Joni Edelman

Body politics activist. Photographer. Chronic quoter of Monty Python. Unapologetic fat chick.

My cocktail is wrong. It’s a gin and tonic with only gin. It’s a martini with 10 olives. And I can’t stand the sun. Not today. Not this month.

Chronic stress secretes a hormonal cocktail that wreaks havoc on that amazing body you have. Here's how you can chill your adrenals and reduce stress.

Can we just take a pause to consider all of the total fucking bullshit to which we subject ourselves?

Misogyny is pervasive. And my three boys are living it all.

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

When I heard about accusations that Lena sexually abused her sister, I was astonished. And my visceral emotional reaction prompted powerful questions.

"Food isn't the enemy –– calling it the enemy is the enemy."

When I had my first child, I couldn't have prepared for the way it would make me feel.

If you decide pit or leg hair isn't a big deal, then bam! It's not a big deal.