Blog Posts - March 2015

New Cream on the Block

Skinstitut

March 23, 2015 By Pepper Evans
Here at the Silver Century Foundation, we are all about the positive aspects of aging. That said, I confess that hope springs eternal when I read about the age-defying beauty products on the market. I'm in my mid-50s and the laugh lines aren't necessarily a laughing matter. Read more...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2015, USA, 122 min.

March 19, 2015 By Pete Croatto
The nicest thing about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)—where a group of senior Brits get recharged in India and in a creaky hotel—was how relatable it felt. Following the characters through their highs and lows was far from a chore. Read more...

Chastizing the Old Dolls

March 16, 2015 By Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Poor Roz Chast unburdened herself of her dislike of her mother and her pity for her father by describing their slow decline and dying, and doing it in the most public possible way, in a graphic narrative called Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir (2014). Read more...

Oscar Winner Takes Hollywood to Task for Sexism and Ageism

March 13, 2015 By Megan Kearns
On February 22, 2015, Patricia Arquette used the Oscar stage to advocate for gender wage equality and women’s rights during her acceptance speech for best supporting actress (Boyhood, 2014): "To every woman who gave birth to every citizen and taxpayer of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America." Read more...

Midlife Malaise and the Happiness U-Curve

March 11, 2015 By Ashton Applewhite
An Atlantic magazine cover story last October described living past 75 as pretty darn inadvisable. Then, in quite the about-face, the December cover story championed the Happiness U-Curve and the growing body of research showing that we reliably grow happier, almost regardless of circumstances, after our 40s. Read more...

Step It Up

March 09, 2015 By Pepper Evans
I just learned that fewer than half of adults are getting enough physical activity to benefit their health. (Um, yes, that would be me.) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while 60 percent of us are walking for exercise, we're falling short of the recommended intensity and duration. (Me, again.) Read more...

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