LISTEN TO LEIGH ANNE JASHEWAY ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST Ageism is a thing. A nasty thing. Like old age itself, ageism creeps, slowly sagging, rotting from the inside, pulling…
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Notable Greek-American Dr. George Papanicolaou did not win a Nobel Prize in Medicine, though he was nominated several times. Instead, he got a 13-cent stamp and name recognition. Women the…
Everyone in my family had a strong opinion about where we should go for my birthday. I don’t know how the Kardashians agree on vacation destinations. But after an onslaught…
I dislike it when the media labels any woman over a certain age as “grandmother.” Especially if that age is, say, 45. It seems that if someone has gray hair…
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. One in eight women will develop invasive breast…
There was a time in my life when being shaken awake at 3:00 am likely held a promise of some sort of fun shenanigans. But since having kids, more often…
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Knee Surgery Was Easy Compared to These Pain-in-the-Ass Comments
by Lynn Colwellby Lynn ColwellKnee surgery is a hell of an experience, especially considering all the comments I’ve received. The last time I felt so consumed by physical pain, I was lying spread-eagle with…
When you’re a man, turning 40 is a sexy, irresistible, gray-haired rite of passage. A sports car, a new tattoo and an affair with a 26-year-old fashion blogger, almost make…
No one ever asks menopausal women how to solve global warming, which is a damned shame because we’ve experienced personal climate change AND lived through it. It seems like we’d…
MY AGING BRAIN: A FLEA MARKET OF USELESS INFORMATION When I was a schoolgirl, I absorbed information effortlessly. Newly acquired data rolled into my brain, where it was instantaneously…
