Justin Paget/Stone/Getty Images Somehow, another school year has come and gone. Even though it felt like this year would never end, it came—swiftly, and with it, the hustle and bustle of planning this summer vacation. Growing up in the 90s in a firmly middle-class home with a big family, annual vacations were never a guarantee....
Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty I got a hysterectomy last summer and let me tell you, it was glorious. Cue the triumphant music. Angels singing. Fireworks. A ticker-tape parade thrown in my uterus’ honor, because that moody little organ had finally packed her bags and hit the road. I thought, This is it. This is the...
DusanManic/E+/Getty Images I went to visit my sister 15 years ago after going through something pretty traumatic. We had a great talk, I felt a little better, but told her I knew I’d probably have another sleepless night. When she told me she had the perfect, natural solution I didn’t quite believe her. My stress...
Emma Chao/Midjourney What could go wrong? These were my exact thoughts one day about eight years ago as I shaved my pubic hair off in the shower. I was ready to be a new woman, have a vag makeover so to speak. I was single, dating, and well, after being in a committed relationship for...