Kate Fridkis of The Frisky - xoJane

IHTM: My First Reaction to Having a Girl Was Fear My Daughter Will Grow Up to Look Like Me

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Instead of being fully happy, the way every new mother is supposed to, I was worried. I was worried that she would look like me.

First World Problems Are Real Problems

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:30:00 -0400

I've started seeing #firstworldproblems cropping up a lot more when women were talking about all those things that get labeled “women’s issues.”

You Are Pretty Enough To Find Love

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:30:00 -0500

Even as I worried that I wasn’t naturally beautiful enough to find someone great, everywhere I looked, there were real-life examples to the contrary. Lots of fabulously happy, well-matched couples in which neither person struck me as conventionally attractive.

8 Reasons I’m Thankful For My Body This Thanksgiving

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:00:00 -0500

I don’t think people are thankful enough. And I don’t think women, especially are thankful enough for our bodies. So I’m going to take a moment here, before the mindless ecstasy of stuffing and gravy, to notice what I’m thankful for about my body.

I'm Trying To Learn to Love High Heels

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:30:00 -0500

I began to ask some existential questions like, “How do women wear these things and not fall down the subway steps and kill themselves?”

Stop Waiting To Be Prettier

Kate Fridkis of The Frisky — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:30:00 -0400

I don’t know when I learned it, but somewhere along the way to 26, I had very deeply, very seriously internalized the idea that after I got prettier, things would be better.