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...this level? I have no idea. It kind of feeds on itself by the looks of things. It seems to have gone from the beginning of this year until now. I was just talking to the head of the studio who said they are only 25% through the campaign for New Moon. And the tracking on the movie is ridiculous. Even random celebrities are asked, What do you think of Twilight? It's insane. I remember saying at Comic-Con last year that I didn't know where it could go from there. I didn't know how much bigger...
...banner efficiently advertises the website, and includes the champions for the past campaign in flag football and volleyball. It also mentions that Lev took third place in last year’s Straus Cup competition—a surprising result for the amount of attention the house devotes to its intramural program. Of course, the banner follows it up with a determined “Yes!” in response to the question of Lev being the ultimate champion this year...
...proponents of the program defend it as a much-needed means of promoting healthy sexuality and egalitarian relationships among teenagers. Laura Garrido, president of the Extremadura Youth Council and one of the officials behind the campaign, is surprised and disappointed by the outcry. "What we're talking about is whether we teach them to have healthy relationships or not, whether they have self-esteem or not, whether they know how to say 'yes' or 'no' at a given time," she says. (Read "The Truth About Teen Girls...
...then there is the campaign's name. Intended to encourage young people to be in control of their sexuality, it instead suggested a more, um, singular purpose: Pleasure Is in Your Hands. "The title might have been a mistake," says Raquel Traba, one of the instructors. "But I think it also has to do with politics. It's a way of attacking progressive attitudes. There's still a lot of backward thinking about sex in this country." (Read "Biology: The Chemistry of Desire...
...abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public school teachers have been known to discuss oral sex and different sexual positions. And in Britain, the National Health Service responded to the country's burgeoning rates of teen pregnancy this past summer by launching an awareness campaign called "One Orgasm a Day" that sought to steer young people away from intercourse and toward masturbation. (Admittedly, that one got a lot of attention...