I Asked For Help This is a follow-up piece to the post “When Life Isn’t Funny.”  I walked into my psychiatrist’s office practically vibrating. I was so anxious; anxious to tell him what was going on, anxious that he wouldn’t understand, anxious that he’d think my plan was a bad one- JUST ANXIOUS.  I’ve seen […]

When Life Isn’t Funny I’ve been through enough shit in my life that I’m fairly decent at finding the humor in just about anything. If there is no humor to be found, I can hang. I’m good at hanging; hanging on. I’m pretty decent at handling life’s ups and downs. When your life has sat on […]

I’ll openly admit that Kim Kardashian is not someone that comes to mind when I think of people that I relate to. Our lives couldn’t be more different, however, she is a human being that deserves my respect as a fellow human on this planet. I saw this pop up as a costume that some […]

To Hell and Back In 96 Hours My mom was brought in for brain surgery to treat an aneurysm on Wednesday, September 21st at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. The maternal side of my family carries the Polycystic Kidney Disease gene. Complications of the disease include flank pain and migraines; to the more severe […]

My Experience On Live Television As some of you may know, on Tuesday, August 30th, I was asked to appear in a segment on Democracy Now! surrounding the open letter I wrote to Mylan’s CEO about the astronomical price increase for the EpiPen. Had someone asked me to appear on live television two years ago, I would […]

It was Spring 2003, my freshman year of college; I was 18 years old and had just started my COM316 course: Gender in Communication. The first day of class went as any normal first lecture; the professor went over the syllabus and instructed us students what book to buy, what chapter to read first, and […]

Ms. Bresch, I saw a photo of you on Fox News Insider’s page where it appeared you were sitting in your office. Directly behind you hung your bulletin board, where I saw photos of, what I’d suspect to be your children. The background of my office is quite like yours, with a bulletin board adorned with photos […]

One of the biggest fears a woman faces when speaking out about domestic violence is that no one will believe her. As women, we empower one another, we remind each other that we have one another’s backs and that an abusive relationship of any form is NEVER okay. We support our friends when they are […]