Brijana Prooker is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist covering health, gender, and culture. In addition to PS, she has contributed to Elle, Shondaland, The Washington Post's The Lily, Good Housekeeping, Insider, Narratively, Newsday, Coveteur, Bitch Media, and Observer. Her two peanut butter-colored rescue girls (a Pit Bull named Ivy and a kitty named Doosis) are her everything.
