I’ve learned is that pregnancy is one of those things pop culture gets very, very wrong.
pregnancy
scary kid movies
I'm four and a half months pregnant, and I've begun to revisit everything I experienced as a child with the perspective of a clueless parent-to-be.
pretentiousness
As someone who edits high schoolers’ writing in my spare time, I’ve read a lot of terrible teenage prose through the years.
Pretension is the best-case scenario, indicative if nothing else of a lively imagination.
getting pregnant
It it can be a wonderful emotional experience when your worst fears come true.
oral
I arrived at college convinced of two things: Ayn Rand’s genius and the transformative powers of cunnilingus. Neither was a belief I had tested in practice, but enough smart and enthusiastic people endorsed them that I took them both on faith.
feminism
We need to talk about the men who claim to be feminists in public, but treat women like crap in private.
sex
In the universe of the so-called hookup culture, sex is an either/or game, with no room for nuance in the middle. It's lovemaking OR it's hooking up. You're boyfriend and girlfriend, or you're just using each other's bodies.
marriage
I realized that my anxiety was not the result of a bad relationship. Mostly, it was there because I have been neurotic and change-averse my entire life, and -- surprise! -- nothing about my brain chemistry changed after my boyfriend proposed to me.
charlotte bronte
I am a Rochosexual. I have been ever since the eighth grade, when I read "Jane Eyre" in Mrs. Buchanan's English class.
college
I'm writing them out now in hopes that it'll save a couple of you from the trial and hideous adult error that we've all gone through.
college applications
I feel beckoned to prove that even though schools are more selective than ever and tuition is higher than ever I can still get admitted. I'm 27.
the fuckits
Fuckits, n.: the rush of yielding to temptation, esp. to behave in a compulsive manner; the flood of relief that occurs after permitting oneself to indulge (see: Case of the Fuckits).
zit popping
I can’t tell if my zit-poppin’ passion is biological or psychological or what -- or if it’s something I should be ashamed about.
marriage
Don't believe the myth that white lace and tulle equals curtains for your authentic self. The right marriage does the exact opposite.
adhd
Many loved ones had names for my problem: Slothy Slothiness. Another Day in the Life of Disaster Girl. The Anna Show, Where the Rest of Us Can Only be Extras. The actual name for what I had was ADHD.
