“The thought of my husband dropping me off at the hospital, me getting checked in alone, getting the epidural shot alone, and not having his hand to hold terrifies me,” says Morgan Pederson, a 32-year-old woman from Queens, New York, who is planning to deliver her second child in June. Last week two New York…
Across the globe, people are grappling with the growing COVID-19 pandemic. Deaths due to the coronavirus have soared in Italy as hospitals try to manage high demands and lack of supplies. In the U.S., panic levels are high, with health officials advising “social distancing” and taking extra precautions to protect your health. Most major live…
The weekend is best time to fall into a leisurely online shopping hole with little-to-no shame. But this Sunday isn’t just any old Sunday. It’s International Women’s Day 2020—a day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women worldwide. International Women’s Day was recognized for the first time in 1911—and now,…
Beyoncé is one of the world’s most private celebrities. Case in point: She rarely gives interviews anymore. Instead, she chooses to express herself through her projects, such as emotional albums like Lemonade and her Netflix documentary Homecoming. Hell, even her Instagram posts are often without captions. But recently she talked to Elle (via fan-sourced questions)…
It turns out that tiny strips of silicone can help reduce the appearance of scars. You place them on top of the wound at night, and over time the scar fades. I wasn’t home a few hours from the ob-gyn before ordering a jumbo pack online. The sooner it came, the sooner I could start…
It hasn’t even been a month since Shay Mitchell gave birth to her daughter and already she’s facing the wrath of mommy-shamers. This week, people left her a series of critical comments about how she went to Drake’s birthday party with her boyfriend, Matte Babel, shortly after having her baby. But she defended herself on…