Say What You Will

Postpartum bleeding is mentioned once.

There are a couple of kisses, and a couple lie in bed together with their clothes on. Talk about sex is infrequent but frank, and there are no detailed descriptions; teens are matter-of-fact about it, and the book furthers the idea that many or most high-school kids have sex. STDs are mentioned, but none is specifically named. A character admits to watching pornography to learn about the mechanics of sex. A high school senior gets pregnant and makes decisions about her pregnancy without telling her parents or the father; her decision and its aftermath are a main focus of the last third of the book. The medical advice she receives after a doctor's exam is narrated, but no part of the exam itself is described. Postpartum bleeding is mentioned.

"S--t" and variations of "f--k" are used three or four times each. Used once or twice each: "boobs," "pissed," "crap," and "dick." There's a joke from a movie that uses "c--t" as a pun.

Matthew takes medication to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Once, friends pass marijuana around, and Matthew pretends to smoke it. Amy willingly helps someone smuggle alcohol into the prom, and many kids, including Amy, drink some of it. Some kids are mentioned as being very drunk. Adults give a minor character champagne, and it's implied that he and Amy drink it.