Over a decade ago, I got fired by The Los Angeles Times. I was 40. Yes, my ego smarted. Yes, I stole a stapler. But ultimately, losing that job was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Jenny: you almost married a dog. We're so glad you didn't. But why did you retaliate by heading off to Montana with yet another man?
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Whenever I wear this jumpsuit, I get at least two compliments. But who's counting?
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More and more women over 40 are having babies--and I'm one of them. At 42, after depleting our savings and sanity on three rounds of I.V.F., I got pregnant with my daughter, Tess Darling Harel.
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"Oh, she's just an alpha." You mean a bully? "But she's really nice when you get to know her." You shouldn't have to earn kindness.
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If my hair could talk, it would sigh and say, "I'm really tired of you." And after decades of blow outs and highlights, I get it.
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Sales of this cool preshrunk tee from Social Goods support Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy, which recruits, trains, and funds pro-choice Democratic self-identifying womxn to run for state and local office throughout New York.
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This summer, I won't hide behind a towel or feel ashamed of my cellulite when I dip my toe in the pool. I won't glare at my thighs or flip the bird at my back-fat. This summer, I'm walking on the beach without a sarong.
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India needs our support. A second wave of infections has crippled the country and their health care system is beyond compromised.
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Judy Blume taught us almost everything we needed to know about menstruation, masturbation, boob envy and sex. But now, in the throes of middle age, we're hormonal again---and lost.
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When did the price of jeans skyrocket to a mortgage payment? A pair of Stella McCartney patchwork jeans are selling for $1,650. I can't. I won't. Neither should you.
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On the morning after my 45th birthday dance party, I had two epiphanies: 1) I need less vodka in my life and 2) I need more concealer in my life.
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Typically, I don't recommend a book until I get to the very last page. But I'm making an exception for Rebecca Carroll's piercing memoir, "Surviving the White Gaze" because it is just that damn good.
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How many times have you said, "text me when you get home" to a girlfriend as she hops into an Uber or walks down the street to her car?
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Finding a cool, comfortable bra for tweens just starting to develop--or girls already on that adolescent path--just got hella easier, thanks to OOMLA.
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It was 1979. I got my first pair of saddle-leather clogs and suddenly, I was freaking unstoppable. Decades later, slipping into a chic pair of clogs still empowers me.
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As we inch closer to a post-Covid world, who's dreading big parties and small talk? Me. I call it "FOGO" or "fear of going out."
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FYI: the women at Sephora took one look at my husband, smiled and said, 'We know why you're here. Your wife called." Hey, we just might live happily ever after.
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Bangs can ruin your life--I mean, you know. But it's not until you commit that you realize fringe might make you look like a gargantuan toddler--or resemble frisee if your hair is coarse and wavy.
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Hey, we appreciate the sentiment--and the tulips and the tepid Eggs Benedict. But this year, I envision a Mother's Day where I wake up alone and it's like I'm 27 again and childless and still wearing last night's smokey eye.
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