Joni Edelman

Being vulnerable, being seen (even lumpy and naked), admitting weakness, asking for help — these acts inspire and edify.

Look, I'm not saying McDonald's did this themselves, I'm just saying, a lot of the people that work there probably agree.

My decision to bed-share with my children despite potential SIDS risks has less to do with studies, and more to do with instinct.

When I was little, any time I got an insect bite or stubbed my toe, I had to ask my mom, “Am I going to die? If I was going to die from this, I’d already be dead — right?” I also had a 30-minute prayer that I needed to say at each meal or else everyone would be poisoned and die. And corners. I had to check all of them before I went to bed.

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

Our relationship has been a little complicated. I've loved you a lot, and I've loathed you at least that much, but mostly you've just gone unnoticed. Except for those 5 to 7 days every four weeks when you made your presence quite evident, what with the river of life blood and the random excruciating, and from what I can tell, unnecessary, contractions.

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

Brangelina are splitting up. A sad day for them, a joyful day for single ladies everywhere.

"She has created an important space on the internet and in the real world, a space that women and girls are free to take up however they please."

If you decide pit or leg hair isn't a big deal, then bam! It's not a big deal.