Thank God It's Friday #12
Menopause madness, hag feminism, Barbie Bling, and oh I bought a dress for Lisbon
Does menopause madness exist? The author worries about the renewed embrace of the language of craziness to describe being an older woman.
Which lead me down an internet rabbit hole to read about how women past a certain age are turned into antagonists. It’s being called Hag Feminism.
I’ve got a thing about hags as you might remember if you’ve been around here a while…
And I’ve also got this book on my reading list .. Hags by Victoria Smith.
Hmmm …. is there a theme here? It really feeds my fire the older I get.
“Luis Rubiales’ behaviour has made me ashamed to be Spanish.” I don’t know about you but I’m so glad that the women of the world are finally standing together and calling sexism out at the highest levels. The BS and gas lighting is off the scale in this controversy.
Patients have better outcomes with female surgeons. When the doctors looked purely at deaths post-surgery, the difference was even starker: patients treated by male surgeons were 25% more likely to die one year after surgery than those treated by female surgeons.
If this interests you I can highly recommend you read Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World. I could not put it down.
This week saw Queen of Fashion, Iris Apfel celebrate her 102nd birthday 🎉
We’re not done yet 50+ thanks to Iris!
I spied another icon in the news this week, too. Pamela Anderson, 56 stars in a new campaign for Pandora along with Grace Coddington aged 82. A brand that understands the power of images of amazing women over 50 because we hold the purse strings in the economy.
I’m still consuming all the Barbie related articles because I find it fascinating how intrinsically woven she is it seems through everything this Summer.
“Barbie really is interlinked with fashion, because how you play with her is by dressing her.”
Talking about fashion. I bought a dress .. like I needed one! This postcard dress from Joanie Clothing.
I thought it looked spot on for my upcoming trip to Lisbon.
It has pockets!!
I’ve never bought from this brand before. I’ve ordered up a size because it looks like it has a zip in the back and I’m never sure about the fit with zips. Stay tuned for an Instagram pose if it does.
I’m hoping it does fit because it has vacay vibes all over it, doesn’t it?
And I just had to show you this? I did say I was a magpie and a bling lover on my earlier post this week remember?
I mean look at it .. discovered on Instagram this week - Barbie Bling from To Sir with Love x
Have the best weekend.
Ciao for now,
Sharon xo
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