Joni Edelman

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

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.

[CN: suicide, overdose] Gratitude stops me from ending my life, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to end my life. Even the fierce love I have for my family doesn’t mean I don’t feel utterly hopeless sometimes.

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

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.

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

Look, I'm not saying McDonald's did this themselves, I'm just saying, a lot of the people that work there probably agree.

Silly me, I thought the darn thing took care of itself. Little did I know I was sorely mistaken and had a vagina complex.

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

And what’s better than eggs? Eggs direct from the cloaca of your own chicken.