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Watch out, teenagers! New market research shows baby boomers know how to use smartphones just like you do. What will they learn next? More »
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A new survey shows many Baby Boomer moms are supporting their adult kids, financially or otherwise. Should we really be surprised? More »
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According to new data out of the UK, "More men over 45 got genital herpes in 2009 than men aged 16 to 19." The Family Planning Association claims that adults over 45 are "oblivious" when it comes to condoms. More »
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"I've been celibate for two-plus years. A gal I reunited with after 40-plus years has been celibate for ten. I know it'll be wonderful, but I'm concerned it may hurt her. Suggestions? I am not sure about these lubricants." [MSNBC] More »
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New York Times "Thursday Styles" columnist Michelle Slatalla has a piece up today about her teen daughters surreptitiously stealing her clothes. I sort of disagree about her conclusion — that her daughters steal her clothes because they want to appear older and baby boomers wear youngish clothes because they fear aging (because hello, daughters have been playing dress up in moms' pumps forever!) — but I certainly understand the allure of a mother's closet. My own mom, who is generous in absolutely all other matters, guarded her boudoir with the snarled teeth of a junkyard dog. And for good reason: she had impeccable, expensive tastes in clothes, and did not want me getting my grubby mitts over her well-thought-out wares. More »
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According to the World Health Organization, suicide rates have increased by 60 percent in the last 45 years, with depression — shockingly — as the leading cause. Recently, the numbers have jumped sharply in the U.S., and the trend — a .7% rise in six years — is driven largely by an unexpected group: middle-aged white women. Whereas teens, young adults and elderly men have traditionally been the focus of suicide-prevention, these findings may alter the mental health world's perception of "high-risk." Everyone agrees this is an undeniable demographic trend, but the real question is: why? More »
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In today's Sunday Times, author Shane Watson warns her younger readers that we, too, are going to get old. "We are the generation who think we are never going to turn into our parents, thanks to Boots anti-age serum and our relentlessly youthful mind-set," Watson writes, "Sometimes we might feel a bit creaky in the morning, but, still, we are confident that age shall not wither us nor the passage of time alter our habits and lifestyle, because we are different." And though the culture of youth is strong throughout the world, Watson gently points out that maybe, just maybe, we might be "tempted by the prospect of turning into our parents." More »
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Joan Rivers was kicked off the set of the U.K. show Loose Women after calling Russell Crowe some naughty names on live television (she was unaware the show was filmed live). • Demand for "older" (over 25) models has grown with companies seeking to appeal to baby boomers. • A woman hangs herself after a three-year feud with a nasty neighbor. • A bunch of British celebrities we have never heard of had their pictures taken without make up and Photoshop. • Is anyone else a little bit shocked that Penelope Cruz wears somewhat cheap clothing on a movie set or have celebrity weeklies and fashion hype burned away my judgment? • Are single-issue politics moving Clinton supporters to Obama or is it the fact they are in the same fucking party with similar platforms to begin with? • BWE looks at the suburban hipster pastime of taking super ironic Glamour Shot photos. • Foreign airlines are prospering more than U.S. carriers because they don't compete with local carriers on their route. And they give you food! • Nancy Pelosi is super rich! • The Elian Gonzalez Legal Age Countdown Clock, this is kinda wrong, right? More »
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There are few good parts for women in Hollywood right now. This is an incontrovertible fact. When you become a woman of a certain age, somewhere after 30 and before the hot flashes begin, there are no parts at all. Karen Allen, 56, who will be in the new Indiana Jones movie reprising her role as the plucky Marion Ravenwood, tells the L.A. Times, "I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore." But why? Why is Julie Christie relegated to senility and Cameron Diaz stuck in the woman-girl cul-de-sac? More »
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"The '60's, for those of us who can remember it — I mean, it was such a defining year. I made a list of some of the things that were going on then for the young people: The Vietnam War protests, the Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King's murder, Civil Rights movement, women's liberation — so much happened..." This was Barbara Walters on The View today, Tom Brokaw's latest book, The Boom!. Um, anyone got any ideas for us as to why Walters would have described Kennedy's death as an assassination and King's as a murder? [The View] More »
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• Jennie Garth and Neve Campbell's hairdresser to shill line of hair care products in infomercials, natch. We think this sounds like an awesome idea... if it were 1992. [WWD, 1st item]

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