"Strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.

This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough.

When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think about your life, about what you feel about death. What I realized from my dad's dying was that I wasn't scared of dying. But I was terrified of regrets. I was terrified of getting to the end of my life with a lot of Why didn't I's.

Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.

Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.