Joni Edelman

I don’t think anyone who has been to the spirited child parenting rodeo would call a mother who screams, “bad,” or who loses her temper, a “failure.” I think we all understand parenting is really really hard from the get go, and parenting a kid who won’t sleep, who screams and kicks and says they hate you, is its own challenge

When I was little, any time I got an insect bite or stubbed my toe, I had to ask my mom, “Am I going to die? If I was going to die from this, I’d already be dead — right?” I also had a 30-minute prayer that I needed to say at each meal or else everyone would be poisoned and die. And corners. I had to check all of them before I went to bed.

You can work your butt off and still be left with a tummy. Bummer.

"She has created an important space on the internet and in the real world, a space that women and girls are free to take up however they please."

I was told that feminism is man hate. That abortion is murder. And then I thought, "What am I doing here?"

Having kids doesn't have to mean the death of your sex life.

I didn't get a lot of mothering as a child, but when I did, it was from her. She taught me how to sew, how to crochet. She taught me how to stand up for myself, to be tough. She taught me how to make fried chicken and fried okra, which I will never make, because it's fucking gross.

No, Bill Cosby isn't my dad. But he was like one to me growing up.

This is an article about a real product that exists, that was designed to deliver an electric shock, to YOUR BODY, to stop you from eati

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