Melissa Petro

Would Sheryl Sandberg be able to get away with leaning in while donning Zuckerberg's signature v-neck T-shirt and jeans? History says no.

Use insect repellent, sleep under a mosquito net, and just don’t get pregnant — is this the best we can do for Latin American women?

No exaggeration, when I close my eyes— even for a second— I see white dresses.

If you watch TV and movies hoping to be emotionally moved or intellectually challenged, you know that means you’ll some

Sometimes the fights I pick with my fiancé are really fights with myself.

“If you believe in the decriminalisation of sex work,” Ian Dunt rightfully points out, “you will instantly come under a sustained and highly emotive attack on your morality and your identity.” In this vein, when a man comes out in favor of sex worker’s rights, he becomes “a betrayer of women, a gender Judas encouraging violence against them.”

A week or so ago I started shopping for a wedding dress, and guess what? Shopping for a wedding dress sucks!

We’ve all been in a situation where we've thought NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME.

If you missed my weekly column this summer all about getting engaged and planning a wedding, here’s the highlight reel: after doing

A couple months before our official engagement, Arran and I had an uncomfortable conversation about getting married. Specifically, my dear boyfriend of two years chose a quiet brunch on one unassuming Sunday to bring up the fact that he was reluctant to propose.