My chronic pain never stops being interesting to me. If someone were to ask about my health, I could provide them hundreds of updates about today alone. The way my brain felt like it was bouncing in my skull when I walked down the hall to put my dishes away. The way looking down at…
Finally, I thought, things were going to change. For once, I wasn’t anxious. I was relaxed. Ready. But as soon as he inserted his penis, I screamed so loud, I’m pretty sure I woke up all of the neighbors. I started crying uncontrollably, pushed him away, and ran to my bedroom, ashamed to admit that…
My yoga teachers informed me that my right hip gets stuck, while the left is flexible; they’ve alerted me that my right shoulder sits higher than the left; they’ve drawn my attention to my left arm, which in straight arm poses lapses into a bend. How did I not know these things about my own…
In what might be one of her most relevant Instagram posts yet, Serena Williams is asking moms on Instagram and Twitter for help. It turns out that little Alexis Olympia is having teething troubles, as many babies do. Williams reached out on social media to enlist the support of other moms who have been in…
Margot Robbie knows that the Sunday Scaries are real. She’s right alongside us as we prepare to face the week ahead and wonder where on earth the long weekend went, and she knows how it feels to burn out and feel the huge hole of self-doubt and panic open up. Like you, she is a…
There’s something of a boom happening right now when it comes to new period pain products. Take Whoopi & Maya, Whoopi Goldberg and Maya Elisabeth’s line of cannabidiol-infused period-relief products, including a salve, a tincture, and a bath soak all made with CBD (which comes from, you know, cannabis). The founders recently announced the line…