Joni Edelman

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

It's #STDAwareness week here at Ravishly. We're kicking it off with this handy chart!

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

I was told that feminism is man hate. That abortion is murder. And then I thought, "What am I doing here?"

I said (on TV, to Rachael Ray, so there are a few million witnesses): If you want a bikini body, put a bikini on your body.

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

More and more programs are offering services to help companies support and retain women during their maternity transition.

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

I guess the point of a spiritual awakening is just that; if you were already awake, you wouldn’t need a moment that was self-defining. You’d already be defined.

I didn't get a lot of mothering as a child, but when I did, it was from her. She taught me how to sew, how to crochet. She taught me how to stand up for myself, to be tough. She taught me how to make fried chicken and fried okra, which I will never make, because it's fucking gross.