Joni Edelman

91% of women report dissatisfaction with their body. Ninety-one. I know you know math—that’s 9/10 of women.

Silly me, I thought the darn thing took care of itself. Little did I know I was sorely mistaken and had a vagina complex.

You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

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

Actually, no, I'm not a gluttonous moron.

New research suggests that brain inflammation occurring independent of a disease may be linked to depression. Could a "cure" be on the horizon?

When it comes to your physique, your mind can actually work against you.

The FDA has approved a new drug for banishing double chins . . . it's ACID.

[CN: suicide, overdose] Gratitude stops me from ending my life, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to end my life. Even the fierce love I have for my family doesn’t mean I don’t feel utterly hopeless sometimes.