Joni Edelman

Don’t most kids feel afraid to come home?

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I'll never forget the day I discovered the name for my mental illness.

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

I want my kids to have an understanding of the truth of sex, the ins, the outs, the details no one wants to ask anyone—least of all their mom.

Are the advances worth the trade-offs? You be the judge.

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

Now that I've embarked upon the decade I once considered "old," there are a few things I'd like my 20 (and 30) year-old self to know.

As a former Mormon, the Church's revelation that they're going to start “loving and accepting” the LGBT community makes me laugh. Hard.

...I’m going to help you! By “help” I mean “tell you all the things that didn’t work.”