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.