What to Do When Your Loved One Is an Addict

What to Do When Your Loved One Is an Addict

While Dry January and Sober October have gone fairly mainstream, mocktails are becoming all the rage and nonalcoholic bars are cropping up, alcohol abuse remains a mostly forbidden subject of conversation. Likewise, there’s plenty of talk on the news about the...
Navigating Dating with STIs: Ending the Stigma

Navigating Dating with STIs: Ending the Stigma

VD, crabs, the clap … depending on the era you grew up, any of these terms may have been tossed around when talking about sexually transmitted infections or diseases. And with them, (un)healthy amounts of shame and embarrassment. Today, these old expressions are...
How Should We Be Talking About Breast Cancer?

How Should We Be Talking About Breast Cancer?

I’ll be frank: this article was hard to write. After covering my own experience with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer over a multi-part blog series, and writing supplemental pieces for this publication and others, you’d think it’d be a piece of...
Five Truths You May Not Know About Breast Cancer

Five Truths You May Not Know About Breast Cancer

October is right around the corner, and for some, that means it’s time to throw on a sweater, break out the spooky decor, and sip serenely on a PSL. Others of us are bracing ourselves for the pink barrage that accompanies Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A full 31...