Loving My Body is a Struggle
I became a teenager in the '90s. Where the models were stick-thin. Curves were disgusting. Boobs were shameful. And anything…
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I became a teenager in the '90s. Where the models were stick-thin. Curves were disgusting. Boobs were shameful. And anything…
Continue ReadingVictoria’s Secret has never made me cry before. I haven't shopped there in years, and I steer away from their…
Continue ReadingMy daughter is 14 years old, and the proud owner of an iPhone, but not of an Instagram account, or…
Continue ReadingGrowing up whenever I daydreamed about motherhood, I always thought I’d be a boy mom. I grew up with brothers,…
Continue ReadingI'm in line for coffee this morning. Behind me is a kid about my son's age, and behind him, a…
Continue ReadingDear daughters: don't be like me. Don't spend your youth trying to please everyone but yourself. Don't spend your time…
Continue ReadingThe other day I saw a photo of myself standing near a river with my daughter and unbidden, the thought…
Continue ReadingHey, you! Yes, you with the beautiful round belly. I see you shuffling along, tugging at the waist of your…
Continue ReadingI once had a German Sociology professor in college who told us that, where he came from, American college students…
Continue ReadingThis is legitimate. Deep inner lies have told me that it is not. These lies told me it will never…
Continue ReadingWhen you spend your days with small children, you’re almost always looking for a reason to leave the house. To…
Continue ReadingOnline dating wasn’t a new concept to me, but surprisingly, or even resignedly, I somehow found myself back on the…
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