Joni Edelman

Here’s something that isn’t rocket science either, Stephen Hawking: Diets don’t work.

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

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

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.

I don’t think of myself as fat. Not inside, anyway.

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

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

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

In honor of World Bipolar Day, I present a sample stream of consciousness based on my experiences living with this disorder.

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