African-American News For The Last Time, Don't Ask A Stranger 'What Are You?'HuffPost - Jordan CarterSometimes, it’s an aggressive shout, like a hostile interrogation of identity. Other times, it’s gentle and marveling, purred with a tilted head, as if part of an anthropological investigation. Always,
Houses I'm 53 And Completely Alone For The First Time In My LifeHuffPost - Ashley CollinsA thud from downstairs wakes me. I lie in bed for a moment, trying to place the sound. It was just the cat jumping down from the kitchen counter, I realize, stretching my body and climbing out of bed It
Nepal At 36, I Still Struggle To Believe Periods Aren't Impure. Here's Why.HuffPost - Anjana RajbhandaryI grew up in a traditional Newar Hindu family in Nepal, and I was taught from a young age about chhaupadi ― the menstrual taboo in Nepali ― and that periods are dirty and impure. No one spoke to me about
Diets This Is What I Learned When Forced To Put My Daughter On A Totally Fat-Free DietHuffPost - Debi LewisIn a home video from my 12th birthday, my family is seen celebrating at a pizza place in the hour between Hebrew School and my violin lesson. My father, holding an enormous, shoulder-mounted video camera,
Play buttonEllen DeGeneres Show Ellen Helped This Mom Accept Her Gay Son And Then Gave Her A Surprise Of A LifetimeHuffPost - Jamie FeldmanThe gifts Ellen DeGeneres and her staff bestow upon surprised audience members at her daytime talk show tapings are grand: all-expenses-paid vacations, cars, and checks massive in both physical size and
Eating Disorders My Career As A Yoga Instructor Was A Cover For My Eating DisorderHuffPost - Lauren DonelsonI became a yoga teacher because I wanted to be skinny. After a breakup in 2011, I lost a bunch of weight on a diet that became an eating disorder and started practicing yoga. One day at a yoga studio,
Money My Parents Expect Me To Take Care Of Them And I Don't Know What To Do About ItHuffPost - Doris LamIn a Chinese society where tiger parents are the norm, children from a young age are pushed to become the best of the best by attending kindergarten prep schools that include supplemental curriculum not
Addiction My Child Recovered From Her Addiction. But I’m Not Sure I Ever Really Will.HuffPost - Jody EllisA text from my daughter popped up on my phone the other day. “I need to talk to you.” When she called, it turned out she had a question about her new dog and what kind of food to get him. We had a nice
Magic This Is What No One Told Me About Suddenly Joining The Sandwich GenerationHuffPost - Julie MatlinThis past February, my 78-year-old mother was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. We got the diagnosis about a month after my father broke his foot and was rendered immobile. In the blink of an eye,
Aidy Bryant What I Learned From Playing A Brutal Fat-Shamer On TVHuffPost - Katie WeeI read this on my phone while at a stoplight at Sunset and Vine. It was a line for an audition I had the next day. I was supposed to audition for the role of a fat-shaming trainer named “Toned Tanya” the
Québec I've Never Been More Unhappy Than When I Was ThinHuffPost - Sonia TremblayThe statements in this column were collected by HuffPost Québec and crafted into a first-person narrative. My name is Sonia Tremblay and I fight every day for the inclusion of marginalized bodies in society.
