Cougar Women

The Shriver Report Shows the Importance of Being a Real Cougar Woman

Linda Franklin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Linda Franklin

For the first time in history, one-half of all U.S. workers are women, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of American families.

Don't Call Us 'Cougars'!

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living


Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

Finding a companion and life partner with whom to share emotional and physical intimacy is a difficult enough task without pigeonholing those courageous enough to be swimming in the challenging relationship waters.

Hollywood Cougars: Who Looks Best With Her Younger Partner? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment


Courteney Cox plays a newly single 40-ish mother on 'Cougar Town,' which premieres Wendnesday at 9:30 EST on ABC. Cox is married to a younger man in r...

The Cougar Town Debate

Linda Franklin | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment


Linda Franklin

Many of you fabulous females are already in relationships with younger men, or at the very least, fantasize about the possibility. Let's hear what you have to say about how women like you are portrayed on TV.

Target Women: The Cougar

Sarah Haskins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

If you can't wait for ABC's "Cougar Town" next fall, don't worry. Cougar-based programming is already here on the TV Land network with the reality show "The Cougar." Lick your lips and enjoy.

Executive Interns -- Reinventing Yourself over 40

Linda Franklin | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living


Linda Franklin

The Human Resources Department couldn't believe I -- a woman over age 40 -- wanted to be an intern, but after I sold them on the idea, they offered me a job.

Spring At Bebe Means Sexy Safari, Sexy Animal Prints, Sexy Ruffles, And So On...

Michelle Madhok | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style


Michelle Madhok

Metallics, safari, ruffles--popular runway-inspired themes--are all at Bebe. Yet, nearly everything has been sexified.

Cougars And MILFs Rule! 40 Year-Old Women Are WAY Hotter Than 20 Year-Olds!

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 04.26.2009 | Style


Bonnie Fuller

2009-03-26-pull.jpg Their names are Julia, Jen, Halle and Michelle. They're posing in bikinis, burning up the box office, hogging magazine covers and kicking 20-somethings to the curb. Here's why seasoned is the new sexy!

10 Tips for Catching a Cougar

Nicole Williams | Posted 01.17.2009 | Style


Nicole Williams

Although I'm not a bona fide cougar quite yet (I clock in just under the apparent age limit), I'm certainly not opposed to dating younger men... if only they knew what they were doing.

Reading Between the Lines in The Reader: When is Abuse Not Abuse?

Thelma Adams | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment


Thelma Adams

The Reader? It's goodish. And Kate Winslet is, as ever, brilliant. And it has Nazis, which elevates it on the Oscar nom scale. But it doesn't fully address the fact that Michael is a victim of abuse.

Cougar Mania: Where Did It Come From And When Will It Go Away?

Radar | Lynn Harris | Posted 10.26.2008 | Style


The Daily Show has also weighed in--and they're not on the side of cougar conservation. "It's just one in a long line of labels invented to demonize w...