Chelsea Cristene

If Trump is right (there’s a first time for everything) and we need to state what a problem is before solving it, then let’s state it now. Radical white terrorism.

Anyone who has been a victim of abuse will tell you that the burden of emotional labor is enormous, and that it’s amplified by the pressure to keep quiet.

The first rule: Unrequited love sucks. The second rule took regrettably longer for me to get a handle on: My unilateral crush was not this guy’s problem.

I see no such kerfuffle over straight men at gay bars, so it appears that this brand of exclusivity is Dicks Only.

That’s the thing about perfectionism. When you chase something unattainable, you complete a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I reject the insistence that a woman can’t choose what makes her feel beautiful without regard for the judgement of others.

I realized that allergies, much like mental health, are largely misunderstood and often dismissed as trivial or exaggerated.

When men’s dating preferences were observed, the age of women they expressed interest in never (never!) deviated from the early 20s.

Knowing a few compulsive liars over the course of my life has taught me some things. Living during Trump’s presidency has reinforced them.

Illness is intensely personal, but it never affects the person diagnosed alone.