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“We decided to write something about STIs to try to normalize how we talk about them, and the people we associate with having them,” Vingiano said. “We were interested in showing this happen to somebody who seemed like she could be your friend, who isn’t particularly sexually promiscuous, and who had always tried to be safe. In film and television, STIs typically serve as nothing more than a punchline, so we wanted to challenge that narrative and broaden our viewers ideas of what the reality of an STI looked like.”