“I find my emotions are way more accessible than they were when I was younger and I’ve come to feel it has to do with age. I have become so wonderfully, terribly aware of time, of how little of it I have left; how much of it is behind me, and everything becomes so precious. With age, I am able… Read More
Baby Boomer Women: The Power To Make The Mundane A “Thingâ€
“I am a daughter, a wife, a businesswoman, a mom, but not a nurse†Margaret “Pook†Grathwol, Attorney, Chestnut Cambronne PA, talking about caregiving aging parents Is it true? Boomer women turn ordinary, age-old, situations into named things as if we invented them? Let Me Explain The ballroom was gorgeous, inviting, and dark-wood classy. I like those things in a… Read More
Baby Boomer Women, Sexuality, and Decades of Change: Sorta
“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
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