Videos
Documentary and video that put women past midlife on screen.
AHA! Stories
A storytelling series from Third Act Quest in which women over 50 take the stage to share pivotal “aha” moments — the realizations that redirected…
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Empowering Seniors to Step From the Shadows
Speaker and author Maggie Wallem Rowe explores how older adults — particularly women — can step out of the cultural shadows and live with full…
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Embrace Age with a Longevity Mindset
In her TEDxKanata talk (2024), education leader turned social entrepreneur Helen Hirsh Spence challenges audiences to adopt a longevity mindset and see aging as an…
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Who Killed the Crone?
In her TEDx Sydney talk, naturopath and speaker Jennifer Jefferies explores what was lost when the elder woman — the Crone — was erased from…
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A Woman Over 50: A Life Unleashed
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Schultz reflects on what it means to be a woman over 50 in this TEDxClevelandStateUniversity talk. Drawing on her own journey…
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Aging Sucks…Or Does It?
In this TEDxAjijic talk, aging counselor and activist Kat Miller challenges the cultural assumption that aging is primarily a story of loss. Miller argues that…
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Ageism Is a Bully…Stand Up to It!
Actress and comedian Mariann Aalda brings her signature humor to the fight against ageism in this 2020 TEDx talk. Drawing on her own experience navigating…
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Let’s End Ageism
In one of the most watched TED talks on aging, author and activist Ashton Applewhite makes the case that ageism — prejudice against our future…
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is a 2010 documentary following comedian Joan Rivers over one year of her career in her late 70s. The…
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The Data Behind Hollywood’s Sexism
USC professor Stacy Smith presents hard data on gender inequality in Hollywood — from speaking parts to behind-the-camera roles — revealing that women are dramatically…
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The Political Progress Women Have Made — and What’s Next
Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards surveys the political progress women have made over the past century and outlines what still needs to change. Her…
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What Vulnerability Isn’t
Research professor Brené Brown clarifies what vulnerability actually means — and what it does not mean. Brown challenges common misunderstandings about vulnerability and strength, offering…
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Why Are Women Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men?
Drawing on research for her book The Authority Gap, journalist Mary Ann Sieghart explores the persistent phenomenon of women being taken less seriously than men…
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What Is Vaginal Discharge and What Does It Say About Your Health?
In this frank and informative TED talk, OB-GYN Elizabeth Micks explains what vaginal discharge is, what variations are normal, and what changes might indicate a…
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Becoming Me 64
Becoming Me is a YouTube channel for honest conversations about aging, reinvention, and finding your way back to yourself. At 66, the anonymous creator documents…
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Solo Second Act
Solo Second Act is a YouTube channel by Lisa, a Canadian retired teacher and counsellor documenting her real-life journey of starting over in midlife. The…
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Redesigning Your Life After 50
In this TEDxManamaWomen talk, Dr. Marjan Modara explores how women can approach life after fifty not as an ending but as a beginning. She shares…
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Visible: 60 Women at 60
As she neared her sixtieth birthday, photographer Jenny O’Connor began to meet with other New Zealand women to discuss photographing them. Jenny wanted to photograph each…
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