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Why I Don't Tell People I Was In A Cult
By Lynn BeisnerMay 21, 2013
How can you tell someone the truth about your past when there's a good chance they won't believe you? I am part of a minority group that I call "People with a Big Story" for lack of a better term. People with Big Stories have two things in common. First, something has happened in their lives that is so outside the range of the ordinary that it seems unbelievable to most people. The second thin...Posted in Life, Lynn, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
I Don’t Know What I Weigh: The Case For Stepping Off The Scale
By Claire MyskoMay 20, 2013
The June issue of Allure has the usual headlines about what beauty products to buy and how to get good hair and better skin. Also thrown into the sexy, sun-kissed mix is this tidbit of information about their cover girl: “Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds Of Grit And Heartache.” Hey, she’s slight but this gal’s got might! Do the editors of a beauty magazine think of a celebrity&r...Posted in Current Events, Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Why Men Need To Feel Their Feelings
By Jayson GaddisMay 19, 2013
I was emotionally shut down for years. Every woman I dated had to deal with my inability to identify a feeling. She would ask, “Hey is something bothering you?” I would reply, “No, I’m fine” with a hint of defensiveness. The closest I ever came to identifying what was really going on was “I’m in a funk.” Many folks know this as feeling off someho...Posted in Fathers, Life, Manhood, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
On Survivor's Guilt
By Emily RappMay 15, 2013
Three months since the death of her son, Emily Rapp discusses the guilt she faces as life charges on. Today marks the three-month anniversary of my son Ronan’s death. It’s spring now, and he died in late winter, in the early hours of a bitterly cold morning. Now the birds are out, chirping and fighting for nest space on the roof. Green buds have blossomed on the trees in the front ...Posted in Emily Rapp, Life, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
I Have An Eating Disorder And No One In My Life Knows
By Kristen ForbesMay 14, 2013
Kristen Forbes has been quietly dealing with her binge disorder in therapy and felt that she earned the right to keep it to herself, but she wants and needs help. "Do you want to jump?" My boyfriend and I gazed at tall rocks overlooking the turquoise ocean in Hawaii. After driving on the road to Hana for hours, we were out in the salty air, feeling the heat of the sun as it pressed down on us...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
An Open Letter To Angelina Jolie
By Steph HMay 14, 2013
Steph, who had a preventative mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, welcomes Angelina Jolie to the sisterhood. Dear Ange, First off, can I call you that? Ange? Because we're practically sisters at this point. I'll take that as a yes. Moving on. Until yesterday, Ange, you and I had approximately three things in common: we are both, ostensibly, of the same species; we both married ve...Posted in Current Events, Life, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Everyone Has Their Own 'Right' Road
By Emily RappApril 30, 2013
Traditional milestones no longer accurately reflect the reality of our lives—moments of true growth happen when you weren't planning for them. What is a milestone? Any range of television commercials will tell you that it is (not necessarily in this order, but in keeping with the fiction of this whole notion), finding your soul mate, getting married, buying a home at a good interest rate...Posted in Emily Rapp, Life, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Why Your Daughter Should Be Watching 'American Idol' This Season
By Tina BoyerApril 29, 2013
The talent show is not free of criticism, but this season's all-female group of finalists is sending a strong message, says Tina Boyer. In all its corny, commercial excess, American Idol isn’t exactly the highest form of culture, but there’s something brewing in the current finalist round of the competition that’s challenging the established formulas of reality television. Th...Posted in Current Events, Feminism, Life, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Reality TV, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
How I Combat Feeling Inadequate
By Cynthia KaneApril 29, 2013
Cynthia Kane has struggled with feelings of inadequacy since she was a young girl. I was 7 the first time I realized I wasn’t like other children. In school, sitting at the round table with my classmates, I watched our teacher, Ms. Allen, scribble numbers and symbols on the chalkboard. A heavy textbook clutched in one hand, she drew an arrow from one box to another while the other studen...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Confessions Of A Thin-Privileged Fat Activist
By Claire MyskoApril 28, 2013
Once upon a time—before URLs, handles, likes, and shares—I put some good old-fashioned postage stamps inside an envelope and sent away for a zine (made of actual paper!) that was filled with some very big ideas. I was 16 and the zine was called i’m so fucking beautiful, a title that hooked me instantly because at the time I was quite literally starving myself of that sentiment...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
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