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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse
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Stella is an author and biologist who advocates for older women's empowerment through creativity.
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And this makes us fabulous writers.
#AgePlayfully #AgeCreatively #CreativeCrones

November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Personally, I plan to spend it on joy and creation.
#CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #AgeWell #WomenWriters #WritersLife
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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#CroneWisdom #WritersLife #UrsulaLeGuin #AgePowerfully
August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I extend an invitation to Women Authors Past Midlife to write a guest essay for the Stella Fosse blog as part of your publicity plan. Find submission guidelines at the end of this linked page: https://stellafosse.com/stella-fosse-author/
Stella Fosse Author | Stella Fosse
Fosse – as in Toss. Stella champions older women’s creativity by leading imaginative workshops in seasoned romance, erotica, and memoir writing. Stella Fosse Author
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August 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Dr. Flegal won multiple awards for her studies at the CDC. But suddenly other scientists were calling trying to get her fired.
#WomensHealth #HealthAtEverySize
https://open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p/professor-katherine-flegal?r=yq3s3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Professor Katherine Flegal
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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August 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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From my Substack series, "Crones to Watch Out For." Ashton's profile will also be in my upcoming book, "Rock On: Power, Sex & Money after 60."
#AgePowerfully #AgeWell
https://open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p/meet-ashton-applewhite?r=yq3s3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Activist Ashton Applewhite
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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July 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Coming soon: My new book, "Rock On: Power, Sex and Money after 60." Getting rave early reviews, including this one. The book tackles beauty, healthcare, creativity and more. Can't wait to hear what you think! More about the launch soon.
#AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #WomenOver60Rock 

July 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Now, here's a novel that begs to be written.
#CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #WomenWriters #WritersLife

July 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I'm hyperaware of the passage of time, and how much I still want to do. So I needed this reminder -- how about you?
#Productivity #RememberToRest #RenegadeWomen 
July 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"We really have so much more control over aging than we think we do."
#AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #AgeWell
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/benefits-of-aging?utm_campaign=Wisdom%20Well&utm_content=339608943&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lis-lJUPZre7-t
Aging isn‘t just about decline. Here’s how health improves as we grow older.
New science suggests there's plenty that actually gets better with age—if you let it.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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And another way to live happily ever after...
#CroneWisdom #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/well/live/seniors-single-dating.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Over 60, Single and Never Happier
Why some older people who have given up looking for romantic love say they feel self-assured and satisfied on their own.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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"If we can allow ourselves to move in and out and back again through the different life stages we can grow around our younger selves, not away from ourselves."
#AgePowerfully #AgeWell #CroneWisdom
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/14/no-age-isnt-just-a-number-happiness-life-stage
No, age isn’t just a number – and the sooner we realise that, the happier we will be
It’s tempting to want to stay young for ever. But each new life stage brings gains as well as losses
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July 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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From Accidental Icon, Lyn Slater: "Age is never a variable I use in deciding what to wear." Second in my Crones to Watch Out For series on Substack - please follow me there.
#CronesToWatchOutFor #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully
https://stellafosse.substack.com/p/accidental-icon-lyn-slater
Accidental Icon Lyn Slater
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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July 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Over fifty? The diet industry wants you. But we deserve data-driven healthcare, not profit-driven healthcare.
#GLP-1s #DietIndustry #WomensHealth #HAES
https://stellafosse.com/the-diet-industry-wants-you/
The Diet Industry Wants You | Stella Fosse
The Diet Industry Wants You Until GLP-1 drugs become available as lower priced generics, there are huge profits to be made selling these drugs to older women.
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July 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Truth and beauty.
#AudreyHepburn #Empathy #WomensWisdom
July 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Is the word "feminist" becoming more popular lately?
I suspect so, but don't have any data.
What are your thoughts?
#WomensRights #WomensFreedom #ReproductiveJustice 

July 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Wisdom, positivity, relationships, happiness: Research shows our third act is far from the ageist stereotypes.
#AgePlayfully #AgeWell #NotOverNotOut
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/optimized/202506/how-we-flourish-in-the-third-act-of-life
How We Flourish in the Third Act of Life
Who says the best years are behind us? The third act might just be where the real magic—and wisdom—takes the stage.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Fascinating take on the FDA meeting coming up tomorrow re: Menopause Hormone Therapy.
#Menopause #WomensHealth #FDA #MHT #HRT
https://vajenda.substack.com/p/marty-makarys-many-blind-spots-about
Marty Makary's Many Blind Spots about Menopause Hormone Therapy
His book is a master class in cherry picking
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July 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Is it "giving up" to accept how our looks change over time? Or is it reclaiming our real lives? A thoughtful analysis from Jessica DeFino.
#CroneBeauty #CroneWisdom #AgePowerfully #AgePositive
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jul/03/aging-advice-acceptance-giving-up
My co-worker thinks her single friend should lose weight. Is not caring about looks ‘giving up’?
If ‘giving up’ doesn’t sit right, try thinking about it as getting something back: time, money, energy
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July 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Yes, we are not our stuff. Yes, there is too much. I think about what I would grab in a fire; my heart is distributed among the rooms.
#Downsizing #Housing #AgeWell #AgePositive
https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/i-have-too-much-stuff?r=yq3s3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
I Have Too Much Stuff
When I look in the mirror, I see a reflection of my physical self, but that reflection is not who I am.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Yes to all of these -- especially, let's end the circular firing squad about hair color choices.
#CroneSolidarity #AgePowerfully #AgePlayfully #AgeWell
https://www.aarpethel.com/fulfillment/6-things-women-over-60-are-told-they-shouldnt-do-but-they-should
6 Things Women Over 60 Are Told They Shouldn’t Do — But They Should
The key messages you should feel free to ignore.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The first profile in my series, "Crones to Watch Out For."
Let's make ourselves visible, shall we?
#WomenPoets #WomenWriters #CroneWisdom #JakiSheltonGreen
https://stellafosse.substack.com/p/meet-poet-laureate-jaki-shelton-green?r=yq3s3

Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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July 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Your first draft belongs only to you. Be free. Write your story, just as it comes to you. Be one with your whole self. Discover who you are.
#CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #CronePower #WritersLife #Writers

July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Debra Benfield does great work at Aging Body Liberation. Her December 2025 book: "Unapologetic Aging."
#CroneWisdom #AgePowerfully 
#CreativeCrones #AgeBeautifully #CroneBeauty #AgePowerfully #AgeWell
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"There’s plenty of advice for men on staying fit and looking good in midlife and beyond. But a search for “ageing gracefully” yields a sea of female faces." Marvelous article.
#AgeDisgracefully #AgePositive
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jul/07/the-thing-about-ageing-gracefully
The thing about ‘ageing gracefully’: whatever you call it, I’ll do it my way
One thing I’ve noticed is that as they grow older, people tend to care less about others’ opinions. Sometimes that’s liberating
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July 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM