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What It Took to Overcome My Fear of Swimming in My 40s
The Gap is Back—Here’s Everything We Need for Spring
The Great Unveiling: Ankles, Collarbones, and Other Spring Debuts
I Chose Not to Be a Mom and Everyone Has Questions
I Watched an Acquaintance Get Slut-Shamed by the Entire Country
4 Guys Making Us Feel Like It’s 1996 All Over Again
Am I a Mean Girl?
All the Cool Girls Are Single in Their 40s
Does an Entire Generation of Women Have a Fucked Up Relationship with Their Mothers?
Turning 50 Was a Bitch, But Now I’m a Lot Less of One 
Sandwich Generation: Taking Care of a New Baby While Losing My Mom
Tastes Like Home: Keeping My Culture Alive Through Cooking
Midlife Crisis Remedy: Join a Roller Derby Team
My Geriatric Pregnancy Was a Constant Fight for Control Over My Body
I Started Dating Like a Man—And It’s Working for Me in 4 Major Ways
Claudia from ‘The Babysitter’s Club’: My Asian-American Role Model, Then, Now and 4-Eva 
What Dawson Leery Taught Us About Boyhood
It Turns Out Valentine’s Day Doesn’t Have to Suck. Here’s How.
I Got Diagnosed With ADHD at 40 and It Explained So Much
After My Daughter’s Suicide Attempt, Live Music Was Our Medicine
This Irish Band Has Awakened My Inner ’90s Teenager
‘Heated Rivalry’ Turned Me Into a Woman I Barely Recognize
Dancing in the Street: I Found a Way to Protest That Works for Me
The Real Reason I Don’t Date Men With Money
30 Years Later, ‘You Outta Know’ Is Still the Feminist Rage Song We Need
Too Old: How a Passport Photo Sent Me Spiraling
5 Things I Learned About Posting (and Not Posting) on Social Media From My Embarrassed Teenagers
Gen X Meets Gen Z: How ‘Stranger Things’ Brought Me and My Nephew Together
How to Quit Your Job and Start Living (and Dressing) on Your Own Terms
The Most Unhinged Moms of 2025—And Why They Matter
Celebrity Obsession: The MTV Generation Understands What It’s Like to Be a Swiftie
Grandma Knows Best: The Quiet Luxury of a Nostalgic Nightgown
Putting My Dog Down Let Me Finally Breathe Again
Luigi Mangione Has Awakened My Perimenopausal Libido
Divorce Season Is Here
Why I Finally Caved and Went to a High School Reunion
4 Signs You’re Dating a Middle-Aged Fuckboy,
as Illustrated by The Bear
The Curse of Being the Mom: “All Her Fault” Reveals What Even Divorce Won’t Change
I Feel Bad for Feeling Bad About My Neck
Can I Kick It? How I Accepted It’s Time to Start Wearing Practical Shoes
What Dating Guys in Their 20s Taught Me About Myself
The Over-40 Guide to Keeping Your Entire Body Moisturized This Winter
I’m 42 and Never Had a Boyfriend. Can a Matchmaker Find Me One?
5 Things I Got Rid of From My Fall Wardrobe After a Summer Style Epiphany
The Sexy Wardrobe Staple from My Youth I Can’t Bring Myself to Toss
I Lost My Job at 46—It Was the Most Liberating Day of My Life
We Should Listen to Jennifer Lawrence: Conrad Fisher Is Toxic
What It Really Feels Like to Lose a Family Member by Choice
Men Who Carry Tote Bags and 10 Other Completely Irrational Red Flags
Peak Midlife: Going to a Rock Show and Bailing
on the Headliner
I Thought I Didn’t Have Room for Any New Friends—Thank God I Was Wrong
I Think We’re Alone Now: Navigating the Emptiness of an Empty Nest
Dating in the Age of Trump
How One Perfect Strawberry Helped Me Survive a Scary Mammogram
The Dirty Dozen: 12 Men You’ll Meet Dating in Your 40s
Out for Blood: After Years of Medical Gaslighting, a Hysterectomy Set Me Free
I Said Screw Camps and Let My Kids Have a “Nothing Summer”
I Got Married for the First Time at 44 to a Man I’d Only Spent 2 Months With
I Am a Swamp Monster and These Are All the New Places I Sweat
Graduation Season: A Love Letter to My Kids
Solo Travel Is a Bit Different Since You Backpacked Around Europe in Your 20s
Life Lessons Shared in the Ladies’ Room
First Day of My Life: How a Bright Eyes Song Made Me Decide to Get Divorced
After Years of Saying ‘No,’ I Finally Gave in and Got a Damn Dog
I Gave up on Dating, but I Haven’t Given up on Love
The Cool Girl Shoes of My Youth Are Everywhere and I Still Want Them
6 Things This 40-Something Travel Writer Always Packs on Vacation
25 Things Moms Actually Want for Mother’s Day
Scared Shitless and Still Climbing: How I Learned to Be a Mother Without a Mom
When Your Motherhood Dreams Don’t Come True
Hollywood Has “Embraced” Aging Women—But Will They Ever Be Allowed to Look Their Age?
