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Stella Fosse

A Different Kind of Activism

Clinical studies of older adults are built to measure decline and nothing else. Stella Fosse on Becca Levy’s new research, the review boards that let one-sided studies through — and what any of us can do about it.

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Stephanie Shields

Two Women on a Mission

Two Women on a Mission News flash: After Amba by Stephanie Shields is the Gold Medal Winner in the 2025 WSA Independent Book Awards for Adult Fiction. It’s late August 2025. This is us, Stella and me. Two women novelists

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TV shows about older women — CroneHub curates books, podcasts and series celebrating women after midlife
Stella Fosse

A Taste of the Banquet

A Taste of the Banquet As I’ve interacted over the years with the marvelous women who create Crone Culture, I’ve often wished for one place where we could see it all: the books, the podcasts, the shows and movies that

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Jacci Turner

Zero to Fifty

Zero to Fifty When I’m being interviewed, I often get the question, “When did you know you wanted to be a writer?” The answer is, it’s complicated. Not that I haven’t written off and on my whole life, I wrote

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Stella Fosse

Invent Your Own Goddess

Invent Your Own Goddess When pagan author Donna Henes was almost fifty she developed a surprising habit. She began praising herself over even the smallest thing. “Good girl!” she would say to herself if she took the stairs instead of

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Susan Meyer

What Are Women Made Of?

What Are Women Made Of? As I child, I remember reciting, What Are Little Girls Made of? Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice.  Somehow, that never seemed right. The girls and women I knew were made of stronger stuff. Wanting

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