http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com Women In Second Adulthood Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:08:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “A central hub for leading feminist thought-leaders” Feminist.com was founded in 1995, as a few women and I gathered around the kitchen table in my New York City apartment. The web was pretty new back then, and we wanted to tap into its amazing power to offer people around the world access to information about human rights, women's issues, health, anti-violence resources, grassroots activism, women's businesses, and pretty much anything that could possibly support a world where men and women are allied, empowered and equal.]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/02/06/welcome-to-feminist-com/ By Suzanne Braun Levine, @Feminist.com My new Column at Feminist.com - Navigating Second Adulthood - will look at the many challenges raised by the question: “What Will I Do with the Rest of My Life?” The answers are different for every woman, but they all reflect new opportunities for self-discovery, intimacy, and activism. The first column in the Ongoing Series – “We are Each Other’s Role Models” – is an excerpt from How We Love Now: Sex and the New Intimacy in Second Adulthood:]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/02/06/we-are-each-other%e2%80%99s-role-models/ Join The New York City Chapter of The Transition Network for an evening with Suzanne Braun Levine sharing her groundbreaking, funny, poignant stories, interviews and research on the many ways women are finding love, and redefining their relationships in Second Adulthood.” ]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/30/save-the-date-a-special-evening-withsuzanne-braun-levine-february-16th/ http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/30/radio-interviews%e2%80%9cbeyond-50-radio%e2%80%9d%e2%80%9cboomers-rock%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cthe-lori-julia-show%e2%80%9d/ By Cyma Shapiro, founder MotheringintheMiddle.com “You’re Not Who You were Only Older,” Suzanne Braun Levine I haven’t written a book review for Mothering, yet, since I believe our readers are a widely diverse group of women representing many ages, interests and ideologies. So, when I received How We Love Now, I wasn’t sure what I would do with it, other than read it.]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/30/cyma%e2%80%99s-pick%e2%80%99s-the-newly-released-%e2%80%9chow-welove-now%e2%80%9d-by-suzanne-braun-levine/ Huff/Post50 When I went to work at Ms. in 1972, I wore a matching pink skirt and blouse -- and a girdle. I had just gotten married and was, therefore, not able to get a bank loan without my husband's approval. I had given up playing basketball (half-court for girls) in college because no coach or court could be found. And I had had an illegal abortion.]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/20/what-we-left-behind-girdles-silence-and-illegal-abortion/ http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/20/%e2%80%9cwe%e2%80%99re-looking-for-america%e2%80%99s-bestintergenerational-communities%e2%80%9d/ Huff/Post50 My new book How We Love Now is out this week. The date was chosen because in publishing January is "self-improvement month." The thinking is that at the start of the New Year we want to repent for all the guilty pleasures we indulged in over the holidays. Which is also why we make resolutions -- to become better than we are. Oy, the guilt.]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2012/01/10/good-bye-self-improvement-i-amletting-go/ http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2011/12/22/events-january-2012the-transition-network-andms-40-stanford-university/ This has been quite a month! First of all, I finally held in my hands a copy of my new book How We Love Now; it has been eighteen months since I finished it, and at last it is real. The scary part is that it will soon be in the hands of actual readers, and while I am anxious to hear if it resonates with other women, I am less anxious to hear if it doesn’t, which will undoubtedly happen.]]> http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/2011/12/22/how-we-love-now-%e2%80%93-andhow-i-loved-december-2011/