are What We Have Going For Us

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

Teenagers are creative, visionary, engaged. They are immersed in the passion of discovery of life. They have a driving need to understand life in a way that is real and visceral. They want to find the wrongs and right them. Teenagers are like a mirror, reflecting adults and our culture, […]

adolescent development, High school, Middle School, teenagers adolescent development, sex ed, sex education, teenagers

#SexEdSaturday: Sweat, Baby, Sweat

September 22, 2018September 21, 2018 Jessica Smarr

#SexEdSaturday is a series where Jessica Smarr answers anonymous questions received in Unhushed classes. As a teenager, I had at least five turtleneck sweaters, one very embarrassing CD collection, and exactly two sweaty, smelly feet. I mean, they were bad. So bad, in fact, that they once stunk up an […]

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#SexEdSaturday: What Are You Even Saying?

September 1, 2018September 13, 2018 Jessica Smarr

At the end of almost every class I teach, I hand students a notecard and a pencil and ask them to anonymously write down any question they have related to sexuality. It could be about something we’ve covered, something we’re going to cover, or something they heard about. Some students […]

adolescent sexuality, Contraception, Sex, sex education Definitions, Questions

Back to School (i.e., Unhushed Comprehensive Sex Ed)!

August 7, 2018September 13, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne

For ten years now I have sent out a variation of an email that I just sent out a few days ago. It’s a momentous occasion for me, and I’m so excited to share it with you: This is UN|HUSHED’s 10th year providing comprehensive sexuality education programs to the Austin […]

Classes, family conversations, Middle School, parenting, sex education

UN|HUSHED version 2.0!

July 11, 2018July 14, 2018 Nyk Rayne

The 2017 – 2018 fiscal cycle for UN|HUSHED has brought forth a great deal of change. We have a new website, a revamped blog, and with it a whole host of new features. One of those being a user login system that allows access to the online curricula portal developed […]

sex education, technology comprehensive sex education, healthy society, sex education, sexuality, staff, website

Me Too: Talking About Sexual Harassment & Assault with Adolescents

October 18, 2017July 13, 2018 Jessica Smarr

I was reviewing my lesson plan and prepping my supplies on Sunday night when I first saw people posting #metoo on Facebook and Twitter in response to Alyssa Milano’s tweet:

adolescent development, adolescent sexuality, communication, consent, sexual harassment, teenagers, Violence

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