Life after 60? I’m gobbling up everything I can find about being 60 now I am 60. I saved an interesting story about a couple who were planning on slowing down and ended up fighting food poverty.
I’m not slowing down by the way in case you were wondering.
If anything I feel as if I’m speeding up.
Is sex fun or is it a chore? 12 questions for anyone in a long term relationship or a married. A marriage audit no less. Are you brave enough to ask yourselves?
Have you ever been on the Pill? The contraceptive pill that is? Can you remember how much was explained to you? If anything was? Broadcaster, Davina McCall who did so much to champion the conversation around Menopause is now doing the same for the Pill. I didn’t see the Channel 4 documentary ‘Pill Revolution’ this week but I’ll be streaming it at some point over the weekend.
In my last catch up I wrote to you from Ibiza you might remember that I told you I was reading a book called Unwell Women. I finished it while I was there and there’s a whole chapter in it from the 1940s to present day. The stuff the author, Elinor Cleghorn has uncovered for us about the Pill and much more is mind blowing. I’m not surprised that more women like her and Davina are now on a mission to educate us. To help us open our eyes to the truth about how our bodies have never really been our own.
I talk a lot about how I’ll never join TikTok because of the blatant misogny and sexualisation of young people. I’m under no illusion that the rest of the platforms aren’t the same. I have a love hate relationship with Instagram, too. And so it was really frightening to read this week that Instagram Algorithms Connect ‘Vast’ Network of Pedophiles. The Wall Street Journal published an almost 3,000 word report about Instagram and its links to child pornography networks. Meta have said they have established a task force to do more to stamp the networks out.
Do we really think these platforms do enough, though? I’d love to hear your thoughts
And to round off just this morning on Linkedin this caught my eye …
“Men are the sole breadwinners in over half of super rich heterosexual couples – defined as those in the top 1% of households – while the women are not employed, according to a new peer-reviewed study. That’s twice the rate of less affluent heterosexual couples.” {USA}
I was actually more intrigued by the comments in the post feed. Where would you stand if your husband had ‘oodles of cash’? Would you still be looking for gender equity for your career as far as your relationship goes?
Quote of the Week goes to the fabulous Iris Apfel;
Yes to that, Iris!!
Ciao for now xo