Touch Starved

Sensory deprivation in conservative societies

Love is the most dangerous thing in the world because it cuts across barriers of caste, class, gender. I come from a touch starved family. I touch people when I am speaking as if to assure myself they…

In “Frozen” Disney continues to change the princess stereotype

The latest Disney movie tells a story…

Big Girl in a Skinny World

“Raven is an angsty big girl in a world of skinny people and goes on a…

How I Tricked My Housekeeper

into proving an age old gender bias

Why I’m Glad I was Forced to Brag

To brag: (verb) to blow one’s own trumpet, sing one’s own praises…

Stop telling little girls what they can’t do.

Um, being a Princess is pretty awesome.

On The Chive, Cute Animals, and Thigh Gaps

My husband owns a couple of t-shirts and sweatshirts from The Chive, which I’m…

7 Crucial Questions To Ask Yourself If You’re Trying To Conceive

Feminism and Motherhood

The Catch-22 of being a mom in our modern society