Pleasure is always on our minds at Hello Cool World, which is why we're titilated to bring you Part 2 of the Pleasure Files. In this installment, Katherine Dodds has a chat with Hello Cool World's Research Associate and the creator of DatingConfidential.ca, Cindy Masaro.
Cindy is a nurse and UBC PhD candidate who has launched an online survey to determine how new communication technologies influence new relationship development, and how that in turn affects sexual behaviour. Keep reading to learn more about the survey!
Bella and I couldn't be more excited about attending the Sexhibition that Opt is hosting tomorrow at the Radisson Hotel, in Richmond. The Sexhibition is a part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations, which include the Opt Gala on Saturday.
The Sexhibition, according to Opt's website, "is a 'sexploration' of organizations and small businesses whom we consider to play an integral role in healthy sexuality and sexual health in British Columbia." At Hello Cool World we feel like that describes many of our projects- that's why we created That's So Sexy, to showcase all our sex-positive campaigns!
Michelle is a freelance writer and anthropologist with a Master of Public Health from UBC. Her passions are promoting health and building community. She's worked in grassroots community organizations in Vancouver, Victoria and Oceania.
If you follow any news about sexual health you've probably heard the uproar over the proposed cuts to Planned Parenthood funding in the US. Planned Parenthood, which operates 800 clinics across the United States and provides millions of women with basic reproductive and sexual health services every year, such as Pap tests, breast exams, low-cost contraception, and abortion. For women living in poverty and in rural areas, it may be the only option for accessing necessary health care services.
Wesleyan Uncut responded to the intention of the House of Representatives to cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood with their video "I Have Sex." The services of Planned Parenthood are vitally important to young people, who are often uninsured or low-income, or unable to go to their parents or schools for information. These youth want the House of Representatives to know that they are sexually and politically active, and they intend to make their voices and votes count.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
I was pretty surprised to find myself spending a weekend as a model- not to mention modelling while holding condoms with the help of my sexagenarian parents! But that’s what I was doing in November on the Ready for Pleasure shoot with Options for Sexual Health (Opt) and Hello Cool World.
Hello Cool World and Opt have worked together for years to create sexy advertising that promotes Opt’s sexual health services, education programs and advocacy- you can check out some of the campaigns we’ve created. With both organizations celebrating major milestones this year, as we turn 10 and Opt turns 50, we’re definitely ready for pleasure!
With the theme of getting ready for pleasure in mind, the team created amazing photos that reflected Opt’s values and services. They’re about giving everyone the tools and information they need for sexual pleasure, and the photos reflect the diversity of sexual expression and sexuality throughout the lifespan that Opt is passionate about!
This website & blog is a space to showcase our Sex Ed clients and reflect on our work and philosophy around sexual health and advertising. It's a portal to campaigns, but it's also an exploration of our process, as well as our beliefs around what works to promote safer sex, healthy relationships & sexual rights, and why we think the key to being effective is to address "the pleasure deficit" in sexual health education.
Bella and I couldn't be more excited about attending the 
Michelle is a freelance writer and anthropologist with a Master of Public Health from UBC. Her passions are promoting health and building community. She's worked in grassroots community organizations in Vancouver, Victoria and Oceania.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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