Joni Edelman

The Interent is ugly sometimes. And raising kids using it doesn't always make it easier.

No, Bill Cosby isn't my dad. But he was like one to me growing up.

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

I didn't get a lot of mothering as a child, but when I did, it was from her. She taught me how to sew, how to crochet. She taught me how to stand up for myself, to be tough. She taught me how to make fried chicken and fried okra, which I will never make, because it's fucking gross.

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

My daughter just had 75 of her Instagram yoga images pilfered. What is going on? And what can we do about it?

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

As long as I can remember having paid attention to the media, I can remember a woman's weight—or body in general—being a news story.

You should know that she is a really awesome human.

I want my kids to have an understanding of the truth of sex, the ins, the outs, the details no one wants to ask anyone—least of all their mom.