Marking a middle-age milestone while watching the country ungracefully grow old
<p>I am a bicentennial baby in the throes of perimenopause. Spirit of ‘76, baby.</p><p>The United States is a young democracy, and I am becoming, ahem, a woman of a certain age.</p><p>My social media feed alternates between the latest doomsday political scenario to vitamins promising to tame belly fat more stubborn than a toddler at bedtime.</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-f70000" name="module-f70000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Columnists bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Columnists</h2><br><i>In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary.</i><br></div> </div><p>This is another turning-50 column from a woman reckoning with aging and body change.
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<p>I am a bicentennial baby in the throes of perimenopause. Spirit of ‘76, baby.</p><p>The United States is a young democracy, and I am becoming, ahem, a woman of a certain age.</p><p>My social media feed alternates between the latest doomsday political scenario to vitamins promising to tame belly fat more stubborn than a toddler at bedtime.</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-f70000" name="module-f70000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Columnists bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Columnists</h2><br><i>In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary.</i><br></div> </div><p>This is another turning-50 column from a woman reckoning with aging and body change. Like most women in their 20s, I chafed at plastic surgery. Never considered going under the knife or allowing needles in my cheekbones.
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- <p>I am a bicentennial baby in the throes of perimenopause. Spirit of ‘76, baby.</p><p>The United States is a young democracy, and I am becoming, ahem, a woman of a certain age.</p><p>My social media feed alternates between the latest doomsday political scenario to vitamins promising to tame belly fat more stubborn than a toddler at bedtime.</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-f70000" name="module-f70000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Columnists bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Columnists</h2><br><i>In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary.</i><br></div> </div><p>This is another turning-50 column from a woman reckoning with aging and body change.
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Marking a middle-age milestone while watching the country ungracefully grow old
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