Women over 50 have learned to roll with the punches. We’ve suffered our share of slights as society attempts to marginalize us, make us feel irrelevant, and acts like our age alone is something that diminishes out worth. We hear the condescension couched in terms such as “sweetie,” “dear,” and “young lady,” and we recognize [...]
Just because you’re a woman over 50 doesn’t mean you have it all figured out. In many cases, it’s to the contrary. Suzanne Braun Levine writes of the “Fertile Void,” that time in a woman’s life between first and second adulthood when every part of her reality seems to be in flux. Her mindset is [...]
Boomer women have long been known for our chutzpah. So rather than fading into the margins of society once we hit fifty, we chose to become anything but invisible. Perhaps it was due to our vast numbers, our revolutionary spirit, or maybe it was menopause and the energy generated by a communal hot flash of [...]
Menopause has gotten a bad rap for centuries. First it was whispered about—even dubbed “the change” because the m-word was just too controversial to use in polite society. But once boomers encountered this major life transition, we burst the closet doors wide open—no hiding for us. Seemingly everywhere one turned, there was a book or [...]
As women over 50, we’re well aware this age is a time of change. Changing hormones, relationships, careers, and what we want/need at this time in our lives interconnect to push us forward in new—and sometimes challenging—directions. Suzanne Braun Levine, longtime managing editor of Ms. magazine and author of several books for women over 50, [...]
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