We talk about the emotional and physical pitfalls of pregnancy around the water cooler, right? There's no reason to pretend that menopause isn't happening.
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Quick. Think of a brilliant composer. Likely, you pictured Mozart or Beethoven, right? Now, think of a genius physicist? Einstein? Yup. Me too.
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Historically, beauty has hardly been inclusive. Think of how the term "nude" was once used to describe just one shade of skin color.
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Well, so much for overachieving because being overworked and overstressed is no longer a badge of self-importance--and that's progress.
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It's 2:07 a.m. You wake up hot, glistening like a glazed donut. It's like you had the best sex of your life--but you didn't.
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I love to curse. The staccato explosions of a string of F bombs can mimic a machine gun--and feel so satisfying. Well, guess what? Swearing really does makes us feel better.
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A recent poll by Refinery29 found that almost 50% of women had issues with the look of their vulva. Ladies were most concerned with shape, size and color. I'm one of them.
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Fact: leopards can run faster than 35 miles per hour and carry prey three times their body weight. In short, wearing anything in this big cat print says, "Provoke me. See how that works out for you."
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Zoom is the great equalizer. We all look terrible. Plus, it's hard to focus on your pal or your CEO when all you can do is stare at your own washed out face.
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Never bet against a cardigan, especially in a pandemic. Watch it add polish to jeans and a tee or morph into a lap blanket.
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Now, more than ever, we need to nurture our female friendships. There's science to prove it too: according to the journal NeuroImage, when women share and bond, they release oxytocin or the "love hormone."
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Don't panic. You're not alone: one in three women deal with some form of hair loss. And extreme stress--hello, Covid--can cause shedding.
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The Kinsey Institute recently reported that 24% of married people are having less frequent sex than they did before the pandemic. Um, duh.
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The answer is YES. Here's why: the number of mammograms done during Covid has plunged almost 90%. And experts say that delayed diagnoses due to this trend could result in 10,000 additional deaths from breast and colorectal cancers in the next 10 years.
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I once wrote an article about how women who bemoan their bodies ("I'm so fat") had started to talk smack about their age, as in "Ugh. I look so old."
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As a writer, my fingers are always right in front of me as I type. Enter Dior's Nail Glow ($28), a sheer lacquer that enhances the natural pinkish hue of nails and makes them look healthy, shiny and baller-bright.
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Sleep is the epitome of luxury. Sadly, many women—especially front line workers—can’t lull their brains and bodies for the hours they need to recharge.
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Marilyn Monroe pumped iron in her jeans. There, I called it out so we can all move on. But seriously, women over 45 need to weight train.
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Just last month, Scotland made tampons and sanitary pads FREE for all women. Well done. But here in the U.S., we pay over $10,000 on feminine care over our lifetime.
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I agree that society's traditional definition of "all" is utterly elusive. However, what I learned during this ugly cry year of Covid is that we can have it all if we just REDEFINE our all.
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