Month: May 2014

5 Facts About My Abusive Relationship

No one else is harming me, but I’m a master at hurting myself. Here’s five facts about the abuser in my head, and how I quiet it down. Independent and energetic, outgoing and bold, I seem to be a study in female empowerment.

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Louis CK, The ‘Fat Girl’ Soliloquy

[embed_youtube url=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=KFdWcNJ17YY”] “You know what the meanest thing you can say to a fat girl is? ‘You’re not fat.’”[ref]I would argue it’s ‘You’d be so pretty if you were thin,’ but what do I know?[/ref] Louis CK invites the great

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8 Ways Strength Training Is Better Than Sex

Strength training (weightlifting, calisthenics, and all manner of resistance training) gets a bad rep, especially with some women. Listen up: No other kind of exercise is as beneficial as strength training. It tones lose skin. [ref]Which is to say, it builds

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