Grandma Envy

08.21.2008

by Darryle Pollack of  I Never Signed Up For This My diagnosis of breast cancer 13 years ago dramatically increased the risk factor for my sister Carla.  In the years since, she’s been very vigilant–and very lucky.  And fortunately she’s had no problems. Now the tables are turned.  Although Carla is younger than me, she [...]

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Betraying my age group

08.21.2008

By Celeste Lindell of Average Jane When I turned 40, I decided that I was through being cagey about my age. I don’t go around announcing, “I’m 41!” to everyone I meet, but neither do I hem and haw when someone asks. On Friday mornings, I go to coffee with a group of people who [...]

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Adventures at Midlife: Still waiting for Uncle Sam?

08.19.2008

by msmeta of Adventures at Midlife The National Women’s Law Center just released the results of a poll indicating that “women are significantly more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo in America, both on a societal level and in terms of their own lives.” “Women are more likely than men to [...]

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The Sag Zone

08.18.2008

by K. Jayne Cockrill of The NanaDiaries I turn fifty-f*cking-three in September. Thirty years ago, I looked at my current age as far off in the future, in a land far, far away where gravity was of infinitesimal consequence. Time was something alien and against my primal mantra of I am young, I am invincible, [...]

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Yours, Mine and…Well, Mine

08.18.2008

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar I got an email recently asking some basic questions about blogging, when the subject of copyrights came up. It occurred to me that while I have a very basic understanding of copyright laws, many people do not and it’s an issue almost every blogger will have to face [...]

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Former Prodigy Seeks Niche

08.16.2008

by Mary Wyatt of Unmitigated The first time I ever had an office job I was 19 years old. The last time I ever had an office job, I was 26 years old. If I ever, EVER even consider another office job, please, somebody shoot me. It takes a special kind of person to handle [...]

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Making every day count

08.14.2008

by Celeste Lindell of Average Jane Almost every day, my husband reminds me that I’m probably going to outlive him. He has reason to think so: he’s ten years older than I am, a diabetic with high blood pressure, and his family members have tended to die quite a bit younger than mine. It used [...]

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Get Your Words Off Me

08.13.2008

This begins a new series of posts By Laura G, of Rebellious Thoughts of a Woman On Being a Smart, Independent Emotionally-Abused Woman But is he mean to you? my friend asks when I tell her that I am changing my last name back to my maiden name after my divorce. What do you mean? [...]

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So This Is What 50 Looks Like

08.11.2008

by Jane Becker of The Dame Domain When I was in college, way back in the late 1970’s, I took several courses on Marxism. One may have been enough for most people but not me—I was fascinated with Marx’ five year plans. As I remember it, his idea was to move Marxism forward in five [...]

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Lying About Your Age

08.08.2008

by Ruth Pennebaker of the Geezer Sisters Well, here we go again.  According to The New York Times‘ Style section, looking older — particularly if you’re a woman — makes it harder to get a job.  If you’re older, you have to send out more resumes to get an interview.  And then, once you get [...]

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