“So I’m licking jelly off my boyfriend and all of a sudden, I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m turning into my mother.’” –Sarah Silverman Sexual Equality Baby Boomer and other older women are experiencing their postmenopausal years with a confusing accumulation of social dictates. For decades, they have been patriarchally conditioned on the definition of a sexually appropriate woman. For… Read More
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog: Healer, Storyteller, Friend
“When I was a little girl,” recalls Prevention advisor Tieraona Low Dog, MD, “my grandma Jo—my greatest inspiration—took me to a powwow at Medicine Lodge in Kansas.” Jo was one-quarter Comanche, and these gatherings were powerful for her. They were transformative for Dr. Low Dog as well. Jo would say, “Baby”—that’s what she called her granddaughter when she was young—”when… Read More
Midlife Notes: Music, Lyrics, and Values
KBEK, my new favorite radio station—where else can you get an eclectic mix of music from the 1940’s through today’s offerings?—came to life on my car radio when I turned the key. My husband was futzing around instead of putting on his seatbelt, so I decided to park in the driveway until he behaved. He doesn’t always appreciate my subtlety,… Read More
The Buzz About Hysteria Ends In Shock
“In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.” —Nora Ephron Electricity And Home Market Vibrators Towards the end of the nineteenth century, electricity was reaching affluent urban dwellings and women succumbed to marketing that touted the wonders of domestic technologies. Yes, indeed. Women were about to take matters into their hands so to speak. Believing household chores… Read More
May’s Silk Scarf Giveaway…And Ambush Model!
It is with great happiness I introduce you to my May silk scarf giveaway ambush model…drum roll, please…Pat Maltz! Patricia Maltz Business Development Aging But DANGEROUS.com® Pat is an extraordinary woman who accomplishes extraordinary, meaningful, things. What cracks me up is that she claims she owes it all to milking cows in her farm girl youth. Talk about the “pull”… Read More
Jodi Hills: Wisdom, Art, and Making Me Braver In Midlife
“She was strong, and oh, so beautiful. And every once in a while, she would relax into the leaves that held her, trust in them, and then, well then, she’d take your breath away.” –jodi hills The above quote, by Jodi Hills, accompanies her painting of a white calla lily. I love calla lilies, but more so, I adore Jodi… Read More
Designing Women: Where Are You?
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.†–Jim Carrey If you were to walk into our kitchen door right now a couple of things would happen: You would scare the bajeezes out of me. The cats would scatter like Lutherans asked to clap and sway in church. You would most likely trip over the pile of shoes… Read More
Fingers In The Pie: Early Treatments for Hysteria
“You know that look women get when they want sex? …Me neither.” –Steve Martin A Female Sexual Disease From a practical stance, labeling Hysteria as a female sexual disease took a lot of pressure off of clueless men. If a woman was frustrated by a lack of orgasm, it was her fault and not the “wham, bam, thank you ma’am  Read More
Anti-aging Labels: The Subtle Messages We Accept
“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.†– J.K Rowling It was one of those moments you feel like slapping your forehead and wondering why you hadn’t thought of it like that before. I was attending a meeting on “aging with gusto†hosted by the Vital Aging Network when the ah-ha instance hit. The… Read More
Midlife Marriage: The Nine-Step DIY Project That Had More Than Its Ups And Downs
“They say marriages are made in heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.” –Clint Eastwood Ladies, back me up. Sometimes we need change for the sake of change, right? I’m referring to sprucing up our homes, and not necessarily our marriages or relationships, but there are times the two come crashing into each other. My husband is a, shall we… Read More
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