I used to live in jeans. I had about five pairs, all a little different, that I could throw on with a top and dress up or dress down. It was easy, which is how I always preferred my fashion. That was before I started experiencing pelvic pain.

When I moved, my bathroom became my sanctuary. Sinking down into a deep, hot bath and turning on the jets was a centering experience.

I spent my formative teen years on the [Meg Cabot Message Board] talking to other girls around the world about Meg’s books, other literature, and growing up.

Locally Made Panties is a collection of essays detailing Greenberg’s fraught relationship with her feminism and her obsession with clothes, body image, and consumerism.

I sat in the doctor’s office recounting my family history of mental illness, as well as my own. I answered the doctor’s questions. She didn’t think I was depressed.