I constantly have people telling me to not allow my ex to bother me. “Don’t let him get to you,” they say. Everyone wants to tell me how much I should or should not care about our marital bonds being dissolved. Yes, I am in a new relationship and moving […]
Sex and Relationships
Marsha Baby: The Pain of Grande Obesity
By Kathleen Gemmell She knew that she couldn’t continue on this way. Things had to change. Each day was a carbon copy of the one before, and it was killing her. “I’m going to die, “she thought as her rasping breathing found her collapsing onto the worn chair. Marsha cried […]
A Letter From My Vagina To You, Dick
Dear Dick, I chose this salutation since it hardly seems ladylike to begin with “Dear Dickhead,” although, if we are being honest, that is exactly what you’ve been. For centuries now, it has been all about you. With the exception of the lovely Georgia O’Keeffe, who painted us as the […]
Why Moms Are Grumpy When Their Husbands Come Home From Work
By Lindsey Schuster of The Motherchic When my husband walks in the door from work each evening, I immediately stop what I am doing, dance happily toward him, skip circles around him as he places his briefcase down and removes his jacket, and then begin to fill his ears with […]
Sex Education: Then Versus Now
By Crystal Lowery of Creepy Ginger Kid In the 1990s, our high school lunches were fat-free, our lipstick was maroon, and our sex education was practically non-existent. School administrators were under the impression that the less information we had, the better sexual choices we would make. A typical lecture went something like […]
A Post-Apocalyptic Love Story
By Melissa Janisin of Goodness Madness It does not escape my attention that I may occasionally say things about my husband that are perhaps less than positive, if not so much on my blog, then certainly in real life. It probably does not escape his attention either. Which is why […]
Erma, I Feel Your Pain: The Glorious Life of the SAHM
By Kim McGinty I can only assume by my husband’s expression what he must’ve been thinking of my overly pissed response to his, “I can’t walk the dogs this morning.” Like a LED message board it read: “What’s her problem? She’s not doing anything. I have a job, deadlines.” And […]
How to Respond to Sexist Comments About Your Baby
By Jean Lomas-Hamilton of this slow process The comments started when she was two weeks old. “Now, little one, you watch out for those boys because we know what boys are like …” “She’ll NEVER date! Her dad will make sure of that.” “It’s too early for her to be hanging […]