clothes
The main thing I notice when I look back over the decade I've just graduated from, it's that I didn't know s@#% about styling myself in an attractive way.
Emily in

May 15, 2013 at 3:30pm | 534 comments

youth
I fear a lot of things, but aging has never been one of them, until now.
Louise Hung in

Apr 29, 2013 at 12:00pm | 78 comments

aging
When you get older, a lot of stuff happens to your body. You are disgusting in new and interesting ways, welcome to your great decline.
Rebecca in

Feb 25, 2013 at 4:00pm | 59 comments

30
This is going to be much less useful than the version Mandy did for her 37th birthday, because as we've firmly established, I really haven't learnt all that much.
Rebecca Holman in

Feb 6, 2013 at 4:30pm | 10 comments

fashion blogs
I've fallen headlong into a vortex of fashion blogs written by Canadian women over the age of 40.
botox
I know it's not youth-culture-worshipping-approved, but I will be the first to tell you that I will be 40 in three years. I am not "perpetually 30," and I'm just fine with getting a little help from Botox along the way.
Mandy in

Jan 25, 2013 at 9:00am | 533 comments

language
While it’s cool to know that being bilingual has scads of smarty-pants benefits, the study overlooks many other things that are awesome about knowing more than one language. But don’t worry -- I’m here to help with five more!
age
Where was I when everybody decided to get their shit together? Probably drinking margaritas at a dog wedding.
Bridget in

Jan 10, 2013 at 2:30pm | 168 comments

turning 50
I am sick of being told by men that I'm going to lose my effability now that I've hit 50. I'm taking my f&*%ability back, damnit.
aging
aging
In a culture so increasingly body- and appearance-obsessed, one should not expect that the women who have spent their lives battling with body image issues would one day wake up cleansed of these worries simply because a certain number of years have passed.
Lesley in

Jun 11, 2012 at 3:00pm | 49 comments

age
I had 20 to myself, twenty years ago. I am content now to celebrate 40 and admire 20 on another generation of women.
Sarah Innis in

Jun 5, 2012 at 3:07pm | 92 comments

aging
I let my 7-year-old choose my hair color. He chose turquoise.
aging
I’m ready for you, 30. Throw all the Merino wool sweaters and New York Times Real Estate sections you want to at me! You’ll never win!
Eliot in

Mar 7, 2012 at 2:00pm | 66 comments

aging
"Don’t wait too long,” my friend warned me a few days after my divorce was finalized. “It’s not like you’ll be young and hot for much longer.”
Kayt in

Dec 15, 2011 at 9:00am | 0 comments

aging
Girls as young as nine can receive the HPV vaccine. As much as I don't want to think my daughter will have unprotected sex, it's my job to assume she will.
age
This is where I get cranky and start yelling "Get The Hell Off My Lawn."
Eve in

Sep 7, 2011 at 5:16pm | 0 comments

aging
We're getting too old for this @#$%!, Danny Glover.
Julieanne in

Aug 12, 2011 at 10:02am | 0 comments

aging
Or, I'm starting to sound like my mother.
Eve in

Aug 5, 2011 at 2:02pm | 0 comments

aging
All these years later, I'm still trying things for Jane. This time it was $500 of injections. Can you tell the difference?
Sue in

Jun 17, 2011 at 11:02am | 0 comments

aging
This was the very first post I ever wrote [back on November 4, 2009], so please be kind.
Jane in

May 16, 2011 at 9:00am | 0 comments

aging
The gypsy cab driver (un-pc term, no?) just said to me, "You're 48? God bless…
Jane in

Mar 1, 2011 at 4:35pm | 0 comments