When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2014, I was 28 years old, in grad school, living paycheck to paycheck as a part-time sexuality educator, and planning my wedding. I had lost my mom to breast cancer when I was 13, so I had a hunch it was coming for me, but the…
Read moreOn the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March, the march’s founders put together an impressive program to galvanize the resistance heading into year two of the Trump presidency. Set in Las Vegas—Nevada being a critical battleground state in the midterm elections—the Women’s March: #PowertothePolls event brought women from all over the country together to launch…
Read moreHi. I’m Lindsey. I’m a fitness trainer and one half of the Brave Body Project, an online community I started with my best friend Amber Rees to inspire women to feel strong and powerful in their bodies and unite through health and fitness. This is the story of how I changed my own body image…
Read moreLast weekend, I, along with more than 2,500 other women, attended a conference breaking down the importance of self actualization. The conference was led by one of those popular, female-empowerment gurus, a high-energy motivationalist who talked unironically about mastering our own destiny, building our best lives, and learning to “embrace our inner radiance.” Prior to…
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Pregnancy and motherhood has often been a secretive, shrouded club that women only gained access to when they had babies of their own. But while plenty of things about this year were terrible, there were some really great things to happen in 2017 too, and one of them was that we started to break down…
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There’s one thing—maybe only one thing—every single person in America can agree on right now: Exactly one year ago today, we woke up surprised. Maybe, the day before, you pulled the lever for now-President Donald Trump and thought, with one eye on the polls predicting Hillary Clinton‘s win, Oh, well, I said my piece. Maybe…
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