WOW: Women's Older Wisdom
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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman [...]

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 Taking on the Anti-Aging Movement

In a society that worships youth, my wrinkles, white hair, sagging breasts and flabby upper arms render me unacceptable. The anti-aging industry to the rescue!  If I go in for plastic surgery, facial fillers, hair dye, beauty creams and medical supplements, I can defy nature, while stuffing the pockets of the anti-aging fat cats, on target [...]

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Let Me Off the Anti-Aging Merry-Go-Round!

I get it.  I’m not supposed to grow old because I live in a society that worships youth. My wrinkles, gray hair, sagging breasts, and flabby upper arms render me unacceptable. The anti-aging industry to the rescue.  Up-to-the-minute plastic surgery procedures, facial fillers, beauty creams and medical supplements offer remedies that play [...]

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