A Magazine for Women Over 50 Who Refuse to Fade

PROVOKEDmagazine: For women who are nowhere near done.

The Case for Being Bad at Something

After 50, being bad at something isn't a problem. It's the point.

by Dr. Gayle MacBride

What Does a Feminist Investment Portfolio Actually Look Like?

Gender-lens investing is a lot more than a pink logo. Here’s the framework behind the portfolios that are actually built on equity.

By Kristin Hull

Book Club Drama

Book Club Drama: Bread of Angels Episode 3

Book Club Drama is a fictional series about a real thing: What actually happens when smart, opinionated, hilarious women try to read the same book at the same time.

By Judy Rothman Rofé

I Did the Work. Now I’m Supposed to Do My Face.

After decades of experience and earned authority, women are discovering their résumé isn’t the only thing being evaluated. Apparently your forehead is part of the application.

By Chantrise Sims Holliman

My Therapist Convinced Me to Read Fifty Shades of Grey. Fifteen Years Late.

Years of eye-rolling. One therapy session. Why a badly written novel became permission for 150 million women.

By Mariah Douglas

We Smiled Until It Hurt

We were trained to keep the peace. The cost was higher than anyone admitted.

The Tip Screen Knows Exactly What It’s Doing

Once you’ve worked for tips, you don’t stop tipping. You just start asking who turned guilt into a payment strategy.

$124 Trillion Is Coming. Are You Ready?

An estimated $124 trillion in assets will transfer to women over the next few decades. Some of us will inherit directly. Many of us won’t see a dollar of it.

By Kristin Hull

Book Club Drama

Book Club Drama: All Fours Episode 1

Book Club Drama is a fictional series about a real thing: what actually happens when smart, opinionated, hilarious women try to read the same book at the same time.

By Judy Rothman Rofé

The Truth About Fancy Salt

You switched to Himalayan pink because wellness culture told you it was better. Guess what? It may have lead in it. Also, you may be iodine deficient now.

By Wendee Nicole

Good Enough Housekeeping: Finally, a Magazine That Gets It

We don’t need another magazine telling us to “curate” our homes or “manifest” inner calm. Good Enough Housekeeping salutes the women who light a candle over chaos, hide the laundry, and call it ambiance.

The Quiet Power of Dressing With Intention

What Europeans Get Right About Fashion, Comfort, and Feminism

By Melissa Gould

Weight Expectations: When Body Positivity Takes a Weekly Jab

After a lifetime of dieting, cleanses, and exercising, I finally felt at peace with my body—or so I thought.

By Wendee Nicole

Why I Cut My Hair, Stripped My Closet, and Put My Life in Storage

Tech Is Stealing Our Agency. We’re Letting it Happen.

Patricia Garrison

My Husband Isn’t My Emotional Support Everything

‘They’ Say Women Over 50 Shouldn’t Wear Bikinis. I Said ‘Watch Me.’

Christina Daves

Best life now, worth the wait. Learning. Teaching. Making new memories, and reliving old, good ones. Happiness counts.

A penguin born to lions escaped into books until she could travel for real and discover worlds within.

I believed him. Emotional vulnerability is necessary to con, but he didn’t know who he was f*cking with.