The high school guy’s guide to dating and relationships

About

Hooking Up & Staying Hooked is a guide for high school guys about dating, intimacy, and relationships.

HUSH was inspired by the author’s experience teaching healthy relationships and sex education in urban high schools and informed by an academic research project examining how young men acquire information about these same issues.

HUSH was brought to life by incredible artists and made possible by the generous funding of hundreds of Kickstarter backers.

Our hope is that this resource can be just one tool among many to better prepare young men to be good partners and make responsible and respectful decisions in their relationships.

The Team

COLIN ADAMO - AUTHOR

Adamo is an educator, creator, and therapist-in-training. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Yale University and has been working for more than a decade in young adult sexual and reproductive health with an emphasis on education and activism aimed at engaging young men. Struck by the lack of resources that acknowledged the lived experience of young men during his own adolescence, Adamo wrote HUSH to make the guide he was looking for himself in high school. Adamo is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a focus in relationship science.

JIM PERRY - CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Jim Perry is a podcast host, creative producer, and entrepreneur based in the Pacific Northwest. “Jim” creates content for clients such as Disney, Lexus, Starz, Popsicle and FX Networks including brands like “The Simpsons” and “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” while running DEFY Wrestling and producing the critically acclaimed podcast Euphomet, a documentary series about “the unknown and our relationship to it”.

FER GALICIA - ILLUSTRATION

Fer Galicia Is an artist living in Central, Taiwan, a fan of arts, painting and design. You can find his portfolio here.