Women and Aging

10 Things I Know Now That I'm Thirty

Melanie Curtin | Posted 05.16.2012

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I'm not perfect, but I'm doing the right things for the right reasons. In other words, I'm 30, and I've earned it.

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Another Scarlet Letter: Age

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.28.2012

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It occurs to me: maybe one of the reasons certain milestone birthdays are so scary for younger women is the assumptions they make about the women who have already reached them.

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Yes, I've Had Plastic Surgery! Happy Now?

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 04.27.2012

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There may be ageless, perfectly fit people out there who've never had a thing done, but I don't want to know them. I'm interested in the women who admit their beauty requires Herculean tasks.

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Stop Calling Me 'Ma’am'

Marianne Curan | Posted 04.09.2012

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They are incredulous that someone "my age" isn't lying on a cruise ship deck chair recalling the revolutionary impact of control top pantyhose while eating a 7 course meal through a straw.

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Ageless Beauty

Karen Cummings-Palmer | Posted 04.05.2012

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Another year is another opportunity to step or dance toward a better version of yourself and those little marks of humanity -- that's humility. I call it Ageless Beauty and that's worth fighting for.

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'Mirror Mirror': What The Snow White Narrative Says About Women, Beauty And Aging

Emma Gray | Posted 05.30.2012

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To my surprise, I left the theater completely uninterested in fair Snow, and fascinated with the Wicked Queen and what the character's contemporary reincarnation was saying about how women think about the aging process now.

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Why Madonna Shouldn't 'Put It Away'

The Guardian | Posted 03.29.2012

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God, I am exhausted and I haven't even started. At my age, your knees creak, you feel constantly tired, your features start sliding down your face, yo...

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What I Know About Beauty Now That I'm In My 60s

Bonnie McFarland | Posted 05.28.2012

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Some say we get the face we deserve as we age, but I think it's more we get the face of the life we've lived.

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Why My Friends' Fear Of Aging Bothers Me So Much

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.29.2012

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Is buying Spanx buying into an oppressive ideal? Does dabbling in fillers make one a tool of the patriarchy?

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Should Women be More Selfish?

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 04.22.2012

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Women of all stripes have a problem with saying NO!

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WATCH: Jeans Genius Diane Gilman Announces HuffPost Women On HSN

Posted 08.16.2011

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You may have read denim maven Diane Gilman's blog on Huffington Post Women Monday about her decision to live "ageless[ly]" after fifty. Diane wrote, ...

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Why Women Accept Aging Better Than Men

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Do women embrace aging better than men? Are we happier with our lives and are we better equipped to handle the myriad of changes than they are?

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Has Life After 50 Got You Feeling Invisible? HuffPost Readers Speak Out

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Articles regularly pop up talking about how men and women over 50 are ignored by marketers, advertisers, the movie industry, politicians and the media, often convincing us that we are, in fact, invisible.

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The Cheatin' Heart of Cheri

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

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This Cheri affirms a penchant for faces that appear eerily ageless and a thinness equated with holiness. At the same time it makes women feel bad, for a change, about aging.

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