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Honest, occasionally furious dispatches about parenting, work, aging, and refusing to disappear. Home of the Vag/Aging podcast.

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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    We Are Done Wearing Pants With Buttons (opens the original)

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    Hey there 👋,How’s your capsule wardrobe coming along? Instagram tells me there’s a good one on Amazon to help you dress your age but cooler, and Google is showing me ads for a capsule wardrobe-builder that follows the French approach (as if you could just zhuzh your wardrobe and suddenly look like a chic French woman…!)These capsule wardrobe suggestions are not helpful imho. For one, they have pants with actual buttons and zippers. For two, they have shoes with hard soles and pointy toes. And th

  2. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Google Thinks I Want Amal Clooney. I Want Chin Hairs. (opens the original)

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    Google seems fairly convinced that I am fascinated by all things to do with the British Royal Family and with Amal Clooney. It seems I cannot get enough of either. Today alone I learned “Amal Clooney and her stylish mom coordinate in chic airport looks” and “Princess Lilibet makes her UK style debut - featuring polka dots.” Yesterday, it was “The King and Prince of Wales want a face-to-face meeting to set ground rules,” and “Amal Clooney Makes the Case for the Laid-Back Boho Travel Outfit in a C

  3. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Who Exactly Is Going to Make the Soup? (opens the original)

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    Hey there 👋,The other day, Victoria and I were sport-cooking. Meaning, performing on-demand meals for hungry members of our household (*who are old enough to prepare their own food.)And we were comparing notes on Instagram as we went.Vic:“Right now I’m making spaghetti bolognese for lunch for Kid #2. Like wtf?”(⏳ a couple of hours later…)“And now I’m frying tofu for Kid #1. This is 60?!”For my part, K

  4. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    I Fell Down the Longevity Rabbit Hole and All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt (opens the original)

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    Hi there 👋,If, like us, you’re a woman “of a certain age,” you’ve probably climbed aboard the aging-management train. Maybe a little Botox. Maybe 47 bottles of hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, snail mucus, and retinol crammed into your medicine cabinet.But looking younger is apparently old news. Now we’re supposed to age better.Which is how I fell down the longevity rabbit hole.This is the story of how I climbed back out.<div class="subscription-

  5. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    We Failed at Podcasting. So We’re Back. (opens the original)

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    Hey there 👋It’s been a while, I know. We can explain!In an effort to prove—to ourselves, mostly—that we are still ticking, Vic and I decided to try our hand at podcasting.It did not go well.Here’s how it started:Preoccupied with an impending milestone birthday, I proposed a podcast for women “of a certain age” dealing with health, aging parents, kids maybe still at home, and the general crappiness of being an aging woman in our society.I suggested we call it Vag/Aging. We developed a format: An

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