Archive - Ladyparts

The more we women cooperate with one another, instead of cutting each other down and/or competing for rare resources, the better our lives will be.

Oct 1 •

Deborah Copaken

September 2024

Menopause and the heart

A conversation with Dr. Avrum Bluming, oncologist and the author of the updated version of Estrogen Matters, on the link between estrogen loss and heart…

Sep 26 •

Deborah Copaken

Everyone has a 9/11 story. This is mine.

An excerpt from my memoir, on the 23rd anniversary of that day.

Sep 11 •

Deborah Copaken

The Sounds of Silence

When the kids are gone, and you've lost your hearing, what remains?

Sep 2 •

Deborah Copaken

August 2024

I've been raising kids for 29 years, many of them as a single parent. Now, the last baby is heading off to college. What have these three decades taught…

Aug 15 •

Deborah Copaken

Griffin Dunne takes on the family mantle

The star of AFTER HOURS--son of Dominick Dunne, nephew of Joan Didion--has written THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB, an unputtdownable memoir about love, his…

Aug 5 •

Deborah Copaken

July 2024

Absent fathers and family fictions

Novelist Sylvia Brownrigg found a scrapbook. Its revelations forced her to extract the truth from the family fictions she'd been told her whole life…

Jul 25 •

Deborah Copaken

What to expect when you're unsuspecting

Eight years ago, Rachel Somerstein was wheeled in for an emergency c-section. "I felt that!" she called out, with the first slice into her abdomen. But…

Jul 16 •

Rachel Somerstein

June 2024

11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AI

You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are…

Jun 18 •

Deborah Copaken

More evidence for the benefits of the Mediterranean diet

Last Wednesday, the New England Journal of Medicine published an overview of both the health benefits and deficits of various popular diets. It makes…

Jun 16 •

Deborah Copaken

Liana Finck, Cartoonist/Philosopher/Genius

HOW TO BABY, Liana Finck's hilarious, no-advice book, provides a profound message about the ravages of parental inequality.

Jun 11 •

Deborah Copaken

May 2024

“I’m going to need you to attend Family Week with your addict." My addict? I had not realized I was in possession of an addict. Or that he lied, not…

May 30 •

Deborah Copaken

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