Valerie Bevilacqua

To those who are “almosts” or have many, don’t give up. Your almosts are practices, bringing you that much closer to what you may not know you want.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal and endocrine disorder among females of conceiving age. Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women have it, which translates to as significant as 5 million women in the US going through PCOS.

ust like many are still processing the fact that 1997 and 1996 babies alike are on the brink of college, us late 80s babies are in our late 20s – some of us married with children and working, while others are Tindering and drunk in “trying to get their shit together.”

That’s where being “nice” becomes being too “nice”, when over-submissiveness and diplomacy collaborate into the realm of codependency. If we don’t comply; we feel heartless, accountable for the pain that surrounds us and extinguishes our loved ones.

Perhaps he inappropriately compliments you on your top or shames you on the length of your skirt.

No matter what we do, we’ll always upset or disrespect someone who thinks we’re body-shaming or not body-shaming enough.

Dear Bullies, maybe you were too young to remember, or you didn’t know better. Maybe torment is all you knew, and if it was, I am truly sorry for that.

Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction. But when it comes to movies, fiction can be more similar to reality than we think.

Most can say they’ve been in a romantic relationship. Majority can claim they were a boyfriend, girlfriend, or something-friend at one point in their lives. But, what about those so-called “late bloomers” that have never experienced a serious bond?

Sometimes, “forgiving and forgetting” isn’t always possible.

Date someone who doesn’t think a matter of “seeing” you is a rhetorical question (a.k.a. it’s not a joke for someone to literally LIKE you).

“Everyone talks shit,” people may say. After all, we’ve only mastered the art of trash-talking since we could play with barbies and paint our nails.

How can someone ever confuse a merely physical interaction with an overall physical, emotional and other combined connection – you ask? Well, how could you not? How could you get any more intimate than, well, doing the deed on a consistent basis?

You could blame it on parenting all you want, but it doesn’t mean you should justify or put up with a bully’s abuse any of the same.

Rain makes a great topic for songs.

Sometimes, Taylor Swift knows us better than we know ourselves…

We all know colours aren’t just visual components of a rainbow or animate aspects we see in our everyday lives.

A decade’s worth of songs that mention food but aren’t actually about food, the following will cause your mouth to water for items that aren’t listed on the menu.