Menopause and Delicate Skin:
Seasonal Change and Complexion Care
Dear Dr. Pat: I need fall protection for my complexion before winter damage sets in again. I am two years into menopause and my complexion is getting drier, redder and more irritated every year, with the most unpleasant change occurring in winter. I am of Irish-American ancestry and have always had a delicate complexion. I saw a dermatologist before I…
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Poetry Sunday: “Kettle,” by Phillis Levin
“Kettle” is a brief lyric capturing a specific moment in time—that second when the water boils and is about to be poured into a teapot. The first couplet takes place in the present and comes as a vivid image, doing what poetry does best: makes us see an everyday occurrence with fresh eyes.
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Molly Fisk: That We Are Helpless
How do I talk about fire when it's this bad and there are so many, some with lines holding them back and some uncontained, roaring through neighborhoods and wineries, schoolyards, even Trader Joe's?
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Understanding Fear of Crowds
“I am a married 52-year-old woman. For many years I have been afraid of crowded places such as stores, malls, and theaters. In the aftermath of 9/11, things got much worse. It seemed as if all my worst fears were coming true. What can I do?”
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“Long Live the Queen!” Judi Dench Rules in Victoria and Abdul
Judi Dench’s Oscar-worthy second turn as Queen Victoria is a poignant portrait of fading power and human connection.
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Rainy Days and Layoffs—This Too Shall Pass
Faith and fear over your job search cannot occupy the same space. Since the day has only 24 hours, don’t waste this valuable real estate.
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Tina Kelley’s “The Kids Play at the Shelter, Two Friday Nights After Little G Shot Himself Under the Boardwalk”
Like an adolescent who demands to be seen and heard. This poem is meant to disturb, and it does—spectacularly.
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Molly Fisk: Young Men
I have some other young men in my life: a poetry student with whom I drink coffee, a godson, my ex-boyfriend's nephews. It's really fun to talk to them, they're so jazzed about life.
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A Grandmother’s Worries
Fears of war have always been present. But today there are several worries that are entirely new. Though we always feared we might destroy each other, the idea that we might destroy our planet is a fairly new one. What kind of future will our young people inherit?
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Battle of the Sexes: We’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe
One thing that 'Battle of the Sexes' points out, interestingly enough, is that had it not been for a handful of diehard chauvinists one of the most iconic moments of the women’s rights movement might never have happened.
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Cholesterol Management: Prescription for Lifestyle Change Or Prescription for Medication
Today's Medical Monday looks at the timely change in recommendations for cholesterol-lowering medications.
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Three Poems from Ars Poetica for the Day by Shirley Geok-lin Lim: “The Well,” “The Glass of Wine,” and “Mother to Son”
While the poems seem to sprawl across global spaces and national identities, at their core they are about the ordinary stuff—work, parenthood, health, aging, language, and as the title underlines, those arts that compose and console us daily—books, writing, wine.
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Molly Fisk: Be Joyful Though You Have Considered All the Facts
“I wonder if I'll ever lose any weight?” Then I think, “Who knows?!?” and look at the clouds again. There's no point in ruining a beautiful cool relaxing invigorating refreshing and fabulous swim by thinking about your weight.
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Trigger Alert: The Baby Boomers and Nuclear Anxiety
“Nothing worries me more than the situation with North Korea. I am old enough to remember when nuclear war was our chief worry, and I cannot understand why people don’t seem to take this threat more seriously. Is there anything I can do to calm down?
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Contemplating the Afterlife in a Digital World
Set in the not-too-distant future, 'Marjorie Prime' leverages plausible computer technology to explore the very human nature of life, death, family and memory.
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Insomnia: 12 Steps to Improve Sleep
Over half of Americans suffer from sleep problems in any given year. Fortunately, there are a number of steps you can take to help improve your sleep.
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Poetry Sunday: Kathi Stafford’s “These Bones” and an interview of the author
This week’s feature will be in the form of an interview with the poem’s author, Kathi Stafford, by poet Millicent Borges Accardi, whose poem “Swinging Open” was also featured on Women's Voices' Poetry Sunday.
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Molly Fisk: Boomer Childlessness
Now that I'm in my 60s, there's talk about what will happen to Baby Boomers with no families to take care of them at the end of life. This is a bit crazy-making, reinforcing the cultural myth that we should have had children in the first place.
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Can Happily Married People Be Unfaithful?
Affairs have the advantage of having uncertainty baked in. And often, that is the very thing that keeps it going, according to Perel: “It is a poetic interlude in a prosaic life . . . . Because we cannot have our lover, we keep wanting.”
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The Emmy Awards Recognize — and Celebrate — Important Women’s Issues
Even with the odds stacked determinedly against them, two women-centric series would end up the evening’s big winners.
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September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Are There Early Warning Signs?
Ovarian cancer accounts for only 4% of cancer in women, but due to its lethal nature, it is the 5th leading cause of cancer death in women. Since screening for ovarian cancer is currently inadequate, it's important for women to be aware of the signs and symptoms--and listen to their bodies.
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Poetry Sunday: “The Path,” by Anna Yin
A poem can be powerful and remain elusive and mysterious at the same time. In fact, many would argue that less accessible poems are more powerful than transparent ones. In this case, “The Path” is a mysterious poem, but one that also tells a clear story.
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Molly Fisk: The View from Here
Our culture takes so much pride in showing off women's body parts day in and day out, it's refreshing to see something else for once.
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Grace Visits: Artist Sandra Payne
I have never experienced an apartment where every inch of space was conceived as a beautifully composed art installation.
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