Chelsea Cristene

The first rule: Unrequited love sucks. The second rule took regrettably longer for me to get a handle on: My unilateral crush was not this guy’s problem.

If Trump is right (there’s a first time for everything) and we need to state what a problem is before solving it, then let’s state it now. Radical white terrorism.

I see no such kerfuffle over straight men at gay bars, so it appears that this brand of exclusivity is Dicks Only.

When men’s dating preferences were observed, the age of women they expressed interest in never (never!) deviated from the early 20s.

Chipping away at the problem of bisexual erasure starts with living truth out loud.

That’s the thing about perfectionism. When you chase something unattainable, you complete a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I reject the insistence that a woman can’t choose what makes her feel beautiful without regard for the judgement of others.

Wanting a child and wanting to experience childbirth are two very different things.

Illness is intensely personal, but it never affects the person diagnosed alone.

I realized that allergies, much like mental health, are largely misunderstood and often dismissed as trivial or exaggerated.