Cougar Fatigue: Desire Isn’t the Problem—Hollywood’s Lens Is
Middle-Aged Women Get Their Young Lovers on Screen, But They Deserve So Much More In Amazon Prime’s The Idea of You, a 40-year-old single mom falls for a 24-year-old boy-band idol. And the internet loses its mind. She’s called a cougar, a stalker, the “sleaziest mom of the year.” He’s questioned about the relationship, while […]
Cinderella’s Got an OnlyFans—and the Other Princesses Aren’t Far Behind
From MLMs to Menopause, the Disney Princesses are Back—and Way More Relatable At this point in my life, I don’t want the Disney princess dream of a tiara and fairytale romance. I want the version where I sleep for eight uninterrupted hours and a woodland creature scrubs my toilets. Because let’s be real here. How […]
Why the Women of Mad Men Still Matter: Power Moves and Pencil Skirts
Betty, Joan, Peggy. The women of Mad Men still haunt us, intrigue us, infuriate us—and mirror us. Even now, a decade later. While The Sopranos gave us gangsters and Game of Thrones gave us dragons, Mad Men gave us something far more dangerous: Women who dared to want more. They worked in offices, not war […]
50 Years of HUSTLER: Liz Flynt on Sex, Power, and Feminism
When Larry Flynt passed in 2021, Liz Flynt took the reins of the HUSTLER empire—driven to uphold his legacy, but determined to leave a mark of her own, all the while navigating the complexities of leading such a polarizing brand. “I come to work every day. I ensure that the company is run as if […]
Pretty Woman at 35: Unpacking the Myth of the Girlfriend Experience
The last line of Pretty Woman is that “Some dreams come true, some don’t; but keep on dreamin’.” It’s quintessentially Hollywood, the place where dreams are made and sold. The girlfriend experience (GFE), a niche brand of sex work, is a fantasy, and the Hollywood version is the fantasy of that. It’s a reflection of […]
Why I Became a Swifty at 50: Taylor Swift’s Power, Genius, and Feminism
Hey Bill Maher: How about you put a sock in it about Taylor Swift’s dating life? She may be able to “handle it,” but she has repeatedly railed against—and sung about—pundits turning her private life into punchlines. The jokes aren’t funny. I can hear the haters now, “Poor, powerful, too-big-to-hang-out Tay Tay, cwying into her […]
Does Business Really Need More ‘Masculine Energy’? Mark Zuckerberg’s Cringy Take vs. Reality
Mark Zuckerberg’s Masculine Energy in Business Let’s raise a porcelain teacup—pinkies up, ladies!—to Mark Zuckerberg for finally mansplaining to us how the corporate world needs more “masculine energy.” The owner of Meta went on the Joe Rogan podcast in early January to talk up the benefits of aggression in the workplace and complain that corporations […]
Not That Kind of Feminist: Why Boomer Women Struggle With the Label
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Why Are Boomer Moms So Damn Anxious?
Boomer Women, We Need to Talk What’s with all the panic texts and doom scrolling? Aren’t we the same generation that marched for Women’s Lib and hurled mops, high heels, and bras into a freedom trash can? So why are we now clutching our pearls like everything’s falling apart? Let’s break this down because your […]
From Judgement to Crush? My Unexpected Admiration for Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson and I have two things in common: blonde hair and ample curves. But while she was running into the ocean carrying a red rescue buoy, I was designing submarines for the U.S. Navy. I was 29 when Anderson bounced down the beach as “CJ Parker” on Baywatch. Her overdrawn lips and iconic red […]
Booty Call: Are Granny Panties Finally Getting the Respect They Deserve?
Let’s Talk Underwear Specifically, those high-waisted, full-coverage, booty-hugging essentials known as “granny panties.” As a 64-year-old curvy woman celebrating my post-menopausal reign, all I want is something that is going to cover my ass. Is that too much to ask? The hyper-sexualization of women’s underwear has turned what should be a personal choice into a […]
