“Diane Keaton, arguably the most covered-up person in the history of clothes, is also a transparent woman. There’s nobody who stands more exposed, more undefended, and just willing to show herself inside and out, than Diane.”— Meryl Streep, AFI Lifetime Achievement...
A boomer who tried; a millennial who calls out the lie. “'Having it all’ is a lie,” my daughter told me, eight months pregnant and still working at her desk. She’s a banker. I’m a boomer. We had the conversation my generation was too polite to have. The women in her...
To survive the algorithmic age, women must wield every lesson from feminism’s past waves and refuse erasure. When our grandmothers marched for the vote in the early 20th century, they weren’t simply demanding a ballot. They were demanding to be seen in a system...
Women over 50 have been the world’s unpaid goodwill economy. Here's how to start collecting. Payback is a b*tch, and honestly? So is being told to "pay it forward" when women have already been paying out like human ATMs for decades. American women perform nearly 76...
Honest answers not welcome. A community where taste becomes "toxic," and flattery is the only safe answer. No wonder we're exhausted. Last week, in a Facebook group of 20,000 women, a single mirror selfie asking “Which dress should I wear?” spiraled from style advice...
From scream queen to truth-teller, Curtis has turned sobriety, gray hair, and rage into power. It was the 2023 Oscars. Jamie Lee Curtis at 64, silver-white cropped hair blazing like a battle flag. Thankful, manic, sobbing into the mic as only she could. Statue in...
The Painting That Watched Over My Childhood Mess Is Now on a Magazine Cover The irony isn't lost on me. When Traditional Home landed in my mailbox earlier this month, I stared at the cover and felt my breath catch. There she was—chin perched in hand, velvet skirt...
Electric vehicles are everywhere now—silent, smug, and taking up the good parking spots at Whole Foods. Your neighbor has one. Your book club is divided. Somewhere, a car salesman is practicing his pitch about how "ladies love the quiet ride." Here's the thing: You're...
While we're told we “don't get” technology, men are programming our future. I'm tired of the "women don't understand technology" bullshit. You know the trope: the clueless woman in a sitcom clicking random buttons while a smirking man swoops in to fix it. It's tired,...
I wasn't going to write about turning 65. Everyone expects the 'hello Medicare, goodbye relevance' piece, and honestly? We've seen enough of those. But as I woke up on my birthday, I realized I didn't want to let this milestone slip by with a polite nod or an AARP...