by Janet Siroto | Jun 21, 2019
June 22nd seems like a very auspicious date to be born, especially in 1949. Two American icons were born that day. Meryl Streep, known to many as the “best actress of her generation,” is currently playing a wicked role on season two of HBO’s addictive Big Little Lies....
by Janet Siroto | Jun 18, 2019
Last summer, a group of women in McAllen, Texas, couldn’t help but wonder who was on the bridge that connects the United States with Mexico. What they were observing were groups of migrant mothers and children sleeping in 100-degree heat on the concrete Reynosa...
by Janet Siroto | Jun 17, 2019
Used to be, the fantasy of “later life” for us females involved a little brisk walking, a little gardening, maybe some scrapbooking, some cheek-pinching of adorable grandchildren. Growing up, that was how a woman over the age of—ssshhh! (stage whisper)—50 was meant to...
by Janet Siroto | Jun 12, 2019
While the typical ballerina’s career may end by age 30, that certainly doesn’t apply to . The London-born dancer, who now lives in Texas, is still performing at age 78—and en pointe! Inspired at an early age by the renowned English ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn,...
by Janet Siroto | Jun 12, 2019
I’ve tried—believe me I’ve really tried—to love my curly hair over the years. It’s just so hard to fully accept something that is so much work. But nothing like living over half a century with curly hair only to discover…you’re doing it wrong! That...
