The C-Word | Beth Casey

It was late summer of 2012. I was 24, and it was the first time I had a pap smear come back abnormal. The nurse practitioner who called to break the news and schedule a follow up procedure told me that these things are pretty common and that at one time or another, just about every woman at some point in her life has an abnormal pap, and it’s usually nothing to fret about. Regardless of what’s normal, I don’t […]

Naked Camping | Beth Casey

My ex-boyfriend, Warner [1] had actually asked me, “Hey, do you want to go camping?” I was like, “I haven’t been camping in ten years. That sounds really homely. Cool. I’m still just your friend. We’re friends now. I’m not going to touch your butt. I’ll go camping with you. As long as you don’t drink too much and try to touch my butt, we’re cool.” I had already lied to my family about where I was going and told […]