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Feb 24, 2026
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11 min read
✨ Also: Permission to talk about your frequent UTIs courtesy of our queen Paige DeSorbo
Feb 17, 2026
✨ Also: The nerve to body-shame our queen Rihanna, of all people? Not on our watch!
Feb 10, 2026
12 min read
✨ Plus, Do Short Women Have Harder Pregnancies?
Feb 3, 2026
10 min read
✨And while we're at it, can we talk about how much time we spend (well, waste) thinking about how we look?
Jan 27, 2026
✨ PSA: It's actually to *not* have an opinion about a woman's reproductive choices. Yes, even if she's famous!
Jan 20, 2026
✨ Plus: How I'm learning to reimagine my greatest weakness as a superpower (and I invite you to do the same!)