A Magazine for Women Over 50 Who Refuse to Fade

PROVOKEDmagazine: For women who are nowhere near done.

‘Aging Gracefully’ Is Code for Disappearing. I Opted Out.

No one was forcing me to disappear at 49. I was cooperating with it. The triathlon was how I changed that.

by Margie Zable Fisher

My Madonna-Byrd Complex: One Fought Time. One Didn’t.

Two sex-positive icons of my youth, now 67 and 70. Watching them age sent me looking for a third option.

By Blair Glaser

There’s No Safety Net in Net Carbs

Net carbs sounds like science. It’s marketing and no one’s checking the math.

By Bonnie Taub-Dix, MA, RDN, CDN

I Moved to Mexico and Accidentally Joined a Girl Gang

Hip surgeries, rescued dogs, and proof-of-life check-ins: This is what growing older looks like when women refuse to do it alone.

By Sandra Roussy

No One Warned You About Pelvic Organ Prolapse. There’s a Reason.

One in four women over 40 has it. The medical system has known about it since ancient Egypt and still treats it like a secret.

By Julie Stewart

Why Being a Female Breadwinner Still Feels Like Losing

Women were told earning more would bring equality. No one renegotiated the laundry.

By Melanie Lockert

Oh, This Old Thing? Why Compliments Make Accomplished Women Malfunction

We’ve spent our lives managing everyone else’s experience. Then someone says “good job” and we crumble.

By Dr. Gayle MacBride

$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

If You Start at the Finish Line, What’s Left to Look Forward To?

Christina Daves

My Abusive Relationship with Alcohol

Not Every Mom Was Born to Be One. Including Me.

Dr. Robin Buckley

When Did My Husband Become the Hot One?

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.