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“Can’t we all just get along?”

This was Rodney King’s plea in 1992, when he was physically assaulted by the LA cops during that year’s race riots. Thirty-two years later American society still struggles to “get along.” Now it appears that Trump’s re-election [...]

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What We Like About Getting Older

Research has found that older women are discovering that age has unanticipated rewards.  Setting aside the usual physical symptoms like arthritis, decreased flexibility and stamina, the older woman sparkles in new ways.  She frequently finds herself more content and more confident, while still full of dreams. Eager to capture individual [...]

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Resisting Body Shaming 

Whenever I visit Western Europe I can’t help but notice how much kinder it is to the aging woman than the States are. We are bombarded by media images that equate beauty almost exclusively with a young body. By contrast, women in Western Europe, while aware of their aging forms, don’t seem to experience body shaming to the same degree. [...]

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The Older Woman’s New Power

Older women are feeling powerful as they discover a voice they didn’t possess in their previous decades.  They’re speaking up with a boldness and confidence unknown to their younger selves. Writer and blogger, 80 year-old Elaine Soloway has shed her passive aggressive self to take on verbal bullies.  The popular Australian writer, [...]

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