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As I work on my new essay on menopause, here are a few I've already written: Going through perimenopause during a pandemic has taught me to focus on emerging. We cannot reverse. We will emerge, our hearts unhealed and scarred but awesome. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
I refuse to emerge as if unscathed. I insist that we all be scathed, that we refuse to be the people we were at the start of the pandemic. A pandemic, like revolution, does not happen overnight. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
The pandemic and perimenopause--the right &left speaker that give stereo to my life--have fucked up my sleep. Accustomed now to waking up every 2hrs, I have a comfort routine at the ready: I soothe myself with eyeliner. I call it Deliberate Beauty feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b…
Thank you all who are sharing on this thread. Here's some bonus peri/menopause material via FEMINIST GIANT
I'm learning that one of the greatest gifts of the menopause is shamelessness. In lieu of my increasingly AWOL period aka shedding the lining of my uterus, I am shedding the lining of patriarchal fuckery that I was socialized into. feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y… #BloodyHell
I wasn’t paying attention at first to either my perimenopause or the pandemic. Once they both started, there was no going back & it was unclear how to emerge? Be scathed! We won't be the people we were at the start of the pandemic/perimenopause feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin… #BloodyHell
#ThisIs54: It's not my birthday. It's my latest addition to Woman in Her 50s album. For too long, I'd been told I “didn’t look” whatever age that I was. It was said to me as if it were a compliment. It was not. It was the loathing of aging that we are socialized into. 📷@rerutled 
#ThisIs54: Not for all the money in the world would I go back to being younger. My 20s and at least half of my 30s were miserable because I felt I had no power. And now here I am, with more power,being told I“didn’t look”this age I feel I’ve finally earned feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
I post #ThisIs54 to say “Here is a middle aged woman. Look,” at a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed.
I write about and celebrate that change. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
I write about and celebrate that change. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
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I slept 7 hours straight last night and it’s a fucking miracle. #Perimenopause
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I slept 7 hours straight last night and it’s a fucking miracle. #Perimenopause
📷 @rerutled
Talking of which: it’s a kick to see The Daniels, who wrote and directed #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce reference my essay on @A24’s @allatoncemovie filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2022/04/da… h/t @voixdemichele
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Now, whenever I want anyone to know how utterly wrenching–and also liberating– it is to go through perimenopause, I will say, nay YELL: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me… #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
And just like that, I buzzed my hair.
#ThisIs54. It's not my birthday. It's my reset, refresh, and my contribution to pictures of a woman in her 50s doing whatever.
Buzz cut and 📷 @rerutled
#ThisIs54. It's not my birthday. It's my reset, refresh, and my contribution to pictures of a woman in her 50s doing whatever.
Buzz cut and 📷 @rerutled
I'm dubbing these Saturday night #ThisIs54 my #BloodyHell Hour because it's when I tell you about the menopause anthology that I'm editing for @unbounders. Check it out and help us publish it by pledging. It's basically pre-ordering with goodies on top. unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
I watched all 8 episodes of And Just Like That is because rare is the show that revolves around 3 women in their mid 50s.I will shred it apart in an essay soon. But until then,I'm eager to see this about a mid-life woman who hires a sex worker theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/… #BloodyHell
The good news: I'm writing.
The better news: more fabulous people have agreed to contribute to the menopause anthology I'm editing for @unbounders 👉🏽unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
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The better news: more fabulous people have agreed to contribute to the menopause anthology I'm editing for @unbounders 👉🏽unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
#ThisIs54
📷 @rerutled
Pledging your support now for #BloodyHell is like pre-ordering the anthology: you get a copy of the book once it's published and other fantastic treats like mugs, art work, totes, or half an hour with me talking to you and your mates about the book.Pledge! unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
Because unlike that Frankenstein of a disaster of a show, we are not scared of saying "MENOPAUSE" nor being weird about it vogue.com/article/and-ju… #BloodyHell
#ThisIs54 It's not my birthday but I post these pictures so that you can see a woman in her 50s doing whatever. Every day I try to move more and laugh more. And invariably something aches: my elbow one day, a shoulder another, and my heart every day. #BloodyHell 📷 @rerutled
These have been difficult weeks. For my perimenopausal body, I lift weights and stretch and walk. For my aching heart, I dance in between workouts.
Take care of your heart and try to laugh more.
#BloodyHell 📷 @rerutled
Take care of your heart and try to laugh more.
#BloodyHell 📷 @rerutled
Take care of your heart and try to laugh more and support our anthology on menopause which I am editing for @unbounders. Find ways to pledge here and the rewards you get for pledging.
unbound.com/books/bloody-h… #BloodyHell
unbound.com/books/bloody-h… #BloodyHell
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It’s not my birthday. I want you to see a 54yo woman. I’m saying “Here is a midlife woman. Look.” At a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed.
📷 @rerutled
It’s not my birthday. I want you to see a 54yo woman. I’m saying “Here is a midlife woman. Look.” At a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed.
📷 @rerutled
I want to be seen. Not to be told, as I often have, that I don’t “look my age.” That is not the compliment some people think it is. I understand that my power comes from saying “I am a middle aged woman. Look at me, breasts and belly and all.” feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
Not for all the money in the world would I go back to being younger. My 20s w/out exception and at least half my 30s were miserable because I felt I had no power. Now here I am,with more power, being told I “didn’t look” this age I feel I’ve finally earned feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
You need a robust ego to be a feminist. You need a massive amount of faith in yourself and your right to be seen and heard in order to be a warrior against patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/a-vindicatio…
One of my literary heroes, the Chicana lesbian poet, writer and feminist theorist Gloria Anzaldúa wrote in This Bridge Called My Back, "A woman who writes has power. A woman who writes is feared. In the eyes of the world this makes us dangerous beasts."
At a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed, I post #ThisIs54 to say “Here is a middle aged woman. Look."
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FEMINIST GIANT is on a break until beginning of September. Until then, read: The Perimenopause Series. #ThisIs54 #PerimenopauseSeries
Part one: #PerimenopauseSeries
The most subversive thing a woman can do is to talk about her life as if it matters. Because it does. Her desire, especially when she is not supposed to desire or to be desired, is especially disruptive. #ThisIs54 feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
The most subversive thing a woman can do is to talk about her life as if it matters. Because it does. Her desire, especially when she is not supposed to desire or to be desired, is especially disruptive. #ThisIs54 feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
Part Two: #PerimenopauseSeries
I want to be seen. Not to be told I don’t “look my age.” That's not the compliment some think it is. But to say “Here is a middle aged woman. Look,” at a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
I want to be seen. Not to be told I don’t “look my age.” That's not the compliment some think it is. But to say “Here is a middle aged woman. Look,” at a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…
What does desire look like liberated from the pressure of heteronormativity and enforced monogamy? What desire is a cis woman who is child free by choice “allowed” to have at 54 years of age? What does desire look like liberated from the pressure to have children?
When I write about desire as a 54yo woman, I understand that the reckoning now is with taboos around age and the expectations that suffocate it.
I am claiming my desire by claiming my age.
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I am claiming my desire by claiming my age.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des…
For too long, I had been told I “didn’t look” whatever age that I was. It was said to me as if it were a compliment. It was not. It was instead the loathing of aging that we are socialized into. #ThisIs54
It's my birthday! I am officially 54 years old today.
The most subversive thing a woman can do is to talk about her life as if it matters. Because it does.
For my new essay, I ask: What is desire, at 54?
feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des… #ThisIs54
The most subversive thing a woman can do is to talk about her life as if it matters. Because it does.
For my new essay, I ask: What is desire, at 54?
feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des… #ThisIs54
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