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A GENERATION OF WOMEN REDEFINING MIDLIFE
(This is article #2 in our #RockYourSelfie series, to see article #1 click here) I think it’s really common to react with shock and dismay when we hear people say we are middle-aged. Although logistically true, many people (including myself) dread that term. I guess it’s because it has been sold badly to us for so long. Wouldn’t you agree? I remember when I was in my 20s and 30s I saw myself reflected everywhere I turned to whether it was in magazines, in billboards, in TV, in movies, and while I still see myself reflected in ads, it is not nearly as often as it used to be. Worse…
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OVER 40 AND DEFINITELY NOT AFRAID TO SHOW IT
This is article #1 in our #RockYourSelfie series We don’t “selfie” enough I remember one day at work not too long ago when a 25-year old co-worker wanted to show me a picture of her dog and as she was searching her phone for it, I caught a glimpse of her camera roll. As I watched her scan through her images, I noticed that it was full of selfies. All kinds of glamour and fun shots including the gym selfie, the “I woke up like this” selfie, the bathroom mirror selfie, and a whole gamut of different selfies it seemed. “Wow”, I said, “you look great in those pictures.” “Oh…
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An American Horror Story: Swimsuit Season (Guest Post)
By Kara Martinez Bachman Dear Diary, Today we found a purple swimsuit at Lerner’s. I just gave up on my diet. That’s because I could not keep it up, and because when I wear my new swimsuit it looks better when you are fat. –diary excerpt from 1980 (age ten) I have always been both littler and bigger than everyone else. How anyone can be both at the same time only makes sense if you have seen me. I have a small frame and tiny wrists and smallish hands. Sometimes, fully linked and clasped bracelets used to even fall clear off of me. So much has changed since I wrote 37…
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BOOK GIVEAWAY !
Have I got a treat for you! I love supporting other fellow Rocking Over 40 women. That is why I’m very excited to announce that Rocking Over 40 will be giving away 2 copies of the recently released (and much anticipated) book called “Kissing the Crisis: Field Notes on Foul-Mouthed Babies, Disenchanted Women, & Careening into Middle Age” by Kara Martinez Bachman, a witty and humorous 47-year-old midlife Gen Xer. I had the opportunity to read this book which is comprised of a series of short stories on everything from love, Brad Pitt, parenting, marriage, and the inevitable intrusion of midlife we all face. There was so much I could…
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Rocking Over 40 Selfie Movement
It’s time to start a Rocking Over 40 “selfie” movement. I’m not a huge fan of selfies myself, but I’ve noticed that women over 40 rarely posts selfies. I am sure we all have our particular reasons for not doing so, but if more of us posted them, perhaps advertisers and media at large wouldn’t be so quick to overlook or ignore this very lucrative market. 💪 We live in a society where youth and beauty are glorified, and little of what we see in social media is “real.” So it’s (high) time we take the filters off and show the world what real Rocking Over 40 (and over 50…
