A Magazine for Women Over 50 Who Refuse to Fade

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Is It Too Late?

Three words I put on trial. Some verdicts I saw coming. One I didn't.

by Susan Dabbar

Should You Slather Your Face with Salmon Sperm?

Fewer wrinkles, more bounce, a radiant glow—that’s the promise. Two dermatologists on whether the fish-based miracle does anything once it hits your face.

By Michele Ross

Your Social Security Is Safe. Your Benefits Aren’t.

The trust fund runs dry in 2032. When it does, women who earn less, live longer, and lean on it hardest absorb the deepest cut.

By Margie Zable Fisher

The Hormone Heist: The Headlines That Cost a Generation of Women

For a quarter century, women have been scared away from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) that could’ve protected their bones, their sleep, their minds, and their sense of themselves.

By Susan Dabbar

Book Club Drama

Book Club Drama: Whalefall Episode 4

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 Bicentennial Road: A 50-Year Ride to Who I Am

What an 81-day ride across America in the summer of 1976 taught me about endurance, identity, and time.

By Giannella M. Garrett

Confused About Your Food? That’s by Design.

Lab-grown chicken, synthetic protein, 15 kinds of “milk.” The food industry has spent decades selling us more choices—and leaving us more confused.

By Larissa Zimberoff

$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

Naked in a Stranger’s Bathroom (and Other Midlife Revelations)

Kristi Belcamino

I’m a Nine-Lane Super Highway

Kira Hartley Klinger

The Relationship I Was Missing Was My Own

Amanda Zuckerman

What I Lost When I Lost the Soup Report

Michele Shapiro

You all have nice teeth wish I could have afforded to keep mine empty spaces in my mouth

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.