Joni Edelman

When you push a small human out of your body, things tend to get a little weird.

As a stay-at-home mom, I've made plenty of sacrifices. Where are my accolades?

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??

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

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

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

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

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

...I’m going to help you! By “help” I mean “tell you all the things that didn’t work.”