More and more on Medium, women are writing about the regrets of having children, but even more than that, it seems that they don’t see a bright future for themselves as individuals. Girls are trained to want babies and a husband. You can’t deny that. From the toys geared towards…

Imagine having a rocky relationship with the paternal side of your family. Then imagine being catapulted into mega fame practically overnight and the paternal side of your family see it as a payday. …

Autumn is my favorite season. It’s a lot of people’s favorite season, especially women, I’ve noticed. …

Here’s what I find hilarious and hypocritical about men who get pissed when a woman doesn’t want them if they don’t earn a satisfactory living wage: those same men have arbitrary check lists for what they want in a woman that actual women can’t possibly live up to. …

A few weeks ago, my mom offered me some fresh lettuce from her garden, and by “some” I mean she offered me enough to fill up a gallon Ziploc bag, which was pretty awesome. The problem, however, was that I didn’t feel like chopping it up to make a big…

I happened to be Googling “dark romance” and came upon a Google question that asked: “Why are romance novels so bad?” Curious, I clicked the arrow key that would expand to show me the answer, and lo and behold, some genius claims that romance novels warps women’s minds, which keeps…

When I was still a kid, I wanted to be a mother of five. I didn’t give too much thought to wanting or thinking I needed a husband or anything like that, but I knew that I wanted a big brood. I also wanted to be an English teacher (high…

If you’re diligent about reading the ingredients in food and other products, you’ve probably come across the word lecithin before, even if you weren’t exactly sure what it was or what it did. To make the definition short, when it’s used as an ingredient in food, it works as an…

Family home movies used to be footage people tortured their friends with whenever they had a get together. The only thing their friends wanted to do was get drunk and watch football, but there went Brent, pulling out the VHS of his wedding reception, or his oldest kid being potty…