Joni Edelman

photo credit: Lindy West (instagram), by

I'll let you in on a little secret - being thin didn't make me happy, but being "Fat" does! Be fat and happy. Be unapologetically fat.

It's not always easy to find a new partner when you have kids in tow. But not only is it possible, it's worth it.

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

I’m lucky to be smart, to have an astonishingly good memory. Or maybe I’m lucky to be bipolar.

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

Brangelina are splitting up. A sad day for them, a joyful day for single ladies everywhere.

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.

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

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.