Joni Edelman

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When it comes to your physique, your mind can actually work against you.

[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.

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

I was told that feminism is man hate. That abortion is murder. And then I thought, "What am I doing here?"

Don’t most kids feel afraid to come home?

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

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

I just listened to my four and six year-old children (one boy, one girl) have a lengthy bathtime conversation about babies, growing up, m

They will