I haven’t worn underwear for 25 years. I made the decision in my 20s after buying a pair of practical undies. You know, the kind that you can slide on with a T-shirt if you want to overeat from the comfort of your sofa after work. They were supposed to feel oh-so-fine. But I hated...
I have been fat pretty much my entire life. It’s OK. Mostly. But it hasn’t been without its challenges. Growing up in Florida, I was almost always the only friend at the pool or beach in a one-piece. There were years upon years when I wore baggy shirts and pants, even in the dead of...
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Despite being safer than penicillin and Viagra, mifepristone remains under attack by conservatives seeking a nationwide ban. The abortion pill, as mifepristone is commonly known, has been available in the U.S. for 25 years, and is used in nearly two-thirds of the nation’s pregnancy terminations. Since 2000, when the FDA first approved...
Olga Rolenko/Moment/Getty Images It is early morning, not even 5 A.M. I have not been woken up by a crying baby nor a sick toddler or a late teenager. I have been woken up by my body, a stranger to me now. I am making myself tea and Googling symptoms like “are heart palpitations normal...