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.

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

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

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

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.

Thank you, Isolde, for making me pause, for encouraging me to ditch the pocket computer for conversation with someone new.

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

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

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