July 2008

My Role Model for Midlife

07.31.2008

by Celeste Lindell, of Average Jane When I was growing up, I used to think my mother spent all her time deliberately trying to embarrass me. It wasn’t until I started becoming more like her that I realized she was just living life on her own terms. From the stories I heard about my mother’s [...]

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Finding The Groove

07.29.2008

by Allison Allen, of WomenBloom When Jane asked if I would write a post for Midlifebloggers, I had an ACKKK! What do I write about? moment. Thankfully, she expressed curiosity about how I came to start WomenBloom. Whew, rescued. In fall of 2006, I suddenly realized I was coming up on my 49th birthday. I [...]

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Adventures at Midlife: Women, work and the ‘non-recession’

07.28.2008

By Msmeta of MetaFootnotes The NYTimes ran an interesting article about how the economic downturn is turning out to be gender-neutral: Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches… When economists first started noticing this trend two [...]

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Vogue gets it

07.27.2008

If you’re interested in fashion–well, some of us are and some of us aren’t–you must, absolutely must, darling, see the August issue of Vogue.  That is, as in the past, their so-called Age Issue, when they feature women and fashion from every decade from twenty through eighty.  I love that.  Unlike other magazines, they really [...]

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Who Inspires You in MidLife?

07.26.2008

That’s the title of MidLifeMuse’s regular post this week on BlogHer.  It’s a great piece, thoughtful and thought-provoking.  Go read it.  Let Karen, who is BlogHer’s new Contributing Editor for their new MidLife category, know what you think.

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MidLifers still talking on BlogHer

07.25.2008

We interrupt this program to bring you the news that there is a terrific discussion going on over at BlogHer on midlife issues.  It’s a continuation of the ever-lentgthening dialogues started by Ms. Meta back in the late winter which resulted in MidLifeBloggers coming into being.

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Our Resident Rocker Chick: Average Jane Holds Back

07.24.2008

Because I’m the frontperson for two rock bands, dye my hair black and blue, and always dress in jeans and sneakers, I probably look like more of a rock rebel than I really am. If only the people who give me funny looks in public knew that I am also known for baking a mean [...]

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MidLifeBloggers.com at BlogHer’08 – A Room of Your Own

07.23.2008

To be honest, I tried not to think about what the Room of Your Own (ROYO) might turn out to be.   I’m too much a child of the ’60 and ’70s, when we knew (and this was pre-Oprah) that what you visualize, you will actualize to even chance a negative vibe.  However, in that corner [...]

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Bodysnarking nastiness

07.21.2008

By Ellen Besso of MidLife Maze In the Vancouver Sun recently, there was an article on bodysnarking, a term I was unfamiliar with. I knew women were cruel to other women about bodies and body image, I just didn’t know it was this formallized, I guess I could say. According to the article, “bodysnarking involves [...]

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Answers to Last Sunday’s Q&A

07.21.2008

Okay! I meant to get to this earlier, but…life, it gets in the way. At any rate, I have answers for everyone. Becky: Bloggy awards are nice, aren’t they? There’s not a lot to “passing them on” – just list the 4 or 5 blogs you’d like to pass the award to, and link to [...]

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