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Whole 60
The Laura Lippman plan requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful. We’re not going to lie …
Laura Lippman
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This is 68 and 1/2: Cancer Doc Robin Schoenthaler Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m in the carpe-the-fucking-diem stage of my life."
Sari Botton
Feb 1
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My Whole Life Has Brought Me Here
An excerpt from Abigail Thomas's new memoir, "Still Life at Eighty: the Next Interesting Thing"
Abigail Thomas
Mar 1
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Everything (Really Is) Fine
A dramatic exit from the toxic magazine world cast uncertainty on Kim France's future, but after launching her own website and podcast for women over…
Kim France
Mar 18, 2022
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What Do People Over 45 Do for Fun?
At 69, Eileen Vorbach Collins responds to an ageist tweet.
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Jan 3
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Writing for My Life
"Writing renders our world and ourselves. It has saved me more than once." Sorayya Khan considers the creative practice that helps her make sense of…
Sorayya Khan
Nov 14, 2022
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The Trouble With Fleishman, A Monologue
As Laurie Stone streams some talked-about shows on TV, she notices the women's movement has been cut out of the snapshots of our time, like tedious…
Laurie Stone
Jan 12
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Let's Talk About Menopause
How outdated and sparse the information about it is...and that New York Times Magazine article. An open thread.
Sari Botton
Feb 3
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Letter To My Younger Self #2: You Are Here
Sara Eckel writes to the 25-year-old she once was, just starting out as a writer in New York City in the 90s.
Sara Eckel
Nov 10, 2022
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How Dry I Am...
At 52 I stopped being able to tolerate alcohol, so I gave it up. How has your relationship to alcohol and drinking changed as you've gotten older? An…
Sari Botton
Jan 21
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Jodie
In an excerpt of "I Thought You Loved Me," Mari Naomi's graphic Gen X memoir due out in May, they write about an ex-friend from their teens and 20s…
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Feb 16
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My First New York: An Englishman Breathes the City
Richard Toon recalls his first taxi ride into Manhattan forty years ago, and a kind driver who had been around the block a few times.
Richard Toon
Feb 6
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