Growing up - xoJane

Do You Ever Stop Fighting With Your Mom?

Helena — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400

This one survey says yes.

Umbrellas, Jumper Cables, and Other Things I Should Own As An Adult  

Zoe — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0400

There are a few things that a younger version of me wrongly assumed I would own by now, as if a box would have miraculously appeared on my doorstep labeled “Miscellaneous Adult Necessities.”

Critical Theory Cannot Solve Your Problems and Other Things I Wish I'd Learned in College

Anna Latimer — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:00 -0500

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.

How Many Friends Do You Have? And How Many Friends Are Enough?

Helena — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:30:00 -0500

Everyone's idea about the number of friends you should have is "unrealistic" and realizing this is a "normal part of growing up" that unfortunately doesn't get a ton of airtime.

Reflections On My 36th Birthday

Bassey — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:00:40 -0400

I’m not the jetsetting 20-something with the world at her feet anymore. I’m more like the 30-something with her feet in comfy socks.

IHTM: I Was the Daughter of a "Party Mom"

Desi — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:30 -0400

There was no pretending that my wildly promiscuous young mother was wailing because she was suffering through another bout of lower back pain. I knew.

Having (And Keeping) a BFF After You're No Longer Single

Emily V Gordon — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:27 -0400

Yes, it was pretty codependent. Gloriously so. My husband became an afterthought to Morgan and I, and he seemed okay with it.

A Timeline of One Girl's Relationship With Her Body

Emily V Gordon — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:05:29 -0400

"Look!" she says, innocently enough, "Your legs are like, twice as big as mine!" I never prop my legs up again, and from that one comment, I feel myself turning inward, trying to become smaller than I am.

Nostalgia Reality Check: Girl-Centric Coming-of-Age Film "FOXES"

Rachel_1 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:00:25 -0400

I’m a Jeanie, I intuit other Jeanies and we are Annie-magnets. We long for the innocence of the Madges and the brass ovaries of the Deirdres.

Let Us Now Celebrate the Aging Party Girl

Emily V Gordon — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:18 -0500

I didn't hate these girls -- I was obsessed with them, and worse, jealous.

I Will Be Skipping My High School Reunions Forever, Thanks.

Eliot — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:00:07 -0500

Post-Facebook, a reunion seems more like a weird war between nostalgic home-towners and those of us who like to think we escaped that weird island.

Today I'm 22: A Few Thoughts

Hannah — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00:08 -0400

I'm not an expert. Like I said, I'm only 22. But I've learned a few things so far.

When is it Time to Put Aside Childish Things?

Julieanne — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:02:19 -0400

We're getting too old for this @#$%!, Danny Glover.

1-800 Numbers and MTV's 'Undressed': What We Had Before Internet Porn

Julieanne — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:02:14 -0400

Today's sexually precocious teen girls don't know how good they have it.