Wake up: you don’t get to decide what I can and can’t wear. I am so, so tired of being told what’s right for my body. For once I’m not talking about politics here. I mean literally being told what’s right for my body, how if my body is apple shaped I should wear one […]
We cannot return to my grandmother’s era where large segments of women could not access family planning education. Across the world, the legal and economic battle to retain reproductive rights for women is ongoing. In the process, these rights are slowly becoming a luxury for the wealthy. Poor, young, and marginalized women lack the resources […]
My life—and my death—should belong entirely to me. Limiting legal suicide to the terminally ill tells the rest of us that we can’t be trusted to make our own choices. We will all die. That may sound a bit morbid, but it’s a biological fact. You. Me. My dog. Beyoncé. Death will come for all […]
We watched Bourdain be moved by the ways others live in this world. We watched him share in their joy. We watched him confront their suffering and his own. To make anybody feel good is an extraordinary ability, but it is also exhausting. “Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting […]
We know they fought hard. We know they died. We aren’t entitled to anymore information than that. Anthony Bourdain. Kate Spade. Two beloved celebrities lost to suicide, and two deaths covered non-stop by the media. I won’t share the details of either death but a quick perusal of the news reveals every suicide coverage mistake: […]
It’s a nice idea that we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and kick depression to the curb. But like most bootstrap narratives, it’s simply not true. Iconic fashion designer Kate Spade died by suicide earlier today. As I read the news, all I could think was one thing: There’s no such thing as […]
It’s one thing to decline to bake cakes for a holiday you disapprove of and another thing entirely to refuse to serve a class of people because of their sexual orientation. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado bakery owner who refused to bake wedding cakes for gay couples. Happy Pride month? The […]
From Sophia Loren to Cardi B, being a female sex object in our culture is both a blessing and a curse. You may be a babe, but it likely follows you’re a bit of a bimbo. By now, you’ve probably seen the New York Post cover about Kim Kardashian’s meeting with President Trump to discuss […]
