Joni Edelman

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

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

What to really expect when you're expecting.

By baby three, well let’s just say things are a little anticlimactic, at least where furnishings are concerned. Hand me down crib. Check.

Suffering is America’s favorite thing to do. We starve ourselves to lose weight, and we’re a success story. We don’t sleep, and we’re just getting SO MUCH DONE. We do a thousand things a day and involve our kids in a thousand activities, because somehow, in some perverted way, that makes us successful.

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They will 

Good god, where will I ever find someone who will love me in such a pitiful condition?

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

As long as I can remember having paid attention to the media, I can remember a woman's weight—or body in general—being a news story.