Joni Edelman

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

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

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

When I had my first child, I couldn't have prepared for the way it would make me feel.

Body politics activist. Photographer. Chronic quoter of Monty Python. Unapologetic fat chick.

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

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

I said (on TV, to Rachael Ray, so there are a few million witnesses): If you want a bikini body, put a bikini on your body.