The research blog
Research Without the Boring Shit
Queer sex, HIV, harm reduction, politics, and pleasure — explained by a nurse who actually likes sex. Research summaries and my own opinions, clearly labeled as we go.
Milk Won't Save Your Friend
Somewhere along the way, the party community decided that milk and fatty foods were the cure for a G overdose. I did the research. That's not how any of this works.
The Study Didn't Even Ask About Meth
Last week I wrote about a San Francisco study that looked at how MSM and trans women perceive risk from substance use. It covered needle sharing, opioids, sex while under the influence. Solid research. But the researchers themselves flagged something I haven't been able to stop thinking about.
Clubs and Bathhouses Can Be Part of Public Health
A bowl of condoms does not create an orgy, just like a fire extinguisher does not create a kitchen fire.
Chemsex Harm Reduction Needs to Sound Like Real Life
Telling somebody to 'just stop using drugs' before sex isn't harm reduction. It's a sentence people say when they want the conversation to end.
The Part Nobody Warns You About Loving More Than One Person
When you love more than one person, everyone assumes the math protects you — like love is a redundancy system, and having someone still here means you don't get to fall apart. That's not how it works. It never was. This is what it actually feels like to grieve one love while showing up, whole, for another — and the quiet, ordinary work of loving well while you're broken.