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April 3, 2018
HerTake: Should an Ambivalent Wife Leave Her Marriage?
When should a midlife woman leave her marriage? During the HerStories Project relaunch, we announced that Gen X women at midlife is the new focus for essays and classes at our site. The relaunch included a call for questions for our resident advice columnist, Nina Badzin, that goes beyond friendship dilemmas. Although Nina will take […]
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March 20, 2018
I Am So Glad My Friends Don’t Understand Me
By Magnolia Ripkin You know when you really connect with somebody? The moment that happens with a friend or a romantic interest when you simply click? That is when you identify them as one of your tribe. They join your crew of people who get you, who understand what drives your thoughts and reactions. Isn’t […]
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Gen X: Divorce and Dating
By: Kai McGee The last time I was on the dating scene, Lauryn Hill was still with The Fugees, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air was a fresh faced, endearing teenager and we all believed that Carrie and Samantha would be best friends forever. A few decades have passed and the Fugees are nothing […]
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March 16, 2018
Every Writer Needs An Email List: Here’s Why
Here’s why every writer needs an email list: An email list is the most powerful way for a writer to connect with her audience. You might be skeptical about that. You might be thinking: I connect with potential readers all the time. I post on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I write blog posts and pitch my […]
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March 14, 2018
I Gave Birth To Writing
There has never been as many American women who do not have children as the present moment. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014 40% of women, aged 15 to 50, were not mothers, the highest percentage since the Bureau started keeping track of this data. At the start of this decade, about one in […]
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Learning To Swim: An Anxiety Disorder Journey
Women are more than twice as likely to suffer from anxiety disorders as men. Anxiety disorders are also more likely to show up earlier in a woman’s life. Anxiety disorders can be debilitating and prevent sufferers from performing the simplest tasks, such as driving, flying, or running basic errands. Marcia Kester Doyle suffered for many years […]
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March 7, 2018
That’s My High School: A Reunion
by Melissa Uchiyama That high school on TV and all over the news? Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School? I graduated from that school. I do not know the current students, of course; I live far away. I only know their words, their speeches to Congress, their interviews and tweets. What were my friends and I […]
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Reckoning With the Wreckage: A Midlife Love Story of Choosing Me
By Shannon Lell I’m writing this two weeks before my 40th birthday and in many ways, it feels like a rebirth; it’s definitely a love story. You see, my midlife crisis came early, a decade premature. Because of that, I spent the better part of my 30s in recovery, a kind of Life ICU. […]
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February 27, 2018
Nothing Like I Expected
If you’d asked me when I was a teenager what I wanted my life to look like in my 40s, I would have probably told you the following: I’d like two children, I’d like to have a happy marriage and a fulfilling career, and I would like to live in Cambridge. I’d risk going […]
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As Long As There Aren’t Trampolines
My daughter’s school recently held a get-together at an indoor trampoline park. When I was a kid, I dreamed of jumping on trampolines—doing flips, bouncing high into the air, and feeling weightless. I imagined it would be almost like flying, so on the day of the event, I donned my active wear and I swear, […]
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