Greetings Role Rebooters, In early 2014 we celebrated Role Reboot’s third anniversary, and I’m excited to finally announce a long overdue re-launch of the site. You’ll notice some things may look slightly different, and that we’ve integrated a few (hopefully not-so-intrusive) ads as part of an ongoing effort to make the site sustainable for the […]
Think pot is just for tree-hugging hippies and deadbeat stoners? Think again. Even before the tests came back, I knew it was lupus. I’d been meeting the textbook and Internet criteria for months. In sunlight, my exposed skin broke out into pink and painful sores. Nausea and stomach cramps made even the thought of food […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Some people feel their kids are their greatest achievement. For a long time I thought mine was not having any. “What’s your greatest achievement?” That’s such a good question. It lets you dwell for a moment on the things you’ve got in the plus column of […]
Pubic hair is a reminder that we are mature, sexual beings able to create and bear life. The way it’s groomed is irrelevant and a matter of taste. There’s a painting in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris called L’Origine du Monde by Gustave Corbet. That’s a link to it, but you shouldn’t click on it […]
Why are we so uncomfortable with bodies that we see as different in any way, and what makes people feel entitled to engage with them in such intimate ways, and in public? Imagine that wherever you go—to the grocery store, to work, to the mall, to the bank—people touched you without asking your permission and […]
I hate wearing pants. The first night I spent alone in my new apartment was straight-up terrifying. The radiator bubbled and burped at odd intervals all night. The tick of the clock I had owned for three years was suddenly exponentially louder, and strangely ominous. The wind whistled through the cracks of old, unsealed windows. […]
The tricky part about starting over is figuring out what to leave behind, says Emily Rapp. This is what I did in 2013: lost my son Ronan to Tay-Sachs disease, got divorced, moved in with the love of my life, bought part of a house, published my second book, quit one of my jobs, wrote […]
This originally appeared on The Frisky. Republished here with permission. I figured that after I had a baby my body would be like a soldier after war, with the proud, annoying battle scars that have a good story but don’t dress up well. A few things went differently than expected: I had a real baby, […]
