Joni Edelman

91% of women report dissatisfaction with their body. Ninety-one. I know you know math—that’s 9/10 of women.

What to really expect when you're expecting.

It's not always easy to find a new partner when you have kids in tow. But not only is it possible, it's worth it.

As a former Mormon, the Church's revelation that they're going to start “loving and accepting” the LGBT community makes me laugh. Hard.

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??

Body politics activist. Photographer. Chronic quoter of Monty Python. Unapologetic fat chick.

Compassion for myself is not a thing I do. It is not a thing I have ever done. It is not a thing I feel comfortable doing. It's time I stop for compassion.

It's #STDAwareness week here at Ravishly. We're kicking it off with this handy chart!