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A personal essay about invisible disability and aging by Wendy Kennar

Nov 28

Guest writer Catherine Rossi writes about being a midlife woman who did not join the Club...of Motherhood.

Catherine Rossi

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Nov 21

Guest author Cori Howard writes about her discovery of a fifth season in many women's lives.

Nov 14

A personal essay by Emily Dagostino about aging, hair, and invisibility.

Emily Dagostino

Nov 7

Co-editor Jessica Smock writes about what it means to live without your parents at midlife.

Oct 30

Guest writer Meredith Heller reflects on the life and loss of her best friend.

Meredith Heller

Oct 25

Guest writer Julie Zuckerman writes about her experience in central Israel during the past weeks and how you can help

Julie Zuckerman

Oct 19

A personal essay by Ashley Collins about grief, aging, and new directions at midlife.

Oct 16

Andrea Jarrell writes about the slow ending to a decades-long friendship.

Oct 12

On freewriting and our first prompt, Substack, and a party

Oct 8

A new publication from the HerStories Project

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Oct 5

Stephanie's first subscriber-only post

Oct 5

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