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Friends
New Models for Aging as Women

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on February 14, 2025

Having seen both grandmothers and her mother face their final years alone, the fiftysomething author contemplates community-based living models for her own future.

Having seen both grandmothers and her mother face their final years alone, the fiftysomething author contemplates community-based living models for her own future.

Personal Perspectives
Choosing Reflection in Times of Change

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on January 19, 2025

Personal Perspective: As an only child, loneliness was always the enemy. As an empty nester who recently relocated to the remote desert, could it be an ally in self-growth?

Personal Perspective: As an only child, loneliness was always the enemy. As an empty nester who recently relocated to the remote desert, could it be an ally in self-growth?

Midlife
How to Start a New Life at Midlife

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on December 14, 2024

Personal Perspective: After a quarter century of caretaking and living in the same family home, empty nesting can feel like you're 22 again.

Personal Perspective: After a quarter century of caretaking and living in the same family home, empty nesting can feel like you're 22 again.

Relationships
Personal Perspective: My Mother's Voice

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on August 14, 2022

Gina Frangello had never attempted to sing after seeing her mother systematically silenced. Now in her 50s, discovering her own voice has helped her understand her mother anew.

Gina Frangello had never attempted to sing after seeing her mother systematically silenced. Now in her 50s, discovering her own voice has helped her understand her mother anew.

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Sex
Three Components of Desire

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on April 3, 2022

Do your sexual desires have to line up perfectly with a partner's? Sometimes, willingness to trust and try new things is even more important.

Do your sexual desires have to line up perfectly with a partner's? Sometimes, willingness to trust and try new things is even more important.

Sex
The "Invisibility" War on Older Women

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on February 4, 2022

Are "Invisibility Wars" just "Mommy Wars" for an older set? What might happen if women affirmed each other's choices and stopped doing the patriarchy's dirty work for them?

Are "Invisibility Wars" just "Mommy Wars" for an older set? What might happen if women affirmed each other's choices and stopped doing the patriarchy's dirty work for them?

Chronic Pain
Will Long-Haul COVID Become the New "Hysteria?"

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on November 1, 2021

If long-haul COVID is connected to autoimmune disorders, and autoimmity is radically more prevalent in women, will this become just one more opportunity gender-bias in medicine?

If long-haul COVID is connected to autoimmune disorders, and autoimmity is radically more prevalent in women, will this become just one more opportunity gender-bias in medicine?

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March 2025
Are You Too Nice?

Being overly polite might seem kind, but it often leads to problems anyway, in relationships, with friends, and at work.

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