“Thanks, I’ve been stressed, not sleeping, my hair’s falling out, and my motivation to eat is gone despite constantly being hungry.”

I’m an award-winning writer and editor living in New York City, where I currently work at BuzzFeed as the Senior Lifestyle Editor.

"This is reality for a lot of women and is not talked about enough. Motherhood is hard, whether you wanted kids or not, but doing it because it was the expectation is another level. I had kids because I wanted them; my mother had kids because it was expected of her, and everyone thought she’d be happy once she had them. She wasn’t."

"My partner gets dressed, washes up, has coffee, and still has 40 minutes to fart around on his phone before work. Meanwhile, I'm still in the bathroom with irons, steamers, and pallettes of makeup, and it's exhausting. I could say no and stop doing all of that, but I've seen the research, know the office culture, and thoroughly understand that my salary will suffer if I show up putting only as much effort into my appearance as my partner does."