Joni Edelman

As the mother of three teens, I'm here to tell you: You have nothing to freak out about.

I don’t think of myself as fat. Not inside, anyway.

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

This is an article about a real product that exists, that was designed to deliver an electric shock, to YOUR BODY, to stop you from eati

Do you want people to for-sure panic? Tell them not to panic.

Is that incense I smell? A drum circle in the distance perhaps? Chanting? Herbal potions? Perhaps a cauldron? Could it be homebirth?

Are the advances worth the trade-offs? You be the judge.

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.

The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”

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.