Chelsea Cristene

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

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.

Chipping away at the problem of bisexual erasure starts with living truth out loud.

Wanting a child and wanting to experience childbirth are two very different things.

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

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.

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

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

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