Articles

April 13, 2023
My Period Changed. What Now?
As a teen in the early aughts, my “period management” came down to choosing between tampons or pads at CVS and trying not to worry about TSS.

April 6, 2023
A Hysterectomy Saved My Sex Life
By my mid-30s, I'd resigned myself to a life without satisfying sex. As far as I could tell, great sex was a thing some women had that eluded me, like clear skin and effortless style.

March 30, 2023
‘Weathering’ Forces Us to Think Differently About Aging
Public health researcher Arline T. Geronimus wrote the book Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society years after she coined the term “weathering” to explain how constant, long-term stress brought on by discrimination prematurely ages and sickens people in marginalized groups.

March 23, 2023
Is “Girls”Relatable Now?
When Girls debuted on HBO in 2012, I was 45 years old and was, I’ll admit it, kind of mesmerized.

March 16, 2023
The Double Life of Divorce
Every week, I’m two people. They’re related, yes, and I’m getting better at blending them. But they live different lives and even have different friends.

March 9, 2023
There’s More to Your Uterus Than Housing Kids
The uterus is often inextricably linked to a person’s identity, and its removal is as powerful as its presence.

March 2, 2023
Courteney Cox Made a Good Celebrity Brand
There are a lot, nay, a ridiculous number, of celebrities who launched beauty brands in the last several years.

February 23, 2023
In Praise of Lived-In Homes
Recently, on my way to pick up my son from a play date, I received this text from the other mom: "Feel free to come in! My house is lived in, and I don't care if people see it.

February 16, 2023
Podcaster Karen Arthur on Surviving Menopause
Tired of seeing experiences like hers “get flipping ignored,” Karen Arthur took up the cause of menopause.

February 9, 2023
The Surprising Allure of Birding
On a walk through the thick of Central Park in the spring, you’re likely to see a sunshine-colored warbler or an ash-tinted cuckoo.

January 27, 2023
Who is She?
Aging, if we’re lucky, comes for us all. And we’ve been told to expect changes, wrinkles among them. But wrinkles are one thing.

January 20, 2023
Grace Atwood on Building and Sustaining a Career Online
Grace Atwood founded her lifestyle blog, The Stripe, 13 years ago today.
