Chelsea Cristene

Wanting a child and wanting to experience childbirth are two very different things.

Thank you, Isolde, for making me pause, for encouraging me to ditch the pocket computer for conversation with someone new.

Anyone who has been a victim of abuse will tell you that the burden of emotional labor is enormous, and that it’s amplified by the pressure to keep quiet.

Knowing a few compulsive liars over the course of my life has taught me some things. Living during Trump’s presidency has reinforced them.

I realized that allergies, much like mental health, are largely misunderstood and often dismissed as trivial or exaggerated.

That’s the thing about perfectionism. When you chase something unattainable, you complete a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I reject the insistence that a woman can’t choose what makes her feel beautiful without regard for the judgement of others.

If Trump is right (there’s a first time for everything) and we need to state what a problem is before solving it, then let’s state it now. Radical white terrorism.

Illness is intensely personal, but it never affects the person diagnosed alone.

Chipping away at the problem of bisexual erasure starts with living truth out loud.