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By Paulina Bren In September 1970, the New York City Commission on Human Rights held a series of hearings on sex discrimination in the workplace. In his opening remarks, Mayor Lindsay spoke of “a total environment of inequality in which half the population is systematically denied rights and opportunities taken for granted by the other…

By Karen Russo I arrive at the beach just as my surf instructor, Jordy, pulls up on his motorcycle. It’s 5:30 a.m, still dark outside, and I can see the moon and stars above the water. I wax my board as Jordy and I look at the waves. The beach is a three-mile stretch of…

By Heather Barmore “I’m a little weird,” I told a friend recently. She told me that I shouldn’t say that about myself. Later, I would refer to myself as a late-bloomer, only to be admonished again. A weird and quirky late bloomer, to be precise. All I could do was shrug. I’m Black, I am…

By Leslie Price I’ve been following food writer and cookbook author Julia Turshen for years. There’s just something about her. She’s a total pro who – in addition to publishing multiple cookbooks (Small Victories, Feed the Resistance, Now & Again, Simply Julia) – and co-authoring more, also writes a friendly and useful newsletter, helms a…

Midlife women are in the shit when it comes to parenting. Whether you came to parenthood late and are navigating the havoc a young child can wreak on your established lifestyle and sense of self (raises hand), or you got started earlier and now find fully grown adults staring back at you from across the…

“As a fresh 50-year-old, I'm pretty well versed in the demographic. I have a lot of older clients, and I hear it all,” says brow expert Michele Holmes of Michele Holmes Studio. Holmes, who in a prior life had a career in the action sports industry, took her hobby of doing eyebrows professional in 2009.…

Last fall break, I discovered that cruises are the ideal vacation for parents who are traveling solo with their kids. Yes, taking a cruise is so very basic — and not something any of my LA or NY friends would ever do — but sometimes it’s worth sacrificing cool points for ease. Most importantly, the…

In 2010, Melissa Petro was fired from her job as a New York City public-school teacher after the New York Post began a humiliation campaign against her for the sins of her prior life, which included being a sex worker. The headline read, “Bronx Teacher Admits: I’m An Ex-Hooker.”  What followed was an intense crash…

Most of us are aware (in theory) that a good dental hygiene routine includes regular brushing, consistent flossing, and a biannual checkup. Less commonly known is the fact that women’s oral health needs evolve over the course of our lives. Rising estrogen and progesterone levels during puberty and pregnancy (or just being on birth control!)…

By Leslie Price Everyone has a bad-relationship story, but in Men Have Called Her Crazy, Anna Marie Tendler fills an entire book with them. “Bad” is perhaps too banal a word for the behavior she describes — disappointing, coercive, damaging, and illegal also come to mind. Tendler’s memoir treads territory that feels familiar. It reminds…

By Julie Alvin From the outside, Marcella Hill’s life looked good. At 38, she lived in Utah with her husband and four children, ages five to 15. The serial entrepreneur was writing a memoir about her spiritual awakenings, and delivering lectures to midlife women and entrepreneurs about how to find joy. But despite these external…

By Evie Ebert June 17 was the first day that I’ve ever had to get three kids to three different places for the day, even though the youngest is 2.5 now. Before she started pre-K last September, she and my youngest kid were in daycare together. One destination. When she matriculated (lol) to daycare, she…