Chelsea Cristene

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

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.

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

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.

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

Knowing a few compulsive liars over the course of my life has taught me some things. Living during Trump’s presidency has reinforced them.

Anyone who has been a victim of abuse will tell you that the burden of emotional labor is enormous, and that it’s amplified by the pressure to keep quiet.

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

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