I admit it! It’s time to remove my tongue from its resting place—planted firmly in my cheek—and fess up. I know it’s difficult to fathom, but the doctor’s advice in my last post wasn’t real. Although I do believe in the sentiments I expressed (the media’s obsession with frightening women over fifty with dire news [...]
Once you’ve hit fifty, you’re supposed to do all sorts of things to support your health: you need to take those special vitamins that come in the silver wrapping, you shouldn’t start an exercise program until you seek the advice of your physician, and you need to take a myriad of tests that probe and [...]
As baby boomers and the first TV generation, we’ve been into entertainment for years. As youngsters, we turned on the tube (back when TVs actually had tubes) and viewed the comedic exploits of our favorite television families: Leave It to Beaver, Father Knows Best, and The Donna Reed Show. We vicariously assumed the mantle of [...]
If you’re over fifty, there’s a good chance you remember the AT&T commercials inviting us to “reach out and touch someone.” Marshall McLuhan, Canadian educator, philosopher and expert on media theory has been credited with coming up with the line— ostensibly to tap into the human need to communicate with one another. (He also came [...]
As baby boomer women, our generation can undoubtedly be described as courageous. We openly refuted the feminine ideal of the fifties, stood up for the rights of womankind, and broke through previously unquestioned barriers in the name of widening opportunities for our gender and demanding a long overdue parity of the sexes.
However, on a personal [...]
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