Such is the power of nuns on my psyche that I had a slight PTSD flashback frisson at the sight of Sr. Blandina. I was taught by Sisters of Charity and in the mid-60s when I was in grammar school, several wore that same habit. It was quite an uproar when we came back in September 1968 (?) and the younger ones had…

I started full Brazilian waxes when I was 50 because I had a very young bf who preferred it (yes he was raised on porn) and kept himself/his balls shaved. But I’ve kept it up because I think it looks and feels better. After menopause, my body hair thinned quite a bit — arms, legs, underarms, genitals. I mean, there’s…

OMG I love this woman and her moxie. If I had haters, I’d want the guts to answer them with that level of disdain. Makes me want to see the movie. Now to check out Christian Siriano’s feeds ...

I voted this morning. I listened to this. I’m sobbing. She stayed the course through so much shit and goddess willing she’ll be President in November. I’m in the final stages of a big midlife transition (broke off long relationship, selling house, reconsidering career, parental loss) and this is a reminder of the…

OMG I did not need to know about this site!!! I’m pretty shoe-obsessed. Too pricey for me at the moment, but such fun... I’m looking at the patterened fabric shoes, a particular weakness. Down back the rabbit hole I go ...

You do it because it’s the way to find the thing you want, and learn so much about yourself. Or not. I’ve reentered the dating world over the past year after a 23-year break during my relationship. It’s scary and exciting and nutty making. I’m learning so much about men — and have a different perspective on my…

All the stars and all the “yeses”!! I got a clear message several years ago time that if I stayed in my relationship I would die. I had to push for my freedom and it does feel amazing. Even if I’m alone for the rest of my life (which I won’t be) it’ll have been worth it.

Absolutely. Dan Savage (whom I adore but who I know many Jezzies have ish with) always says, “Just because a relationship ends doesn’t mean it wasn’t a success.” I feel that way about my own 20+ year relationship, and many others that have ended. We were great partners for a very long time, until we weren’t. PS Dan’s…

Good for you for doing this. It’s never too late ... and especially because you’ve had those health issues. Why prolong the unhappiness when life is temporary and short? I have ended my 20+ year relationship. It’s a process I started 5 years ago. Took ages, and after being “separated in place” for nearly 2 years, he…

Devastated along with the rest of the world. He and Madonna are my contemporaries so I expect them to live forever. I always loved that he was a tremendous fan of Joni Mitchell’s, as she acknowledged above. I find his cover of A Case of You so moving.

I got worried there for a minute that it would be Bill Maher, but I knew deep down he wouldn’t do that to me. Never mind that he’s marriage-averse and is too cool to get all caught up in some coy instagram BS. Jon Lovitz? Meh. Her, also meh. Mazel tov, you crazy kids.

Scary creepy nuns in habits are scary creepy. And judgemental. Nearly 40 years out of Catholic school and they still give me the heebie jeebies. And they definitely need to get out of our uteruses.

I’ve signed back in to Kinja after months to say I literally peed my pants watching that scene this weekend. Had the cathartic laughing fit I sorely needed.

Post menopause things have, um, thinned out in that area so much. I used to have a full bush that my ex never minded. Then as I got back out into the dating world after breaking up, I realized that my cooch looked like an old lady’s, complete with gray hairs. Nothing more horrifying than that, to me. Especially since…

...and I’m not even a Hobbit fan!

I think this is the funniest comment I’ve ever read on Jez all year!

I think it was probably accurate. Hell, I worked on the client side in Wall Street advertising in the early 1990s (and again in the early aughts); and I definitely recall casual sexism all over the place. I saw some shitty things directed especially at younger women by the senior exec men, and was on the business end…

Nice hair pic! Long hair is awesome, but it still needs some shaping so that it works well and stays fresh. Examples of perfection in grownup long hair (IMO) is Amal Clooney. Or Bonnie Raitt. Amal is what, in my imagination, I look like in my dreams. Bonnie's silver streak resembles mine. So I'm biased here. Their…

Absolutely let your hair be long if you love it that way! No age limits, either. Hell, I'm 50-somthing and I have below-shoulder length hair, with a silver streak, and strangers compliment me on it all the time.

GMTA I was just thinking this should be on the list. I loved reading it, learned so much about the age as well as about Cleopatra herself.