I can’t remember the last time I really worried about being appealing… I think it was a really long time ago. -Meryl Streep When I was seventeen years old, Meryl Streep shared with…

As early as junior high, I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t know what. What I knew was: I worried. I pressured myself to succeed. I sweat profusely without explanation. This was a portrait…

Have you ever noticed that Barnes & Noble has a whole bookcase—not a shelf but a whole bookcase—dedicated to self-help books? Have you ever noticed that many women’s magazines (print and online) repeatedly…