This I read the other day: one of the fastest-growing websites, namely among college-age women and recent grads, is "Seeking Arrangement," which pairs women in need of financial help and "mentorship" ("sugar babies") with older men of means ("sugar daddies") who are willing to provide their

Discussing baby names is a seemingly harmless pastime for women in their early twenties. Who hasn't congregated around a box of Franzia while picking out names for their hypothetical children with a husband they don't have? Thankfully, years pass and our preferences change (there was a time in

One of my favorite types of essays to read is the one that begins, "I never thought I'd be the kind of person who..." These essays explore that deep, dark cave of human emotion where all the terrifying stuff lives: shame, fear, anxiety, regret. And yet they also elevate and illuminate dark human

Since I hit 25, most of my ex-boyfriends are either getting married or getting knocked up.While they've been tackling these major life milestones, I've been kind of doing my own thing, like planning booze swaps and peeling slices away from this giant block of cheese I have in the fridge. It's been

I was born into a family that did not get morning sickness. Not even kidding. All the women I am related to have had easy pregnancies. They were those women who glowed and enjoyed all trimesters.So naturally, I expected sheer bliss, glowing skin, and funny cravings. I had never even heard of