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    List: Signs You’ve Transitioned From a Manic Pixie Dream Girl to an Odd Middle-Aged Woman

    July 19, 2017

    List: Signs You’ve Transitioned From a Manic Pixie Dream Girl to an Odd Middle-Aged Woman

    Funny, but I hate when people joke that eating shitloads of sugar will give you Type 2 diabetes. That’s totally not true.

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  • Middle Ages
    July 4, 2017

    96% of 40-plus women don’t feel middle-aged

    Why women of 40 and 50 are the new ‘ageless generation’ 

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  • Gray Matters,  Middle Ages
    June 21, 2017

    Ready to declare Jane Adams as my hair hero. I can’t recall ever seeing a female character on TV who had gray hair and was not a senior citizen.

    Yeah, I’m posting about Twin Peaks again. 

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  • Middle Ages
    June 21, 2017

    Never forget when the Buzzcocks were used in an AARP commercial. In fact, we’re all ten years older than when it aired.

    (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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    June 18, 2017

    I thought it would be interesting to have a woman in her mid-forties being portrayed as desirable and desired, because the world is full of these women and yet we so rarely see them on television.

    Lisa Rubin, creator and producer of “Gypsy”
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    Screen Time: Twin Peaks Return Take 2

    June 17, 2017

    Sorry to be so Twin Peaks-centric but when Laura Dern appears as previously unseen Diane, smoking and drinking a martini, you can’t let that slide. 

    I thought the Bang Bang Bar would be the coolest fictional place to have a drink.

    But now Max Von’s Bar is a contender. Plus, you can smoke indoors? 

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  • Middle Ages
    June 17, 2017

    In my Northwest indie-ness isolation, there were a lot of ‘90s bands I was aware of but didn’t listen to. I mean, you had to go out and buy records vs. streaming a few hits online. Helium fell into that category.

    Last week, though, I spotted more than a few Mary Timony snapshots while scrolling through my middle-aged social media since she’s on tour playing Helium songs. She did not look young. She didn’t look old either. She did look awesome with a guitar, in her t-shirt and choker.

    Coincidentally or maybe not, last week I also read about the gross food aesthetic in pop culture on The Hairpin and one example was a video by Ex Hex, helmed by Mary Timony,  I can’t remember the last time I saw a woman in her mid-40s in a music video just like it was a normal thing and not some ‘80s-era Tina Turner comeback or Cher continuing to chug along. 

    (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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    IN HOLLYWOOD, WOMEN OVER 40 ARE RARELY THE HEROINE — EVEN OF THEIR OWN STORIES

    June 15, 2017

    A few days after bingeing on The Keepers, I found myself recalling the doc with a smile thanks to the graceful aging of many of its protagonists. I’ve spent the better part of the past decade worrying about getting older. Pop culture — which I’m steeped in as a critic — just might be the worst lens through which to consider female aging, and the films and TV shows on the subject that stick out in my mind foretell nothing good. 

    –Iknoo Kang in MTV.com

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  • Middle Ages
    June 1, 2017

    The horror of “starting over at 45.”

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    Middle-Aged Women Are the Driving Force Behind Current Activism: Report

    April 4, 2017

    Middle-Aged Women Are the Driving Force Behind Current Activism: Report

    “The poll, which was conducted by Lake Research Partners, revealed that 86 percent of the users that responded are female, and that over 60 percent are 46 or older — that includes 16 percent of women who are over 65 and still taking action.”

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