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Wellness
Resentment Killed Your Libido. Not Biology.
We were told men want it, women endure it. The research finally figured out who actually wants what and what's been killing desire all along.
by Jill Waldbieser
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Culture

My Feet Are Filing a Harassment Complaint

Corporate America demanded heels as proof you belonged in the room. Decades later, more than our feet are paying the bill.
By Joanne Helperin
Life

‘I Wish I Had’ Isn’t My Ending

It wasn’t a midlife crisis. It was a calling.
By Melissa T. Shultz
Money

Is Your Beauty Routine Eating Into Your Retirement?

From Botox to box dye, women are spending thousands every year just to look “acceptable.” Here’s what the math actually looks like—and what it costs to get off the treadmill.
By Melanie Lockert
Culture

Is Relenting to Botox at 58 Anti-Feminist?

After years of refusing, a free Botox event made me reconsider everything
By Vivian Manning-Schaffel
Life

The Boundary Books That Help When Life Gets Complicated

Boundaries sound empowering until it’s your grown child, your aging parent, or the guilt that follows.
By Dr. Gayle MacBride
Life

Solo Travel as a Sovereign Act

Three women on what it costs to travel alone. What it gives back. And no, it’s not a trend.
By Giannella M. Garrett
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Money

$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
Wellness

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
Humor

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. 
By Abby Heugel
Life

The Quiet Power of Dressing With Intention

What Europeans Get Right About Fashion, Comfort, and Feminism
By Melissa Gould
Wellness

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
Dear Reader
Dear Reader

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

Marjah Simon
Dear Reader

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

Patricia Garrison
Dear Reader

My Husband Isn’t My Emotional Support Everything

Gina Rich
Dear Reader

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

Christina Daves
Minimoirs

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

Lucy

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

Stephanie

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

Betty
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