Mariella Mosthof
Mariella is an identity & culture writer whose work has been published at Bustle, Romper, VICE, Glamour.com, INTO, them., Daily Dot, and more. She was a James Beard Award-nominated food writer in a past life and a classically trained actor in a life before that. She currently lives in New York while drafting a radical queer co-parenting commune in the Bay Area.

7 Tips For Managing Depression While You're Traveling, According To Experts

Even depression sufferers whose conditions are well-managed can suffer flare-ups when they leave the familiar comforts of home. At its worst, traveling for work, family, or friend obligations is an unavoidable disruption to your carefully crafted…
By Mariella Mosthof

7 Tips For Daylight Saving Time If You Already Have Trouble Sleeping

Turning back the clock seemed to hit people particularly hard last fall, so it might be useful to start gathering up some tips for Daylight Saving Time (DST) now, if you already have trouble sleeping. Whether because it truly was getting dark out…
By Mariella Mosthof

5 Zodiac Signs That Have The Best Chance Of Meeting A Partner During Mercury Retrograde

Another Mercury retrograde is upon us, and this time, the planet stations retrograde in watery Pisces, meaning strong emotions will be very freely flowing. Given all that, you may be wondering which zodiac signs have the best chance of meeting a…
By Mariella Mosthof

9 Zodiac Signs Whose Careers Will Be Affected Mercury Retrograde The Most

Mercury stations retrograde on Mar. 5, 2019, which means that we're in for three weeks of wonky communication, travel snafus, tech fails, and a host of logistical nightmares. If you have big work plans on the horizon this month, then you may want to…
By Mariella Mosthof

These 6 Zodiac Signs Have The Best Chance At Finding A New Job During Mercury Retrograde

Mercury enters retrograde on Mar. 5, 2019 in the sign of Pisces, triggering the first of this year's three, roughly three-week periods of wonky communication, tech issues, and an inexplicable sense that absolutely everything is going wrong.…
By Mariella Mosthof

Here's How Experts Define Arguments Your Relationship Can Survive

If you've ever been plagued by the nagging feeling that a massive relationship fight you just had with your partner isn't really over — even after you tried to process it! — then you know how miserable the feeling of instability that follows is. It…
By Mariella Mosthof

Here's How 5 Experts Define Sexual Pain

Painful sex sounds like an intuitive enough thing to pinpoint and put a stop to, but the truth is that putting into words the pain commonly experienced during penetrative sex can be tricky. What's "normal" in a culture which devalues women's pain so…
By Mariella Mosthof

Bumble Now Lets You Filter Potential Matches By Zodiac Sign

Finally catching up to its predecessors at OkCupid, Bumble now lets you list your zodiac sign on your profile. More importantly, it lets users filter by zodiac sign, limiting your chances of matching with yet another Virgo, only to be bored to tears…
By Mariella Mosthof

9 Women Share The Self-Care Goals They're Setting For Themselves This Year

With a new year comes new goals, and then the inevitable ~discourse~ around Resolutions: Good or Bad. But if you've decided that you function best with some pre-determined goals laid out for yourself and you're looking for inspiration around taking…
By Mariella Mosthof

7 Experts Reveal Their Tips For Dealing With Loneliness Over The Holidays

The holidays are upon us and the time of year when we're supposed to be feeling warmest and fuzziest is frequently when we're left feeling the most empty inside. Whether dealing with seasonal depression, grief over a death, a breakup, past trauma,…
By Mariella Mosthof

Why You Don't Have To Go Home For The Holidays If Your Family Is Toxic

One of the toughest parts of holiday blues to contend with is the constant external messaging this is the warmest, coziest, most wonderful time of the year. For people with toxic families, this can trigger a cycle of imbuing us with false hope, only…
By Mariella Mosthof

5 People Reveal What They'd Do Differently During Their First Breakup

Once people get a few breakups under their belt, they usually realize that the end of a relationship can stir up anything from grief to an overwhelming sense of relief. But first breakups are often devastating and, if they're traumatic enough, they…
By Mariella Mosthof

How To Talk About Politics With Your Relatives Over The Holidays Without Fighting

The holidays are upon us and with them comes everything from accusations that our healthy boundaries are "ruining Christmas" to social media virtue signalers reminding you that not cutting off all contact with your 90-year-old racist grandma is the…
By Mariella Mosthof

7 Signs Of Family-Related Anxiety In Your Body To Watch Out For Over The Holidays

Depending on people's family dynamics, the holidays can trigger signs of family-related anxiety in the body as a result of the conflicting emotions that frequently arise during this time. On the one hand, all the messaging around the holidays…
By Mariella Mosthof

9 Sex Educators Reveal The One Thing People Still Don't Understand About Consent

A year into the mainstream #MeToo movement, questions about consent continue to arise in infuriating ways. From bad faith arguments, to "playing devil's advocate," to just plain playing dumb, meaningful conversations about consent have been…
By Mariella Mosthof

4 Ways Venus Retrograde Can Affect Your Love Life

For the first time in roughly a year and a half, Venus is in retrograde again, from October 5 to November 17. In astrology, Venus rules love, beauty, pleasure, and money, and it's the planet most commonly associated with how we behave in…
By Mariella Mosthof

A New Report Shows Exactly Why We Need Better Sex Ed In Schools

In an effort to better understand current trends in sexual behaviors among high school students. Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute compiled data obtained over the last five years by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a…
By Mariella Mosthof

Glassdoor Published A LGBTQ+ Workplace Guide & It's Full Of Advice For Queer Employees

Being a queer professional in a very straight workforce is always fraught. From figuring out your "work drag" to patiently explaining to your outreach team why an office blood drive is hella discriminatory against its queer employees, queer laborers…
By Mariella Mosthof

Here's What Making Your Bed In The Morning Says About Your Sex Life

A recent survey commissioned by Sleepopolis, a mattress review site, and conducted by OnePoll analyzed the behavioral habits of over 2,000 Americans based on whether or not they make the bed in the morning, and the survey bears good news for…
By Mariella Mosthof

A New Study Says Women Peak At 18 On Dating Apps — While Men Peak At 50

The next time somebody "not all men"s you, just forward them this and respond "literally all, says science." A new study in the journal Science Advances found that women peak at 18 on dating apps while men peak at 50. It's been making waves and…
By Mariella Mosthof