Joni Edelman

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

Attention Civilians: Colonel David Iverson does not want to see your boobs.

...I’m going to help you! By “help” I mean “tell you all the things that didn’t work.”

Don’t most kids feel afraid to come home?

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

You do not have to hate your body — but you don’t have to love it either. While I'm happy with my fat body, I miss being thin.

4. A high school government class.

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.

I am tired of taking medication. I am tired of relying on the manufactured versions of the chemicals and hormones my body could — should? — make for itself.

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.