New Podcast and Website for Readers Over 40!

Introducing the More Beautiful Podcast and Blog For Women Navigating Midlife.

Red Typewriter has a spinoff: the More Beautiful podcast and website for women 40+ who want to live their best lives. The mission of More Beautiful is to inspire and empower women navigating this tricky time called midlife. We cover health and fitness, career and finance, relationships and family, travel and fashion, and much more. We’ll come at these topics from the perspective of someone who’s picked up a little life experience. And we strive for a live that’s more adventurous, more fulfilling and more beautiful than ever. We can’t wait to see you at Morebeautifulpodcast.com!… // READ MORE

This is Not Your Mama’s Midlife

Women in their 40s and 50s are rewriting the middle-age playbook.

Photo collage by INGA LIM.

I remember the day, in late 2008, when I walked into a bookstore and saw Jennifer Anison on the cover of GQ. Yes, that cover. She was sitting on the floor, toned legs crossed, wearing nothing but a man’s tie around her neck. When I opened the magazine, I almost gasped when I read she was about to turn 40.

Growing up, this was not how most of us pictured a women over a certain age. When I was a kid, magazine covers rarely featured a model over 30 unless she was wearing a crown or standing next to her politician husband. My mother’s generation got even more screwed-up signals about their relevance and desirability. For instance, when Anne Bancroft played the middle-aged Mrs. Robinson in 1967’s The Graduate, the … // READ MORE

The Glam Girl’s Guide to London

The Big Smoke is smoking hot right now.

glam girls guide to london

As any proper Anglophile is fully aware, it is never a bad time to visit London. Forget what you heard about the rainy, foggy weather. This vibrant metropolis has got everything you need for a perfect urban getaway, from cutting-edge theatre and fashion, to creative restaurants and hip nightlife. Throw in a few British hallmarks such as the Royal jewels and afternoon tea, and you’ve got a perfectly refined, slightly whimsical vacay. So, after you’ve crossed Big Ben and Parliament off your to-do list, be sure to hit these hot spots on your next trip across the pond.

 

glam girls guide to london

Hippest Afternoon Tea: The Sanderson London. The Ritz may set the standard for this British tradition, but for a more unconventional—and arguably more amusing—experience, try the Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea at the Sanderson … // READ MORE