Cathy Alter is the author of the memoir Up For Renewal – What magazines taught me about love, sex, and starting over. Long before Robyn Okrant began Living Oprah, Cathy used the wisdom of the almighty O – and 13 other women’s glossies – to fix her shipwrecked life. Since it’s publication in 2008, Up [...]

Recently, I was out with some female friends who range in age from 25 to 40, and we got onto the subject of dating and how difficult it is for older women to find men their age to date.  Across the board, the complaint is that men seem to only want younger women, which means [...]

You can’t keep a good woman down. Since the 1950’s actress Cloris Leachman has been demonstrating that no matter what your age or the odds there is always a way to shine. Though in Cloris’ case that shine has always come from the bawdier side of life.
Since the beginning of her career, Cloris has always [...]