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We Put a Skincare Brand in the Hands of 12 PROVOKED Women for Three Months. Here’s What Happened.

Adipeau says its approach to aging skin starts somewhere most skincare doesn’t. We wanted to know what would happen when real women tried it.

by Susan Dabbar

Book Club Drama

Book Club Drama: Strangers Episode 6

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

Should Your Vaginal Estrogen Double as Skincare?

The internet says yes. Dermatologists say stay below the belt.

By Michele Ross

The Women Are in Your Kitchen. The Men Own the Building.

Same fame, same platform, two completely different destinations. How the culinary world decided that women feed people and men build empires.

By Jennifer Green

Before Biohacking, We Were Sweatin’ to the Oldies

Leg warmers, the ThighMaster, Tae Bo, and now a ring that tells you how you slept. The pitch never changes.

The Week I Met Him, the Commodores Were No. 1

Why the songs we loved when we were young can bring back more than a memory.

By Susan Dabbar

Caregivers of a Certain Age

Caregivers of children with special needs aren’t supposed to dread outliving them. But as we age, with no safety net and no retirement, the unthinkable starts to feel rational.

By Michelle O’Neil

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 Chose This Life. Why Am I Apologizing?

Jolie Laide Saved Me Once. Can It Save Me Again?

The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On

Disabled Women Have Sex. Pass It On.

Elizabeth Kleinfeld

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.