Roundups: What We Love
The Womancake Gift Guide Is Here!
Hello and welcome to all our faithful readers, and all our new ones around the world! We hope you’ve been enjoying our essays, interviews, and roundups from inspiring women over age 40. BIG NEWS: Womancake will be undergoing a major glow-up later this month. In 2024 most of our content will be behind a paywall, so we can better serve our paid subscriber…
Ten Good Things That Happened Lately
Hello and welcome to our new readers around the world! Our current theme is “Travel Adventure”. We’ve got tons of great personal essays on the subject lined up, and we’ll also be asking our Wednesday interview guests to share their recent travel adventures with us. We’ve also got sizzling roundups of curated g…
How to Bypass Guilt and Embrace Pleasure
We did it, Fam! Our “guilty pleasure” themed issue comes to a close today. Did you notice something? LITERALLY ALL of our guests mentioned that they no longer feel guilty about occasionally indulging in their favorite treats. It’s not about punishing ourselves, it’s about trusting pleasure to guide us. We’ve lived long enough to understand that a little…
Ten Fall Must-Haves For Style, Cozyness and Cooking!
BIG NEWS: we’ve got our very first live Zoom event coming up with midlife fashion stylist Mellicia Marx on Wednesday November 8th! Got questions about how to dress at this stage of life? Need outfit suggestions for an upcoming event? Feeling lost and left out of current fashion trends? Mellicia’s got your back!
What We're Watching, Reading, Listening to, Eating and Wearing
Upcoming: Our Editor In Chief is leading her signature “Power Voice for Career Women” Zoom training on September 13th, and you can use the code POWERWOMAN for $25 off the ticket price:
Ten Things We've Stopped Doing
Engaging with Twitter/ X-. Bratty and dangerous Musk doesn’t get to drag us into his toxic soup. But please come and play with us on Instagram! Feeling bad about not engaging with “Barbie” mania in the theaters. Come streaming time we’ll be right here on our comfy couch, kicking back with some
What We're Watching, Reading, Listening to, Eating and Wearing
HEY, come and vibe with us on Instagram! Watching: We got a kick out of the Apple+ show Platonic with Rose Bryne and Seth Rogan, who rekindle their college friendship amongst the complexity of their 40-something lives. Also enjoyed the surrounding commentary
What We're Reading, Watching, Listening To, and Wearing
HEY: before you check this out, we’d love to vibe with you on Instagram! Reading: We love it when great women talk to other great women about their shared past, present and future, as when Joni Mitchell interviews Chaka Khan. Angela Bassett reveals everything you want to know about
How To Flourish Right Here, Right Now
This coming Monday we’ll be announcing our brand-new theme for the quarter, and it’s a big one! Until then, here’s a roundup of all the inspiring takes on flourishing from our wonderful interview guests. If you like this post please tap the little ❤️ above, it will help us grow.
What We're Reading, Listening, Watching and Wearing
Watching: A show about a US diplomat in London could be a thumping bore, but great writing and a knockout performance by Keri Russel makes it riveting in “The Diplomat”. Streaming on Netflix. Patricia Arquette commands a spooky, chilling, power play in
What We're Reading, Watching, Listening, Eating, Etc
Watching: The Lost City You could forgive Sandra Bullock for agreeing to star in this mid entertainment flick, because mouth-watering Channing Tatum is her co-star. Clearly modeled after “Romancing the Stone” but with less brio, it’s a pretty good adventure ride with plenty of physical gags and a rip-roaring cameo by Brad Pitt in a Burning Man wig, if y…