Mother-Daughter Relationships: How Close Is Too Close?
Tracy Chapman, Gen X Icon, Gives Me Hope for Real Change
Help! What Can I Do About Weight Gain in Perimenopause?
I Let My 3-Year-Old Ruin My Birthday
5 Signs You’ve Become an Unwitting Participant in Someone’s BDSM Fantasy
Croissants Won’t Cure Cancer, but They Can’t Hurt
I Got Naked With 30 Women in the Irish Countryside
Help! How Do I Know if I’m Actually in Perimenopause?
4 Reasons I Can’t Stand Being Called Ma’am—Even Though I’m Middle-Aged
An Ode to My Mom—and Bed Bath & Beyond
I Struggled With Not Wanting Kids—When My Husband Died, the Decision Was Made for Me
After 20 Years of Marriage, I Still Remember the Ridiculous Things Men Said to Me While Dating
Chappell Roan Canceled Her NYC Show—Middle-Aged Women Get It
All the Benefits of Being an “Old Mom”
Do I Suck at Relationships?
I Found Out I Had MS but Didn’t Let It Stop Me From Taking the Trip of a Lifetime
A Month on Mounjaro, Part 1: Holy Shit, I Love This
“Babygirl” Starts a Conversation Every Gen X Woman Needs to Have
New Year’s Resolution 2025: Dance With Your Girlfriends
Getting a Personal Trainer Is the Best Thing I’ve Done for Myself in Years
What Is a Christian Supposed to Look Like?
Can I Bum a Smoke? A Look at Our Generation’s Secret Love Affair With Cigarettes
Choose Your Own Adventure: Hallmark Holiday Movie Edition
Ozempic Ended the Food Fixation I Didn’t Realize I Had
Sex in My 50s Is Better Than Ever—But How Naked Do I Want to Be?
How to Quit Your Job and Start Living (and Dressing) on Your Own Terms
Hope I Don’t Fuck This Up! A single parent podcast with Lili and Scott
Do Women Even Have Midlife Crises?
Why Are We Even Here? An Election 2024 Reaction
Can We Be Friends? That Time a MILF Moved Down the Street
Do No Harm: Why Politicians Have No Place in Hospitals
What Are You Going to Do on Election Night? Other Than Freak Out
My 30-Year-Old Belly Button Piercing Tried to Kill Me
The One Beauty Ritual I’ll Never Give Up
Midlife Shabbat: Why I Finally Decided to Embrace Being Jewish
Help! What Can I Do About My Hot Flashes?
Stilettos and Prune Juice: Jenny Recaps ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Premiere
I Embraced My Gray Hair Until Someone Complimented Me For Embracing My Gray Hair
Stories by Elizabeth Laura Nelson
New York Times Modern Love by Elizabeth Laura Nelson: Friends for 16 Years. Lovers for One Night.
The Longest Walk Home
When Time Stands Still: Birth, Death, and All That Waiting
The Friendship Breakup: Why It Can Be Just as Hard as a Romantic One
My Ink Era: How I Ended Up with 10 Tattoos the Year I Turned 46
I Cried When I Found Out the Creator of Sweet Valley High Died
I Went on a Grief Vacation to Deal With My Mother’s Death
After 30 Years of Cohabitation, I’m Reveling in the Joy of Living Alone
Gold Medal Uterus: Getting a Hysterectomy Was My Olympic Event 
When Will Women Stop Being Responsible for so Much Unpaid Labor?
The Mistake My Boomer Parents Made I Vowed to Never Make With My Kids
Abandonment Issues: How My Mother Came Back Into My Life After Leaving When I Was 13
I Dreaded Going Gray, Now That It’s Happening IDGAF
Pushing 50 and Still Fucking Up: Why Do I Do Things That Make Me Feel Terrible?
The New Yorker: My Father, the City, and Our Dreams
Is Everyone Secretly Reading Tarot Cards?
I’m at the Point in Middle Age When You Stop Eating Gluten and Start Eating Pussy
Why We Have to Relive Low Rise Jeans and Baby Tees
I Always Wanted a Sibling—And Then, One for My Daughter
Help! What Can I Do About Perimenopausal Brain Fog?
How I Came to Love Traveling With My Mom
A Month of Mounjaro Part 3: Well, Shit
A Month of Mounjaro, Part 2: Oh Shit, This Is Bad
How Jenny Came to Be
The Snarky Movie Lines That Helped Me Survive My Teenage Years
How “Succession” Helped Me Grieve My Brother’s Death