pregnancy
I’ve learned is that pregnancy is one of those things pop culture gets very, very wrong.
in

Jun 12, 2013 at 3:00pm | 242 comments

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.
in

May 20, 2013 at 12:30pm | 456 comments

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.
in

Mar 1, 2013 at 2:30pm | 132 comments

feminism
We need to talk about the men who claim to be feminists in public, but treat women like crap in private.
in

Jan 30, 2013 at 2:00pm | 149 comments

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.
in

Nov 16, 2012 at 3:30pm | 38 comments