Averie Cooks Here’s a quick ode to bananas: They come in their own all-natural wrapper, so they’re perfect for eating on the go. They’re way more affordable than other fruits (side-eyeing you, berries). They’re nutritious and delicious… well, sometimes. If you have a bunch of bananas starting to get too ripe for your taste, that’s when you need a little stash of recipes to use up bananas to choose from. Obviously banana bread is the first thing to come to mind for most of us, but if it’s not your fave or you’re just not in the mood, know that...
I Had A Hysterectomy, Felt Like A New Woman, Then Tore My Vagina. Twice.
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 life women talk about when they say their hysterectomy changed everything. I’d been living with pelvic and back pain since I was 19. I just thought that was what being a woman was. Like: periods suck, cramps suck, back pain is forever, and if you...
13 Early 2000s Teen Movies That Raised Us
IMDB They were on at every sleepover, Friday night in with your older sister, and in the background of every juicy convo about what your crush did when you finally got bold enough to pass him a note. We adopted their catchphrases, wanted to dress like their main characters, and basically invited them to become part of our DNA. These early 2000s teen movies are simply unrivaled, and they’re still cultural icons to this day. Because let’s be for real, watching The Princess Diaries today still makes me feel like I could be back in my old pink and green...
What Happens To A Marriage When One Person Grows… & The Other Doesn’t?
SeizaVisuals/Getty Images Someone once told me that you change the most as a person between the ages of 18 and 24. And looking back on those years, sure, I think it’s fair to say our personalities do come more into focus as we graduate high school and head off into the world. If you were to ask me, though, I’d say we undergo the most growth as people in our 30s — a time when many of us are either married or in committed relationships and starting our families. (For the record, at least one study published by the American...