Joni Edelman

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

More and more programs are offering services to help companies support and retain women during their maternity transition.

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.

Our relationship has been a little complicated. I've loved you a lot, and I've loathed you at least that much, but mostly you've just gone unnoticed. Except for those 5 to 7 days every four weeks when you made your presence quite evident, what with the river of life blood and the random excruciating, and from what I can tell, unnecessary, contractions.

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

So you fed your baby some formula instead of breast milk. His future is not shot. Really. It's not—and The Guilt serves no one.

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.

I just listened to my four and six year-old children (one boy, one girl) have a lengthy bathtime conversation about babies, growing up, m

As the mother of three teens, I'm here to tell you: You have nothing to freak out about.

The Interent is ugly sometimes. And raising kids using it doesn't always make it easier.