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Critics Called Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette a Bonbon. They Were Wrong.

In 2006, a woman’s film about a girl got reviewed like a dessert tray. Twenty years later, the reviews are what aged badly.

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel

I Wasn’t Ready to Be the Woman Who Only Gets Asked About Her Dog

My oldest friend asked the question I’d been dodging: What are you going to do to stay relevant?

By Melina Gerosa Bellows

Thin Is for Sale Now. Guess Who Gets Blamed for Not Buying It?

Fat shaming has a new question: Why don’t you just take the shot?

By Jennifer Green

Take Your ‘Hon’ and Shove It

My husband gets “sir.” I get “sweetie.” A field guide to the condescension nobody admits is condescension.

By Wendi Aarons

Who Named Your Vagina?

From “down there” to “shame lips,” the language of women’s bodies has never been neutral.

By Tracy Brown Hamilton

The 7 Deadly Sins of Trader Joe’s

You had a list. Trader Joe’s had other plans.

I Turned 51 and Somehow Became the Man of My Dreams

Somewhere between self-defense class and motorcycle school, I realized I’d become everything I used to look for in a man.

By Mary Kay Holmes

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

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

I Finally Understand Why My Grandma Hoarded Ketchup Packets

She drove a Cadillac, washed paper plates, and was the most financially sophisticated person I’ve ever known.

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

Your Money, Your Values, Your Advisor—In That Order

You’re not underprepared for investing; you’re not being heard. Here’s how to find the right financial advisor—one who works for you.

By Kristin Hull

Be Fierce. Stay in the Chair.

The world will give you every reason to go numb. I nearly did. Here is what I’m choosing instead and what it costs to keep choosing it.

By Linda Wattier

I Was Paid to Amplify Other People’s Voices. Mine Had to Wait.

Stop Asking Me How My Retirement Is Going

Diane DiPiero Rodio

I Was Ready for It to End. Then It Did.

Bomb Shelters, Brides, and Resilience in a War Zone

When I feel down I look at this picture and remember that I am queen of the mermaids

Followed the good Jewish girl road map. Hit some dead ends. Found my own path. Now stronger, confident.

The quiet twin. The universe sent a mentor who saw my potential. Designer. Wife. Mother. Then—a rainmaker.