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Oldster Magazine

Oldster Magazine

USA

Oldster Magazine is Sari Botton’s award-winning Substack publication exploring the experience of aging through personal essays, interviews, and cultural commentary. One of the most celebrated…
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Pelvic Guru

USA

Dr. Tracy Sher, pelvic floor physical therapist, writes about pelvic pain, incontinence, prolapse, painful sex, and the pelvic health issues that affect millions of women…
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PowerMoneyIntimacy

PowerMoneyIntimacy

Emily Fontaine is a sexual health educator and MPS candidate at the University of Minnesota, and she writes weekly about the things women are taught…
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Purple Clover

USA

A lifestyle and culture platform for women over 40 and 50 covering health, relationships, career, humor, and the full richness of midlife. Warm, inclusive, and…
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Pushing 70 Without Flooring It

Pushing 70 Without Flooring It

Comedian and writer Roberta Gale’s Substack: sharp, foul-mouthed, and frequently hilarious dispatches on barreling toward 70. Three decades of stand-up aimed squarely at the absurdities…
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Red Hot Mamas

USA

Red Hot Mamas is one of the largest menopause education programs in North America, offering evidence-based information on every aspect of the menopausal transition, with…
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Reimagine Aging

Reimagine Aging

USA

Reimagine Aging is Barbara Osborn’s Substack about changing the cultural narrative around women and aging. A media consultant and activist, Osborn writes about ageism in…
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Senior Planet

USA

AARP’s digital innovation hub for older adults covers technology, fitness, finances, sex and dating, and civic engagement — with the conviction that aging adults deserve…
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Seventysomething

Seventysomething

USA

Seventysomething is Susie Kaufman’s Substack newsletter about life in one’s seventies — the friendships, health decisions, family dynamics, and pleasures of a decade often overlooked…
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Sex Advice for Seniors

Sex Advice for Seniors

USA

Sex Advice for Seniors is Suzanne Noble’s frank, research-informed Substack on sexuality and intimacy in later life. Noble draws on her background in psychology and…
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Sex After Seventy

Sex After Seventy

Sex After Seventy is Mavis Brennan’s unfiltered Substack chronicle of romance, travel, and spectacular mishaps in later life — making the case that desire, adventure,…
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Sixty and Me

International

Margaret Manning’s community for women over 60 covers health, dating, money, travel, fashion, and what life looks like — and can look like — in…
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Stella Fosse

USA

Stella Fosse shares stories, ideas, and resources to empower women after midlife.
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The Arc of Aging

The Arc of Aging

USA

The Arc of Aging is Jane Barratt’s Substack on the policy and politics of aging. Barratt, a global advocate and former Secretary General of the…
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The Daily RE-Wire

The Daily RE-Wire

The Daily RE-Wire is Monica Hebert’s daily Substack for women over 60 who are done caretaking and ready to come back to themselves. An artist,…
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The Financial Diet

USA

A smart, feminist personal finance platform covering money, career, home, and relationships — with frank discussions about the economic realities facing women at midlife, including…
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The Midst

The Midst

USA

The Midst is an independent digital media platform for women in midlife and perimenopause, reaching over 50,000 monthly readers. It publishes personal narratives, expert perspectives,…
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The Old Black Lady

The Old Black Lady

USA

The Old Black Lady is Gail K.’s Substack exploring aging, identity, and race from the perspective of a Black woman navigating her 60s. Gail writes…
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The Senior List

USA

A comprehensive consumer resource for older adults covering technology, health, housing, caregiving, Medicare, and products that support independent living. Practical, unbiased, and frequently updated.
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The Vajenda

USA

OB/GYN and New York Times columnist Dr. Jen Gunter debunks medical misinformation about women’s health — menopause, hormones, vaginal health, and the wellness industry’s exploitation…
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Things I Used to Say – Ashton Applewhite

Things I Used to Say – Ashton Applewhite

USA

Things I Used to Say is the Substack of Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks and a leading voice in the global movement to…
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This Chair Rocks – Ashton Applewhite

USA

Ashton Applewhite’s anti-ageism blog challenges the cultural narratives that make aging feel shameful, offering a fierce and funny reclaiming of what it means to grow…
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This Senior Woman’s Erotic Thoughts

This Senior Woman’s Erotic Thoughts

Andrea Feinberg spent a career as a marketing MBA and started writing erotica in her seventies — “I somehow manifested a life in my 70s…
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Tits to the Wind – Crone Club e-magazine

Tits to the Wind – Crone Club e-magazine

UK

The Crone Club e-magazine, a monthly Substack building a kick-ass crone identity and a positive roadmap for female ageing and menopause, one messy story at…
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