Hi everyone. Kate here…

I know this seems unhinged, but oral sex isn’t talked about enough.

Oral sex carries genuine risks. HSV-1 (oral herpes) can be transmitted to the genitals and vice versa. HPV passed through oral sex is now the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers in the US (surpassing tobacco). And oral gonorrhea in particular is becoming antibiotic-resistant at alarming rates.

The bacteria in saliva can also disrupt the vaginal microbiome, and studies have linked receptive oral sex to higher rates of bacterial vaginosis.

Oral sex is great… the problem is that we don’t treat it seriously.

People who would never skip a condom will go down on a new partner without a second thought. People don’t get tested for oral STIs…. or talk to partners about dental health, recent illness, or when they were last screened.

It’s a public health gap.

I’m grateful I have a partner who takes my health, his health, and our collective health seriously.

Be safe lovely humans ❤️

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[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

About a month ago she posted:

why has Christianity been alive for 2,000 years without a CEO... while most startups die in 18 months?

this question led to this article 👇

https://nitter.net/_katetolo/status/2039851509136154805#m

And here's a reply from @MrBitcoinUSA under the retweeted article link:

I stumbled onto this article randomly & unintentionally. After reading it in full, I feel I was supposed to read it & my consciousness led me here. I was riveted by this. Personally I “feel” agree everything presented in this article is true.

What baffles me is that almost (1/2)

Half a million people have read this article so far and less than 100 have liked it. Are people really that disconnected & unaware of the relevance, importance, significance of this?! Apparently so…

Personally I am incredibly eager to read your next article, 2 of 2. Phenomenal!

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 3 points 13 hours ago

i can't seem to navigate to see the actual article before running into the twitter login wall. any chance someone could recreate it here?

i want to read about how christianity made it this far without a CEO.

im assuming it was because the COO was smart enough to engage in a stock buy back program with the savings from the redundancies found by McKinsey & Company.