As an adult, I’ve been working with a women’s wellness organization for nearly two years, and I’ve had more doctors examine my lady bits than I’ve had sex partners. Given all these experiences, you’d think I’d know all the important things there are to know about my bo...
We are all human. Just adorable, vulnerable little sacks of flesh, bones, and emotion, running around the world, bumping into each other, hoping for the best. Sometimes, shit is gonna happen.
How to deal with four of the most common women’s health “abnormalities”—but it...
Originally published on XO Jane.
After an adverse reaction to medication left me with Tinnitus (a constant ringing in your ears, it’s lovely), I was put through a series of hearing tests. I sat in a vault-like room listening for beeps of varying volume. Afterward, they...
I was almost fifteen, and my parents decided to take my sister and I on a cruise. Now, at fourteen-and-a-half I still had braces, I still didn’t have contacts, and I’m not totally positive that my mom was letting me shave my legs or armpits yet. None of this seemed to...
So I farted in yoga. I did it, it happened. Anyone who has ever done yoga has feared this moment. I’d even bet that anyone who’s even thought about trying yoga has thought about it, and feared it.
It happened just this morning. It was ten minutes into class, and we...
Banana Pancakes with protein powder. He made them while in silk boxers, his hair still firmly gelled from the night before. He played Jack Johnson’s “Banana Pancakes” while he cooked. Really.
This was my latest adventure in online dating. We didn’t talk on the phone bef...
There are all these articles coming out: “How to Deal with a Depressed Spouse.” “What Depression Feels Like.” “What Not To Say To Someone With Depression.” Etcetera...
Lots of stock images of people sitting cross-legged on the floor in dark rooms, heads in their hands.
I...
I was 18, broke, and about to move into a new apartment in LA, that didn’t allow animals. So, I had to find a way to get my fat, neurotic cat, Simon, to Michigan, to go live with my mom in the meantime.
Now, flying a cat can cost upwards of two hundred dollars. For a ca...