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5 Things Extroverts Can Learn From Introverts
Introverts are known to be very good listeners. Unlike extroverts, who like to talk about everything, introverts prefer to observe and speak only when they have something constructive to add to the conversation.
8 Dad Stereotypes That are Anti-Feminist and Need to Stop
It’s the 21st century, and there are still dad stereotypes downright backwards thinking. Let’s change that now.
What My Son’s Stay in a Psychiatric Hospital Taught Me About Resilience
Neither he, nor I, can pinpoint one obviously traumatic event that created his pain, but his life is littered with pain past and present. It is pain from a thousand tiny cuts that add up to one massive hemorrhage.
How Attacking Planned Parenthood Shames Women Into Silence
Silencing women’s experiences and pretending that their wants and needs are dirty is not going to lead to a good time for anyone.
5 Helpful Tips for Overcoming Addiction
Does the thought of being single make you ill? Does the thought of taking a social media vacation make you want to glue your phone to your hand? You may have addictions that might not seem so obvious on the surface, but that are having adverse effects on your life.
Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
Zero tolerance in schools is a fickle beast. It leaves no survivors.
Productivity and Depression: A Guide
Sometimes, you can only do the bare minimum. And that’s ok. Erin McKelle talks about getting into routines and giving yourself time when dealing with depression.
Your 2-Minute Guide to Congress’ Attacks on Planned Parenthood and Abortion
Jody Allard lays down the Republican party’s obsession with controlling women’s bodies.
5 Tips for Finding Love Online
The first thing I would say to anyone who wants to try dating online is that you need to be 100% honest all of the time, no matter what.
Long Distance Dates: How to Date Your Partner 3,000 Miles Away
Long-distance relationships are hard — for a lot of reasons. But a lack of date ideas doesn’t have to be one of them.
Gendered Toys: Why LEGO Friends is Bad for Boys AND Girls
As a mom of boys, Joanna Schroeder has seen exactly how pink-washed toys harm both boys and girls.
Sexual Fluidity: Queer, Straight, and Anything Else You’re Feeling
For people whose sexuality is fluid, the situation isn’t that we were confused for a while and then suddenly woke up. It’s that (say it with me now) we once understood ourselves one way, and now we understand ourselves differently.
My Husband Was Named in the Ashley Madison Hack
You never know what anyone is going through behind closed doors, and you don’t have to know, either. Some things really are nobody else’s business.
Maybe There’s No Such Thing as Closure
I went through the motions, like they do in all romantic comedies, all the way down to the bottom of the wine glass. In many ways, it was more of a performance than something sincere. Maybe that’s all that “closure” really is — a performance.
10 Things the Adult Child of an Addict Wants You to Know
Our self-esteem is exceptionally low. Our addicted parents were unable to provide the love and nurturing we required to form secure attachment.