4 reasons people try to take away your beauty (and why you shouldn’t let them). [What I wish I knew when I was 18]

Sitting cross-legged on a twin bed, giggling about cute boys while the summer evening breeze swirled around us — it had been a long time — a lifetime — since the last time I’d done this. Yet there I was on the eve of my baby sister’s graduation (am I allowed to still call her …

This is how NOT to talk to women about our bodies [new video claims to debunk the thigh gap, is full of stupid]

In an art house, hermetically sealed both from germs and the passage of time, this conversation happened: “Yo, did you see the thigh-gap on that chick last night?” “The what?” “The big space between her legs! It’s the must-have accessory of the year. All the girls want one.” “That’s weird.” “Yeah, I kind of thought …

The Cure For Not Being Good Enough [What Makes You Beautiful?]

I dread the day when this sweet little girl looks in the mirror and sees anything but a gorgeous miracle.  There comes a day in every girl’s life when she realizes that she is not the prettiest princess in the room. I’m not sure exactly when that day was for me but I know I …

How to Try the No-Shampoo Method: All Your Questions Answered!

My hair is naturally wrinkly, leaning more towards curly for most of my life. And then I got pregnant. Like many parts of my body, my hair freaked out but I was too focused on the aliens that had possessed my poor boobs to care too much about what was going on with my hair. …