My Father's Secret
Lora Chilton, author of 1666: A Novel, on how she learned the truth about her family's heritage.
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Certainly Worth a Read
Janet Pollock Millar
Nov 135 min read
The Supervised Body (1)
A searing and lyric look at all the ways women's bodies are monitored and controlled throughout our lives.
Megan Williams
Nov 46 min read
My Incompetent Cervix
Megan Williams explores the failure of medical terms, in her own IVF pregnancy 16 years ago, and now, in the post-Roe world.
Avital Gad-Cykman
Sep 184 min read
A Word
What we talk about when we talk about breasts – and how it changes with our history.
Lirio Hittle
Sep 711 min read
The Reincarnated Wardrobe
Gassy, dirty, wasteful. The fashion industry has dark secrets. Lirio Hittle found them. You'll never shop the same way again.
Megan Staffel
Sep 57 min read
Alone at Night in the Kitchen
Laughter, like making tomato sauce, is sometimes easy, sometimes messy - and succulence is everything. Megan Staffel explains.
Lirio Hittle
Jul 245 min read
Name Calling
What's in a name? A lot, especially when you change it and your new name brings up questions. Lirio Hittle explains.
Jean Shields Fleming
Jun 165 min read
The Emerging Queendom: New Fairytales to Unleash Women's Power
Paige Baldwin Ando and Maria Imasheva are forging a new narrative to unleash women's power.
Jean Shields Fleming
Jun 73 min read
The Best Seat in the House
On D-Day, the passing of a generation, and how small acts of kindness are our most holy offerings.
Felicia Murrell
May 316 min read
Manifesting a Better World from Within
Manifesting a better world begins with you. Felicia Murrell delivers the loving, tender truth.
Summer Lewis
Apr 37 min read
Folding My Mother In
A terrifying hemorrhage leaves a girl with - and without - her mother. Decades later, art bridges the gap.
Anna Tallach
Mar 56 min read
Ripples: The Laughter of the Medusas
A great tsunami of joyousness spreads through the group. Its form is laughter. Â
Jean Shields Fleming
Feb 1910 min read
On the Pilgrims' Path
Sally Dudgeon, director of Root Institute, reflects on a career spent balancing her commitment to Buddhism with "bouts of architecture."
Paige Baldwin Ando
Jan 125 min read
Jumpstart Your Creativity
Flex your creativity this year with a little help from these four provocative questions.
Jean Shields Fleming
Dec 16, 20236 min read
Beloved Books of 2023: A reading list for readers of a Certain Age
Explore the favorite books read by CA's contributors. From nonfiction to great novels to self-help, this list has something for everyone!
D.J. Green
Dec 11, 20235 min read
Life through Adventurous Eyes: Weathering the Storms, Writing the Stories
D.J. Green has lived an adventurous life. Now, she wonders, can words do justice to her memories?
Patricia Gestoso
Nov 22, 20237 min read
Laughing at Stereotypes: An Immigrant's Survival Guide
Enjoy these 7 hard-won bits of wisdom about immigration, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek.
MaRiza Noyama-Zee
Nov 4, 20234 min read
Read Before Marriage
Here are the cheat codes for growing together after the wedding ends, and the marriage starts.
Jean Shields Fleming
Jul 23, 20233 min read
Wisdom: 37 Things I Know About Life
Always go to the party and other wisdom to live by.
Patricia Gestoso
Jan 6, 20228 min read
Levels of Pain
Does contempt for women's pain justify substandard healthcare for half of humanity? Asking for a friend.
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