I have a shameful secret. I hate water. There, I said it. There’s something about water that’s just so…blah. The idea of drinking 8 glasses a day seems as impossible as running 8 miles a day. But I know how important it is to stay hydrated. I also know that if I’m not drinking water, […]
I know I should drink more water. In fact, I hear it so much I begin to protest it just because I hate anything I think I’m supposed to do (cue flossing, sleeping for eight hours, changing my sheets once a week). I can rationalize anything. “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” “I’ll floss when I’m […]
Antidepressants is a loaded topic. With advocates for it and critics against it, there may never be a straight forward answer if antidepressants are right for everyone. There are articles written about its harmful side effects and just as many written about its benefits. I recently came across Helen Rosner’s essay Not Everyone Feels This […]
Hanne Blank is a historian, writer, editor and public speaker. She has also edited and written erotica but is retired from that genre. Blank believes in civil rights in general and fat rights in particular. She says: “For me, as a progressive feminist, opposing the whole range of physical-body-based prejudices and stigmas is all of […]
Choice is a fundamental power of the human experience. Everyone knows the power of the choices you make have infinite consequences. We have no idea, however, what’s a little choice or a big choice. We believe that big choices are obvious ones — buying a house, getting married, changing careers. These are the ones we […]
I love Jemima Kirke. No, not Jessa from ‘Girls’. Jemima. I love Jemima because she isn’t scared to show the world who she is – whether on screen or off. I love her flaming sense of self respect. Most importantly, I love her honesty. From rehab, to abortions, to her underarm hair, she’s unknowingly opened a […]