Table of Content
Introduction: Communicating Intimate Health: From the Bedroom to the Doctor’s Office
Valerie Rubinsky & Angela Cooke-Jackson
Part 1: Absence as a Theme of Intimate Health Communication
Chapter 1: Sweet Nothings: A Journey of (Gay) Sex without Condoms
By Andrew Spieldenner & Nic Flores
Chapter 2: “Why Don’t All Parents Talk About This Stuff:” Informational, Emotional, and Cultural Barriers to Meaningful Parent-Child Conversations About Sex
By Amanda Holman
Chapter 3: “The Sex Talk was Taboo… So was Wearing a Tampon:” Sexual and Menstrual Health Conversations among Young Latina and Latinx Women and Gender Minorities
ByAshley Aragón and Angela Cooke-Jackson
Chapter 4: Intimate Conversations about Sex and Sexuality: Lessons Learned from Studying Purity Pledges
By Jimmie Manning
Chapter 5: Intimate Communication Guidelines for Transformative Sexual Education
By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Taylor McMahon, and Kavita Shah
Chapter 6: The (S)lack of Queer Healthcare in Appalachia
By Katy A. Ross
Part 2: Interpersonal Communication and Health Intimacies
Chapter 7: Theory of Memorable Messages: Theorizing Message Disruption
By Angela Cooke-Jackson & Valerie Rubinsky
Chapter 8: Beyond the Binaries of Sexual Consent: Developing Consent Identities through Diversification of Sexual Messaging
By Rachel Hanebutt
Chapter 9: Disrupting Sexual Communication: An Exploration and Application of Boundary-Setting Conversations in BDSM, Polyamorous, and LGBTQ Relationships
By Valerie Rubinsky & Monica Roldán
Chapter 10: “But I Can’t Talk to My Doctor About That!” Tips for Young Adults to Improve Sexual Communication with Health Providers.
By Carey Noland
Chapter 11: Technology and Sexual Health Communication Among Black and Latinx Young Women
By Carina M. Zelaya and Diane B. Francis
Part 3: Maternal Health & Motherhood
Chapter 12: Interpersonal Communication Surrounding Infertility and Miscarriage: Considerations Under the Gaze of the Master Narrative of Motherhood
By Haley Kranstuber Horstman and Shaye Morrison
Chapter 13: From “Breast is Best” to “Your Choice” – Memorable Messages Mothers Receive about Breastfeeding
By Angela M. Hosek, Heather Matthys, and Kelly M. Weikle
Chapter 14: Caregiving Throughout Herstory: The Role of Doula on African Descent Women’s Health Outcomes
By Shukura Ayoluwa Umi
Part 4: Trauma, Structural Violence, and Intimate Health
Chapter 15: Migrant Gender Violence, Reproductive Health, and the Intersections of Reproductive Justice and Health Communication
By Leandra H. Hernández and Sarah De Los Santos Upton
Chapter 16: Historical and Intergenerational Trauma and Radical Love
By Andrew Jolivétte
Part 5: Negotiating Identity in Intimate Health Research: Considerations and Opportunities
Chapter 17: Researching Marginalized Populations in Intimate Health Communication: Observations from the Field
By Angela Cooke-Jackson, Valerie Rubinsky, Andrew Spieldenner, Nicole Hudak, Ashley Aragón, and Jacqueline Gunning
Chapter 18: Negotiating Identity in Queer Pregnancy and Birth Control Research
By Nicole Hudak
Chapter 19: A Dialogic Forum on Feminist Implications of Birth Control Research
By Jacqueline Gunning and Nicole Hudak
Conclusion: A Love Letter to Vulnerability
By Valerie Rubinsky & Angela Cooke-Jackson