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.
in

May 15, 2013 at 3:30pm | 536 comments

youth
I fear a lot of things, but aging has never been one of them, until now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.”
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."
in

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

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

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

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

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