Tabitha Blankenbiller

Tabitha Blankenbiller is the author of "Eats of Eden," a collection of essays about food, writing, family, sex, coming-of-age, and overcoming personal odds to live your best life. You can follow her on Twitter @tabithablanken.

Britney Spears onstage performing at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 6, 2001. (Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty Images)

Britney Spears’ plight and the outrage of millennial women who’ve had enough

Little girl reaching for fries in a restaurant. (Getty Images/Luke Chan)

Glitter and Cotija: The poignance of my first lunch out with my daughter

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First Lady Melania Trump takes part in the annual lighting of the National Christmas tree on The Ellipse in Washington, DC on December 5, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

There’s no comfort & joy in Melania Trump’s bleak and impersonal Christmas decor

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Tabitha at Disneyland (Courtesy of author)

Best of 2019: Disneyland with my invisible guest

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Author at Disneyland (Courtesy of author)

Disneyland with my invisible guest

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Thank you, Kate Spade, for making women feel “quick and curious and playful and strong”

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