Alice, is it all just a little bit of history repeating?

Dear Alice,

I'm dreadfully worried for the children. There's a trend slowly making a comeback, and unfortunately i'm not speaking of skinny jeans and Fedora hats. (although if you ask me, both of those trends need to be put out to pasture) The trend i'm referring to is unprotected sex.

People have become "condom fatigued".

I know you're asking "where is all this coming from?" Well, i saw this film today "Sex Positive" it was a documentary about the beginning of the AIDS Epidemic and how safe sex was thought of as WEIRD. Using condoms (back in the 70's and 80's) was like using a fork to eat soup. It took years for the government to sanction a "safe sex" protocal after AIDS came to prominence. You would think people would quickly jump on the band wagon. Oh contraire! The straights thought it was a gay disease, and the gays were still living a promiscuous lifestyle. They didn't want to use condoms...

Sadly 26 years, they're still not using condoms.

Alice, i think i know what's causing all this. The kids today are very visual. They have music videos, Xbox, and I- phones. (as a child of the 80's i can remember a time when PONG was revolutionary, and a music video was a NEW thing) They have never known a time when HIV meds didn't exist. They've never seen someone die of AIDS. To teens, if they get HIV, they'll just pop a pill and be fine. You can even see this mindset on pharmacutical ads for HIV meds, all the models are muscular men in tight tank tops. as an average looking man who struggles with his weight, i would love to be a beefy muscular bloke. So all i have to do is take that pill?

I was born in the early 80's, AIDS become real when legendary actor Rock Hudson died of it. Anyone under 25 will probably not even know who Rock Hudson is. Rock was a gorgeous movie star of the 50s and 60s. In the 70's he moved to tv and was still hot, then in the 80's he was on the most popluar show ever, Dynasty. Rock was THE MAN. For you Late 80's babies, he was Brad Pitt. For you 90's babies he was Zac Efron. We saw a gorgeous man literally become a skeleton. The only celebrity children now a days know with HIV is Magic Johnson, who is still alive and well, owns a chain of movie theatres, a starbucks, and has a wife and children. A very different image than Rock Hudson, dying on national television.

Kids just don't care about history. how do i know this, you ask? Alice dahling, there were only 8 people in the theatre with me, and i'm 28 years old...i was the youngest person there. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Now Alice, i'm not saying i'm an angel, far from it. As i type this, every 40 seconds, Images of making love to my boyfriend enter my mind. Abstinence is just not realistic, but i love him enough to want to protect him. Even if i didn't love him, I love myself enough to want to keep me around (at least until Madonna releases her next album).

Alice, I'm afraid that it's all just a little bit of history repeating...the swinging sexy 70's are back...but doesn't anyone remember AIDS in the 80's?

If we can revamp 90210 and we can revamp Melrose Place...can't someone revamp safe sex?

I hope we sexual beings can get our act together, sooner rather than later.

Until Next time Alice,

Be Healthy, Be Happy... Be Safe.

All My Love,

The Guest Star.