Joni Edelman

[CN: suicide, overdose] Gratitude stops me from ending my life, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to end my life. Even the fierce love I have for my family doesn’t mean I don’t feel utterly hopeless sometimes.

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

Now that I've embarked upon the decade I once considered "old," there are a few things I'd like my 20 (and 30) year-old self to know.

Can we just take a pause to consider all of the total fucking bullshit to which we subject ourselves?

We've got Trump, Vladimir, Comey, and all the other players lined up for you. Here are the facts, followed by our IRL translation, to make sure you know that you know all abouts that latest (and possibly tenure-ending) Trump scandal.

The Cabbage Soup Diet, aka The "Torture” Diet. You just put cabbage in water and cook it. And you eat it. All day. It is not good. You will still be hungry, and farting — very smelly, paint-peeling farting.

Psychiatric illness is still stigmatized. And that’s hard when you have a psychiatric illness.

You do not have to hate your body — but you don’t have to love it either. While I'm happy with my fat body, I miss being thin.

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

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