100th Blog Post – Greatest Hits!

Today’s a BIG day for the PWN Health Promotion department.  It has been two years since we decided to take the plunge into the world of social networking, and this, my friends, is our 100th Blog Post!  To mark the occasion, we’ve pulled up a list of “greatest hits” for your enjoyment, and for those readers who, like me, forget what they’ve read until they run into it again …

Our hardest hit (i.e. most popular) posts were last year’s Condom Trivia post for World AIDS Day (everything you never wanted or needed to know about condoms!) and Will that be low risk or high? about the riskiness of oral sex for the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Here are a few other gems worth revisiting:

• Maybe Baby? (June 20th, 2008) deals with the exciting reality that women living HIV can safely get pregnant and deliver healthy babies.
• I Have This Friend … (August 22, 2008) is about the challenges of talking and asking questions about sex.
• HIV Denial and Debate (January 16th, 2009) recognizes the tragic death of AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore and deals briefly with AIDS denialism in general.
• Sunrise, Sunset: HIV & Aging (July 31, 2009) introduces the topic of aging with HIV.  Since that post, we’ve taken up the issue of sexual health for women over 40 with our You Should Know project and an upcoming pocket guide for women living with HIV in midlife and beyond.
• “Chronic Manageable Condition” Exerts Pressure To Be Optimistic (April 9, 2010) addresses the potentially troubling medical trend toward addressing HIV as a “chronic manageable condition”, which is not necessarily a reality for many of our members.

We’ve also covered some BIG news over the past two years, including H1N1, the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and the 2010 Olympics, which took place almost right outside our door.  Another piece of news that might not have gained world-wide attention, but that was a big deal for us, was the decision of Vancouver Women’s Health Collective to open the doors of Lu’s Pharmacy to Transgendered women.

It’s been a busy and rewarding two years both on-line and off, and we plan to continue blogging and building up our readership.  On behalf of all our bloggers, thank you for your support!

-Miriam

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