Joni Edelman

photo credit: Lindy West (instagram), by

I'll let you in on a little secret - being thin didn't make me happy, but being "Fat" does! Be fat and happy. Be unapologetically fat.

I want my kids to have an understanding of the truth of sex, the ins, the outs, the details no one wants to ask anyone—least of all their mom.

When you push a small human out of your body, things tend to get a little weird.

Attention Civilians: Colonel David Iverson does not want to see your boobs.

The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”

Body politics activist. Photographer. Chronic quoter of Monty Python. Unapologetic fat chick.

Is that incense I smell? A drum circle in the distance perhaps? Chanting? Herbal potions? Perhaps a cauldron? Could it be homebirth?

You should know that she is a really awesome human.

Look, I'm not saying McDonald's did this themselves, I'm just saying, a lot of the people that work there probably agree.