Joni Edelman

Oh hey remember that time in 1804 when Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had an actual duel, with actual guns and Burr shot Hamilton and Hamilton did not shoot Burr. And then the next day Hamilton died.

Psychiatric illness is still stigmatized. And that’s hard when you have a psychiatric illness.

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I said (on TV, to Rachael Ray, so there are a few million witnesses): If you want a bikini body, put a bikini on your body.

Our relationship has been a little complicated. I've loved you a lot, and I've loathed you at least that much, but mostly you've just gone unnoticed. Except for those 5 to 7 days every four weeks when you made your presence quite evident, what with the river of life blood and the random excruciating, and from what I can tell, unnecessary, contractions.

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

More and more programs are offering services to help companies support and retain women during their maternity transition.

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

So you fed your baby some formula instead of breast milk. His future is not shot. Really. It's not—and The Guilt serves no one.

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