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Office Matters: How to Wrangle Gender Equality at Work

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UPDATED June 2nd, 2018  We may be closer than ever to electing our first woman president, yet achieving gender equality in the workplace still seems far out of reach. The White House reports, " Full-time women workers’ earnings are only…

Post Baby Balancing Act: 15 Surprising Ways to Get Your Hormones in Check

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UPDATED April 27, 2018 Responsible for some wonderful things like the instinct to nurture your child or the elation you feel when you share a skin-to-skin moment with your baby, your post-pregnancy hormones can also wreak havoc on your body…
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Is Your Mini Skirt Too Short? 8 Telltale Signs it Just Might Be

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UPDATED April 25, 2018 Ah, Fashion. One day it’s plaids, the next neon colors. The jacket length seems to change with the season as does the collar: popped, not popped, beaded, and plain. Yet most women’s closets contain at least one…
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Crying for Help: 15 Stories About Domestic Abuse that Should Never Be Forgotten

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UPDATED April 24, 2018 Since 1987, October has been designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It grew out of the Day of Unity, which has been celebrated on the first Monday in October since 1981, when advocates and victims of domestic…
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8 Ways to Fight Back Against Assault

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Update April 21st, 2018 Yeah, yeah, yeah—we all know that men are (generally speaking) physically stronger than women, but what if we told you that there are ways for even the meekest of females (or males, for that matter) to fight back…
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Old School Rules: 8 Things You can do with a Hot Water Bottle

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UPDATED April 20th, 2018 If you just scratched your head for a few minutes trying to remember what a hot water bag is, then we're right there with you. We had to Google it. Turns out a hot water bottle is that plastic sack that looks kind…
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Power Up: 15 Foods that Naturally Boost Estrogen

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UPDATED April 15th, 2018 When planning menus, we don't always think about foods that increase estrogen. However, women require estrogen not just for conceiving children, but also after childbirth and especially during menopause, when estrogen…
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4 No-Nonsense Tips For Happier Relationships

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UPDATED March 26th, 2018 By many measures, my relationship with my current boyfriend, known to y'all here as The Cowboy, is the first healthy relationship I've had. Though it's easy to sit back and look at the failed relationships of my past…
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A Latina's Journey to Bulimia and Back

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UPDATED March 26th, 2018 When I was 16, I was a straight-A student, but I was also a wallflower and extremely shy. I lacked self-confidence and didn't like my looks. Books became my best friends. One day a peer told me I better watch my thighs.…