Last month, I hit the big 4-0. While I don’t go in much for chronological age meaning anything, there are tremendous cultural tropes around what it means to turn 20, to turn 30, to turn 40. 40 always seems more momentous, perhaps because, in this day and age when we are living longer and delayingContinue reading “5 Things Not to Do If You’re Over 40”
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The lies we tell girls about sex
This fabulous list/article about the lies girls grow up believing about sex, consent, virginity and agency is frightening and instructive. The scary thing is, I think it was actually better when I was growing up, as bad as it was.