COLUMN: Self-love and self-care made all the difference
My mental health is better than it has ever been since I have gained a better understanding of what mental health is.
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COLUMN: Don’t be ashamed of your grudges
I believe that it’s OK for someone to leave your life. I feel stronger for letting go, even if I don’t forget.
COLUMN: Tinder dates need to learn that casual is not disposable
My housemate Amanda came home from her first date with Austin, a physician’s assistant she met on Tinder, with a crazy story to tell. He’d been weird the whole night, she said. Dinner was awkward. He was goofy — and not in the way she was looking for. He would chuckle like a cartoon character. […]
COLUMN: Instead of focusing on the numbers, celebrate body neutrality
Body neutrality helps women recover by encouraging them not to hate their bodies, but to also avoid trying to radically love them.
COLUMN: A summer without dating teaches valuable life skills
I lived alone for a month last May. I was impressed with myself because I kept the apartment impeccably clean. Having no other people there made me feel accountable for each crumb or shirt off a hanger. I didn’t have much to do while my friends were out of town. Cleaning the apartment kept me busy […]
COLUMN: Hookups don’t heal love’s old wounds
Turkey Dump is a term we threw around as college freshmen to describe the distinct phenomenon of high school sweethearts breaking up over Thanksgiving break. I watched Hallie and her boyfriend in Santa Barbara crash and burn a few weeks before, and Liv dumped her boyfriend from Oregon a few weeks before that. Then, as […]
Column: Valentine’s, Undefined
Josh had a weekly radio show and was part of a touring improv troupe. I had his name saved in my phone with the octopus emoji. When I think of him, I often picture him telling me he knew how to do a gun trick straight out of an old Western film. I cringed at […]
COLUMN: For Jake: four days after our break-up
I didn’t think my “Before and After” column title would ever be so pertinent. But here I am — writing four days after the end of my relationship.
COLUMN – We need to talk: Friend breakups hurt, just like relationships
Losing a friendship can be worse than a romantic broken heart because friends don’t feel the need to break up with you.
COLUMN: I was taught yes or no, not pain or pleasure
I got boobs when I was nine and my first kiss when I was 16. My body was a woman long before I was. I had a revolving door of crushes, and not much else, from fifth through tenth grade. My friends were largely in the same boat. While our peers were out smoking in the […]