In November 2008, I was 23 and had a heart full of hope that only a mound of six-figure student loan debt could stifle. I remember I was lying in bed next to my then-boyfriend, watching the acceptance speech of the (soon-to-be) first African-American president of the United States. Confetti swirled

Dear xoJane Commenters Who Responded to My Piece, and the Public at Large,For starters, the title "Feminism Has Enabled my Husband to be Lazy and Selfish" was generated by the editorial staff, although you will argue that it may as well have been written by me. My originally submitted title was

A year ago, I barely knew anything about polyamory. I just knew that one of my best friends' husbands had a crush on me — she's the one who told me about it — and that I reciprocated his crush. Unhappy with my relationship at the time, I finally left him and started seeing said ...Continue

I always thought feminism was about choice — educating young women and supporting them in various ways as they grow into adults so they can be accepted and successful in any pursuit they desire. I thought that historically society's default role for women was that of home manager and ...Continue

Although we ran this piece through our plagiarism-detecting software without any flags, it has since come to our attention that a portion of the last line of this piece — "compatibility is an achievement of love, not a condition for it" — is nearly identical to a sentence in Alain de ...Continue