The retail price of insulin increased 262% from 2007 to 2018, a 2020 investigation reports. Honestly, I could stop my post here with that unfathomable stat. But, of course, I won’t. Let’s back it up for a moment and look at some crucial facts: Out of 34 million diabetics in the US, 1.6 million of them […]
Disclosure: I received my services free of charge through ORA’s PR agency. However, they did not ask me to write this review, nor did they tell me what to say about ORA. I paid for everything outside of the main service myself (i.e. cafe and shop purchases). All opinions are my own. I have always […]
Below is the full piece I started to share on my Instagram today. It’s no secret that I’ve struggled with my body image for years. Between being a woman in today’s society and living in a chronically ill body that doesn’t give me much control over how I look or feel, my mind has become […]
Nana. Nan. Virginia. Vee. Ma. You went by many names, but the one I feel luckiest to have called you is “friend.” Lots of people are close with their grandparents, but it feels like a rare privilege that I was able to call my grandmother my friend, too. Nowadays, people in my generation seem to […]
I’ve been going to therapy once per week for about a year now. It’s the first time I’ve been consistent about it, and the first time I’ve developed a real connection with a therapist. The other day, my dad asked me if my anxiety was better. I told him that’s not really how it works. […]
I’ve spent so many years battling my body. Let me put that another way. I’m only 28, yet I’ve spent more than half of my life critiquing the skin I live in. When I type that out, it makes me so incredibly sad. Here I am, a strong, smart, kind woman—reducing my worth to the […]
I figured I’d be transparent in the title of this post. That way, the people that are uncomfortable with a naturally occuring function of the female body can choose not to read it. Yes, that is shade toward those people. So…back to the point. I’ve been wondering about menstrual cups for months. I had heard […]
Last night, I dragged myself to my first workout of 2020. Dragged is the most accurate word I can think of to describe it—I dreaded it for several hours leading up to it. Once I forced myself onto the spinning bike in the dark studio, I began to feel the endorphin high that used to […]
I’ve been living in New York City for a full year. I never thought I’d say that! Well, that’s a lie. When I was younger, I always imagined that I’d move to NYC post-college and live out my fashion dreams. But once I graduated, I wasn’t so sure about it. Mostly, I didn’t know how […]
A couple of weeks ago, my therapist asked me if I wanted to discuss my diabetes. She noted that when we first met, I mentioned that it was—obviously—a huge part of my life and therefore had a huge effect on my anxiety and depression. I told her that I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to […]