My open marriage to Travis wasn’t a secret. At least I didn’t think it was. I didn’t want to think it was. I thought that if it was a secret, that meant I was ashamed of what I was doing. And I so was not. Occasionally eating a quarter-gallon of ice cream in one sitting without offering anyone any,

I recently came across an xoJane article called 6 Tips for Dealing with Your In-Laws, Because When You Marry Your Spouse, You Marry Them Too, and I had to write a rebuttal. I respectfully disagree with the author — for good reason.The moment I announced my engagement in 2015, the "advice" started

Conor first attacked me five days before our wedding.In the little ranch house we’d bought to start married life together, he choked me and banged my head against a wall. His fingers left ten red-brown bruises on my neck. They faded just in time for me to put on my mother’s wedding dress and marry

My husband and I haven’t always seen eye to eye on social and political issues, but we weren’t always polar opposites. Lately, though, our viewpoints have become drastically different.  I’m a fairly outspoken person when I’m sharing an opinion I truly believe in. Unfortunately, my ...Continue

What was meant to be one part personal catharsis, one part "another website to diversify my writing portfolio," and one part public controversy, my essay "Feminism Has Enabled My Husband to Become Lazy and Selfish" — and its follow-up response — ended up being what felt ...Continue reading