On the 60th anniversary of JFK’s death, Sally Edelstein remembers the tragedy in remarkable detail and how TV or news was never the same.
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Rosalynn Carter: The Most Powerful First Lady in History?
“Steel Magnolia” Rosalynn Carter revolutionized the office of First Lady and served as her husband’s closest advisor. May she rest in peace.
Groom and Doom: Priscilla, Queen of the Emotional Desert
Watching the new bio-pic of Elvis’ captive/wife, Barbara Lippert alternated between horror and sheer boredom at this “tone poem to passivity.”
The New Diana Nyad Film Was Made for Women Like Us
If there ever was a movie that more vigorously embodies the “Age Boldly” ethos, we’ve never seen it. Marcia G. Yerman tells us more about “Nyad.”
Amid War and Grief, Theater Offers Hope and Solace
Theater critic Michele Willens looks at a slate of new plays and finds that they offer not just escapism at a difficult time, but also inspiration.
The Ecstasy and Agony: Deeper Into the Golden Bachelor
The Golden Bachelor is such a cultural phenom that we asked our media critic Barbara Lippert to weigh in on further progress…or regression.
Goodbye to Suzanne Somers: Not the Dumb Blonde Upstairs
She is best known as Chrissy on the 70s sitcom “Three’s Company,” but we’ll remember her as a determined fighter.
The Golden Bachelor: For Better and, Sadly, For Worse
Our media critic Barbara Lippert, a “silver single” herself, prepared to cringe at the Golden Bachelor. She got lots of that—and something unexpected.
Amy Ferris on How to Embrace Your Messy, Gorgeous Life
This ferocious promoter of female empowerment has written a new book, Mighty Gorgeous, about falling in love with yourself, flaws and all.
Scars Tell a Story: What Do Yours Say About You?
Scars are like organic body art, physical markers of lives lived. Here, five women tell us how they got their scars—and the surprising lessons they hold.
