It’s time to dump the excuses For a Healthier Lifesyle     By Cindy Brauer     Sore knees keeping you from a brisk walk through Valley Forge? Waiting out an aching back before hitting the Y? Ironically, lack of exercise is likely the reason your body is inflamed. Waiting for it to magically heal itself is not only dangerous but could be making it worse. It’s time to dump the excuses and start cycling, hiking and even singing your way back to a healthier and happier lifestyle. You would be surprised at how quickly and favorably your body will respond to even a moderate, low-impact workout. Reality check…

Stigma and Mental Illness everydayfeminism.com/2015/03/demonizing-mental-illness/ Samantha Eyler   Originally published on Role Reboot and cross-posted here with their permission. (Trigger Warning: Ableist slurs.) Last week, the Washington Post ran a version of my last Role Reboot column on how a nervous breakdown helped me to come to terms with my Facebook addiction.   Excited as I was to see one of my own articles in a national paper, I was pained to discover, when I first looked over the post, that several dozen commenters had already weighed in with the consensus that I am a “nut job” who really needs to get out of her parents’ basement. As a woman whose…