Stereotypes I Decided To Work And My Husband Became A Stay-At-Home Dad And It's AwesomeHuffPost - Kathryn TrudeauI always thought I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom (even my kindergarten projects show “mommy” as my dream job), but as I entered adulthood, I found myself wanting the exact opposite. On May 22, 2010,
Sex Work I'm An Ethical Pimp. Here's What A Typical Day Is Like For Me And The Women I Employ.HuffPost - Antonia MurphyIt’s 8 a.m. on a Tuesday and my workday probably started out a lot like yours: packing lunchboxes, making sure the kids eat a healthy breakfast, finding socks and shoes and homework. But when my 9-year-old
Performing Arts I Became A Model At Age 30. Here's How My Life Suddenly Changed.HuffPost - Chanté GriffinIn high school, I wasn’t that girl — the pretty, popular girl whom all the guys liked. I was that other girl — the smart, glasses-wearing girl who was voted Teacher’s Pet and Most Likely to Succeed. Anyone
Parental Leave I Changed Jobs While Pregnant, And It Exposed A Rarely Discussed Issue With Family LeaveHuffPost - Elizabeth Skoski“And because I’m sure you’re wondering, I want to say now that we are also going to offer you paid leave time after the baby is born.” I let the air out in a whoosh of relief and excitedly accepted, agreeing
Breast Cancer My Boobs Were Busy Breastfeeding My Newborn. Then They Turned On Me.HuffPost - Cesse IpI was 34 weeks pregnant with my second son and had already started lactating on my right side when I first noticed a lump in my right breast. While breastfeeding my first son, who was 2 and a half years
Plastic Surgery I Had Plastic Surgery On My Labia. Here’s Why I Did It And What Happened After.HuffPost - Allison PennerMy first memory of experiencing shame over my labia was in my 7th grade health class. Just to ensure the sexual health unit was as hellish as possible, the kids in my class were seated alternating boy
Anxiety This Is What It’s Really Like To Suffer From HypochondriaHuffPost - Emily D'SouzaI was 13 when my younger sister lost an astonishing amount of weight, slept for days on end, constantly needed to urinate and could not quench her thirst even after three or four glasses of water. These
My Son Has A 4-Person Co-parenting Team Of 3 Fathers And 1 MotherHuffPost - Lori TiptonOur son Wilder will be starting kindergarten in the fall and we recently toured his classroom. As we gathered in the back of the room with other parents, the teacher went around with a list of children’s
Kids No, I Don't Want To Have Kids And I'm Tired Of Having To Explain Why NotHuffPost - Kerry GrahamIt’s been happening since my mid-20s: right around the second Sunday in May, I receive greetings from passersby in the street. “Happy Mother’s Day,” they say, almost reverently, as we walk past one another.
My Best Friends Didn’t Believe I Was Raped. Here’s How That Affected My Trauma.HuffPost - Gretchen SterbaIn early 2017, when I was 21, I was raped. It wasn’t in a back alley, I wasn’t drunk, I wasn’t wearing a short skirt — not that any of this matters; I was in my northern Chicago apartment with a man I
Albums Why Moms Need To Start Including Themselves In Family PhotosHuffPost - Chelsey HillAbout five years ago when my youngest daughter was born, I decided I would create an annual photo album that included all my favorite images from that particular year. I started making three copies: one
Summer Camp I Went To Summer Camp For The First Time At 30. Here's Why -- And What I LearnedHuffPost - Patrice J. WilliamsI never went to prom. Wanna know what I did on prom night instead? My father gave my cousin $50 so she could take me to Red Lobster. While my classmates were dancing the night away and making memories,
Anorexia I Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder. This Is How It Affects My Sex Life.HuffPost - Ellen RicksIf I had to give my relationship with my body a Facebook relationship status I would say, “It’s complicated.” But that doesn’t even scratch the surface of my very complex relationship between me and the
Colorado Springs, CO Why I Wrote The Rx That Helped My Cancer Patient DieHuffPost - D. Ross CamidgeOn Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at 10.30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, I successfully helped an 83-year-old woman with advanced lung cancer to die. Although I had gone through the process for Colorado’s Medical
Disability The Two Words No Person With A Disability Wants To HearHuffPost - Heather M. JonesI was 36 when my legs surrendered. I was diagnosed with a degenerative disc disease and arthritis a decade earlier, and it had finally progressed to the point where my spine refused to continue supporting
Weddings The Story Behind The Bride Whose Mother-In-Law Came To Her Wedding In A Wedding DressHuffPost - Jamie FeldmanSome fashion rules, like not wearing white after Labor Day, are meant to be broken. Others, like not wearing white to someone else’s wedding ― especially when that someone is your daughter-in-law-to-be
African-American News I Was Framed By The Police And Sentenced To 50 Years To Life. Here’s How I Got Free.HuffPost - Jamal TruloveWhen California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that he would not execute anyone during his term as governor, he said he worried that an innocent person could be executed. For me, this is not academic
Here’s Why I Let My Child Curse At HomeHuffPost - Erica LandisI came late to “Game of Thrones.” I know just enough to have enjoyed the excitement of this last season. My daughter Miriam is 6 years old and not usually in bed before 9 p.m. Miriam also knows which are
