Growing Up in a Mad, Mad, Mad Magazine World: A Tribute
MAD magazine, now 70, provoked a generation of Baby Boomers to challenge the culture at large. Including this life-long collector....
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MAD magazine, now 70, provoked a generation of Baby Boomers to challenge the culture at large. Including this life-long collector....
One of the lucky women who actually knew Paul Newman, Michele Willens remembers him here, while he's having a moment again....
Did the cool kids breeze through life too? At her 50th reunion, Michele Willens learned a valuable lesson about comparing our path to others'....
In the past few weeks, we've lost three icons: Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, and Louise Fletcher. They will be sorely missed....
The empty nest is a classic moment to make a change. Janet Siroto talks to three women about how they reinvented their home life....
For Katherine Leiner, the Queen's death has brought the coal mining tragedy in Aberfan, Wales, that killed 116 children full circle....
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Many of us made a decision about leaving careers or not when we had kids. Here Amy Blacklock considers whether being a stay-at-home grandmother makes se...
Secret sauce, hand-painted porcelain, a pup? Women like you share the amazing things they discovered while on a trip and still treasure back at home tod...
If you find yourself reminiscing to younger folk about your salad days, follow this writer’s lead and surround yourself with elders and tap your curio...
Half a lifetime ago, Diane Cole took a transformative trip with her first husband. Could she—should she—recreate it with her second spouse?...
After years of crippling pain, reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin exposed the hype and hoaxes in the back pain industry and finally found relief. ...
Excuse us?! Gerry and Theresa are divorcing after three months? Our media critic, who has smelled a rat all along, explains why it unraveled so fast. ...
Navigating the airport before a trip can be a major buzzkill. Here, a closer look at the services that promise to speed you to your gate, their cost –...
The author of the blockbuster book about the tragic murders shares her shocking insights on why this case still haunts us...
They headed to the beach for some inner work and major fun…but these intrepid women found that sharing and support truly sealed their connection ...
How one woman turned her thirst for knowledge about tea into a beloved NYC shop and cafe offering delightful, healthful blends ...
How a fear of heights and a “You got this!” from a stranger taught Amy Brecount White a key way to support other women....
Amazing art, architecture, scenery, and sustenance: Tuscany offers everything you need to live la dolce vita when traveling in Italy....
Jeannie Ralston has seen 2 solar eclipses and her reaction was the same as bad sex: "Was that it?" She isn't falling for the hype this time....
Do you attend events and help out friends when the voice inside your head is screaming, “But I don’t want to”? Learn how one woman changed her way...