We all want to feel good and look good, and we definitely want to have the energy of a 20-year-old when we are in our 40s. That is usually easier said than done. We want tall the best things, but most of the time, it’s easier to binge-watch the new TV show than to work […]
Your child’s toddler bed is often the last toddler-thing they will use. However, you might be unsure of when it’s time for them to graduate to a big boy/big girl bed and say goodbye to the old one. This can be tricky. They may have a strong emotional attachment to their bed. If it were […]
Clothing mannequins are weird whichever way you spin it ― they’re headless! They’re probably watching you! ― but they’re something of a necessary evil in retail to display how featured articles of clothing hang on, well, a human body. Unfortunately, this “human body” is usually a pretty terrible representation of not only how the clothing […]
I am going to the Caribbean in a couple months. My dad won a trip at an auction, and he’s taking the family, significant others included. When I found out, my first thought was “Yay!” and my second thought was, “Shit.” The “shit” related to the fact that I have not put on a bikini […]
There are so many awesome and wonderful things about being an older sister. As the one who came before the rest, you carry deep within you the special glow of being an only child for the short few years before the others came along. Your baby albums are more robust than that of your siblings. […]
I thought I’d dealt with most of my body image issues before I started dating my current boyfriend. But during the three years we’ve been together, he’s taught me a lot about size, fatness and self-care. How? By being fat and unapologetic. My boyfriend weighs over 300 pounds, and one of the things I appreciated […]
You might be sick to death of me writing about yoga. If you are, my apologies. But there’s one last thing I have to cover before I go back to resting in child’s pose. The other day I saw a friend’s Facebook status and it disheartened me so much that I could not remain silent. […]
When The Hairpin published a Guide To Eating Very Particular Feelings, we laughed, but it was a slightly bitter laugh, a nervous “Oh my God this is my life” chuckle. For those of us who eat our feelings or struggle with body image issues (so sadly, many of us), the holidays are especially treacherous times […]
Well, of course, someone had to take some photos of me at a party, wearing my favorite dress (should I just stop wearing the clothes I love to events where there might photos taken?), bulky, lopsided, unfortunately proportioned, and my pregnant beauty bubble, so to awkwardly speak, was popped. Shit. No matter how many times […]
