Archive - Advantages of Age

The Joys of Opinionated Older Women

Did you have a double-take then, seeing the words ‘joy’ and ‘opinionated older women’ in one sentence?

Jul 9, 2024 • Jody Day

I'm Okay with Being Called Old - re-imagining that word

Friday re-stack for August

Aug 2, 2024 • Rose Rouse

How I’ve Grown Older With My Choir

Medina Community Choir on stage with Fatboy Slim at the Common People Festival in Southampton in May 2015.

Jan 28, 2025 • Wendy Varley

We Made a TV Show with Women 50+ (Because Hollywood Wouldn't)

We did a really crazy thing.

Jan 14, 2025 • Katja Meier and Katja / Zenka Films

A Brief Manifesto To Ageing Differently

Best Posts Revisited in January

Jan 3, 2025 • Rose Rouse

My 52 Year Old Body Carries My Life

How do you feel about your body?

Apr 15, 2025 • Michelle Penelope Pogmore

Suzanne's Top Ten Sex Tips for Enjoying Sex Later in Life

Best Re-Posts for January

Jan 10, 2025 • Advantages of Age

Why the World Needs Loud, 'Too Much', Brave Women Over 50

By the creator of the Black Old Lady Movement

Jul 8, 2025 • Gail K.

Maggie Alderson – Novelist, journalist, Substackist, former editorist of ELLE and ES.

Advantages of Age Q&A

Oct 8, 2024 • Maggie Alderson

Fuck the Bucket List!

Don't tell me you've got one...

Mar 31 • Rose Rouse

Sari Botton - writer, publisher of Oldster Magazine and Memoir Land on Substack

Easter Re-Stack of our Q&A with Sari Botton

Apr 19, 2025 • Sari Botton

What age would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Looking in the mirror a few years ago, I saw that, apparently overnight, loads of wrinkles had appeared on my cheeks.

Jan 7, 2025 • Jane Duncan Rogers

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