By Sam Palmer of Modern Day Hippie Mama We’ve all been there. You’re sitting with your friend at the kitchen table when your kids come marching in, holding your vibrator. Damn it! Is there no hiding spot they can’t find?! You try to shrug it off by commenting on “how phallic kids’ toys look these […]
Sex and Relationships
When Is It Appropriate to Ask, “Are You About To Get Your Period?”
By Kristine Laco of Mum Revised I have been asked by men, many times, if I was about to get my period. I think the men who ask this kind of question just have not been schooled. So, as a giver of gifts and a saver of relationships, I thought I would lay it out […]
Fat Breath
By Jennifer Golden of mommibomb I have logged in to MyFitnessPal for 50 days straight. For 50 days, I have diligently entered every morsel of food that has entered my mouth, including my 10-calorie, submarine-sized Omega 3 pill—a regrettable 500 calories of fish oil that I have consumed over the course of this MyFitnessPal journey […]
I Got Into Law School, So That Means I’m Smart
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNme Ten years ago, I was graduating from a small(ish) Catholic college twenty minutes south of Boston. I was 22 and about to get married and move to Miami to begin law school. Ten years ago, I naively thought, “I’ve made it.” I’ve graduated college. (check!) I’ve secured a husband. (check!) […]
Bride Battling Cancer Told to Move Up Wedding, Refuses and Defies Odds
Laurin Long and Michael Bank of Columbia, S.C., were like any other young couple. They met, fell in love, and decided they were each other’s happily ever after. But just like every great love story, there was one thing standing in their way. Its name? Cancer. When Mike and Laurin first met on the dating […]
I Got Pregnant Again So They Would Fix My Labia
By Emily Solberg After giving birth to my son and becoming a mom for the first time, I can say without doubt or hesitation that my heart is whole. My vagina, on the other hand, is not. At my six-week postpartum check up, my doctor began the exam with “Well, that’s a shame.” Not words […]
How to Keep a Husband for at Least TEN Years
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe.com In July of this year, my husband and I will celebrate our ten-year wedding anniversary. We got married back in 2008 following my college graduation. I was only twenty-two at the time and him? Well, he was all good-looking at the prime age of thirty. There were may vocal skeptics […]
Woman Dumps Body-Shaming Boyfriend and the Internet Is Applauding
How do you know you’re in a relationship with a dickhead? Well, one obvious red flag is having a partner who criticizes your physical appearance followed up with a threat of losing attraction. This situation may be foreign to some, but for 23-year-old Shelby, this was her crushing reality as of late. Shelby shared a […]