Joni Edelman

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

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

It seems that "at 18 months, almost 60% of toddlers were sleeping for 13 to 14 hours per night." HAHA you're so funny Reuters!

With the help of the midwife—and immense effort on my part—Ella finally slid out into the water. But she was limp, pale. It was scary.

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

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

What to really expect when you're expecting.

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.

When I heard about accusations that Lena sexually abused her sister, I was astonished. And my visceral emotional reaction prompted powerful questions.