Joni Edelman

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

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

Let's get to it—a primer on The Sex.

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

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

When you push a small human out of your body, things tend to get a little weird.

Being vulnerable, being seen (even lumpy and naked), admitting weakness, asking for help — these acts inspire and edify.

Suffering is America’s favorite thing to do. We starve ourselves to lose weight, and we’re a success story. We don’t sleep, and we’re just getting SO MUCH DONE. We do a thousand things a day and involve our kids in a thousand activities, because somehow, in some perverted way, that makes us successful.

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.

Good god, where will I ever find someone who will love me in such a pitiful condition?