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Published in Honestly Yours

·1 day ago

Told My Daughter That I Sometimes Hate My Life

It's hard being unapologetically human in front of our kids. — Balance has never been my forte. In fact, my inability to juggle as well as I'm supposed to has gotten me into trouble my entire life. To be fair, neither one of my parents were good at balance, either, but they were good at ignoring reality. They were good at…

Parenting

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Told My Daughter That I Sometimes Hate My Life
Told My Daughter That I Sometimes Hate My Life

Published in Honestly Yours

·3 days ago

6 Weeks Post-Op Lipedema Liposuction

A 50lb weight loss amid lipo-lymphedema management. — It's hard to believe that my third lipedema removal surgery happened 6 weeks ago. That time has felt like it's flown by in some ways but it's still been painfully slow in others. There's been a significant amount of discomfort after each surgery and the post-op maintenance has been a…

Women

13 min read

6 Weeks Post-Op Lipedema Liposuction
6 Weeks Post-Op Lipedema Liposuction

Published in Honestly Yours

·4 days ago

Why Am I So "Biased" About Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard?

Anything but Team Johnny is a problem, apparently. — It’s been many months since I last wrote about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, but I still receive a lot of hate mail for my previous stories. One man recently angrily demanded to know why I “ignored” Amber’s makeup palette. I guess he didn’t notice the date of my stories—written…

Culture

17 min read

Why Am I So "Biased" About Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard?
Why Am I So "Biased" About Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard?

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 28

Jessica Wildfire Is Not The Doom and Gloom Writer You Think She Is

Actually, she gives lots of folks plenty of hope. — I'm turning forty this summer, so I'm especially pensive about my life—particularly my teenage years. If there's one thing that adolescent Shannon would be really devastated to learn about today, it's the way our society looks down upon activists and truth tellers. Maybe I'm just growing older, but I can't…

Writing

10 min read

Jessica Wildfire Is Not The Doom and Gloom Writer You Think She Is
Jessica Wildfire Is Not The Doom and Gloom Writer You Think She Is

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 26

We Need to Talk About the Enormous Toll of Lipedema

It's a mental, emotional, physical, financial, and psychosocial burden. — Lipedema is a chronic, progressive, and congenital disease that most physicians have never even heard of. Experts believe it impacts about 11 percent of women worldwide, and only very rarely, does it occur in men. Also known as painful fat syndrome, lipedema is typically misdiagnosed as lifestyle-induced obesity. We often…

Health

13 min read

We Need to Talk About the Enormous Toll of Lipedema
We Need to Talk About the Enormous Toll of Lipedema

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 26

Elon Musk Is Not The Good Guy Here

Tesla CEO not known for using Twitter responsibly. — When the Twitter board agreed to sell the platform to compulsive negative attention-seeker Elon Musk, they sent out a pretty clear message to Twitter users everywhere. Something like, "We love money... and we don't care how far back this sale takes us in terms of human rights." Also? "We don't…

Elon Musk

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Elon Musk Is Not The Good Guy Here
Elon Musk Is Not The Good Guy Here

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 26

The White Dudes Who Take Good Choices For Granted

A man invented computers, so I can't discuss double-standards online? — The other day I published a story about some of the double-standards women, and especially, single moms face in relation to the more popular self-help dudes who tell us all how to run our lives better. The story rubbed at least one guy the wrong way—enough for him to leave…

Society

10 min read

The White Dudes Who Take Good Choices For Granted
The White Dudes Who Take Good Choices For Granted

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 23

"Doing the Right Thing" Is Not a Rewarding Path For Women

Not the way male writers spin it. — When everyone believes ya What’s that like? I’m so sick of running as fast as I can Wondering if I’d get there quicker If I was a man And I’m so sick of them coming at me again ’Cause if I was a man Then I’d be the man I’d be the man I’d be the man…

Women

11 min read

"Doing the Right Thing" Is Not a Rewarding Path For Women
"Doing the Right Thing" Is Not a Rewarding Path For Women

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 21

Abercrombie & Fitch: Can We Believe The White Hot Hype?

Netflix recently released White Hot, a documentary about "the rise and fall" of the 90s shopping mall mainstay, Abercrombie & Fitch. The film breaks down the audacity of former CEO Mike Jeffries to inject exclusion into every aspect of the clothing shop over decades of controversy, how they impacted young…

Fashion

12 min read

Abercrombie & Fitch: Can We Believe The White Hot Hype?
Abercrombie & Fitch: Can We Believe The White Hot Hype?

Published in Honestly Yours

·Apr 19

Insurance Says Lipedema Surgeries Are Purely Cosmetic

As if pain relief, stopping the progression of disease, and enjoying better mobility aren't medically necessary. — When you talk about lipedema, so, we know that it’s a probably inherited fat distribution disorder, but it’s not only the fat distribution. We have to take care of several co-morbidities. One of the real big topic[s] with this, lipedema, is the problem with gait. The problem with joints, so…

Healthcare

12 min read

Insurance Says Lipedema Surgeries Are Purely Cosmetic
Insurance Says Lipedema Surgeries Are Purely Cosmetic
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Shannon Ashley

It's not about being flawless, it's about being honest. 🍵 https://ko-fi.com/shannonashley 📧shannon.ashley.medium@gmail.com

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