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☆ Being an 'old mom' was the right decision for me. Motherhood didn't define my identity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Sara Lyle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"I didn't want to be an old mom. Those in the other camp often think: "But aren't there potential health risks to giving birth later?" If you read the research, there are various suggested causes for this trend toward giving birth later, but I can only speak for myself. Sara LyleHere are three reasons why waiting to become a mom was the right path for me1. While being an "old mom" has come with a few wrinkles, both figuratively and literally, the laughter and love make it completely worth it.

Persons: —, Griselda, Joe Manganiello, Vergara, Michelle Williams, Hilary Swank, It's, Sara Lyle, it's, there's Organizations: Service, Spanish, El, Business, United States Census Bureau Locations: New York, Colorado

☆ Eva Mendes says she didn't have the confidence to raise kids in her 20s
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewEva Mendes, 50, thinks it's a good thing she had kids later in life. Mendes spoke about motherhood and aging in an interview with People and shared that she didn't have the confidence to raise children in her 20s. I definitely could not have raised kids in any other era of my life but now," Mendes said. AdvertisementShe added that while her decision to have kids later in life caused a lot of buzz, she has no regrets. Mendes isn't the only celebrity who decided to have children later in life.

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☆ Starting a new career in my 40s was the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever done
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Heidi Borst | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The more time passed and the less contact I had with other adults, the more irrelevant I felt. In my marriage, I felt more like an employee than a partner or even a friend. Related storiesI'd lost touch with so much of myself that I was afraid there'd be nothing of "me" left soon. AdvertisementFor me, that's writing. I feel guilty that I have to work, and on really tough days, I feel like a total failure.

Persons: I'd, Hilary Berger, that's, we're, —, there'd, Berger, I'm, hustling Organizations: Service, Business

☆ 32-year-old has brought in more than $300,000 on Poshmark—her best advice for starting a similar side hustle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Maria Jones started selling clothing on Poshmark in October 2017. The 32-year-old, Garden Valley, California, mother of two initially started by selling clothes from her own closet. An item in each box can be about $8 on average, she says, "but you can sell it for $40." Here are two pieces of advice Jones would tell anyone keen to start their own Poshmark hustle. To do this, she recommends starting by selling your own clothing on the site.

Persons: Maria Jones, she'd, Tommy Hilfiger, Jones, you've Locations: Garden Valley , California

☆ How ‘The Idea of You’ nailed age-gap dressing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Films such as “What Price Hollywood” and “A Star is Born” first dabbled in the idea of famous and non-famous relations almost 100 years ago. Now, director Michael Showalter breathes new life into the trope with “The Idea of You,” out on Amazon Prime May 2. But more than just a piece of starry-eyed fan-fiction, “The Idea of You” is a Bildungsroman in disguise. It was the first look Hathaway tried on during fittings with Demetrio in New York. As for Hathaway, we find her in Chanel and leave her, happily ever after, in a rust-red Gabriela Hearst suit.

Persons: It’s, ”, Richard Curtis, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, lister, Michael Showalter, Robinne Lee, Anne Hathaway, Solène Marchand, Nicholas Galitzine, Hayes Campbell, Moon, Demetrio, Alisha Wetherill, Hayes, Solène, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Lee, Styles, “, Jacqueline Demetrio, …, “ She’s, Hathaway, Isabel Marant cardigan, suede Isabel Marant, ’, Etro, Gabriella Hearst, Valentino, Demetrio —, Hathaway —, heartthrob, David Bowie, ” Demetrio, he’s Harry, “ Nick, Matty Healy, Loewe, Isabel Marant, it’s, Nick, Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, ” Grant, Roberts, Gabriela Hearst Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Disney Channel, BBC, Amazon, Vogue, SXSW Locations: LA, Isabel, New York, streetwear, Coachella, cardigan, It’s, “

☆ I went to college at 40 while raising my 5 children. I had to make some parenting sacrifices.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Victoria Marie Lees | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMy college journey began at 40 years old when I enrolled in a community college. Not only was I starting college later in life, but I was also doing it as a mother of five children — ages 8 to 14. Related storiesInitially, I attended classes while my children were in school, praying no one got sick. I had all my children help out around the houseFrom shopping and meal preparation to laundry and cleaning, everyone helped — regardless of their age. AdvertisementI may have started college to help my children and to prove my father wrong, but I finished to help myself.

Persons: —, didn't, here's Organizations: Service, Business, Sports, University of Pennsylvania

☆ I moved from California to Portugal as a single mom of 2. Here people actually care about kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Hannah Nwoko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I wanted something different for my daughtersIn the US, individualism really makes it difficult to parent, especially as a single parent. I also wanted safety for all of usAs a gay woman, I wanted to live somewhere where I could have rights, community, and safety. In Portugal, children of all ages are found in restaurants at all hours with their families, and parks have kiosks for parents to enjoy drinks while their children play. There isn't an expectation for single moms to show up as if they aren't single moms. I am grateful that Portugal models other ways of being a parent: prioritizing ourselves, our children, and our time.

Persons: Aisha Canfield, I've Organizations: Service, Business, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: Portugal, San Francisco Bay

☆ Shaima Refaat Alareer: Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Zeena Saifi | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack. Eyewitnesses in Al-Rimal neighborhood told CNN that three Israeli missiles struck a home where the family were sheltering. Shaima was the daughter of Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed along with several other family members when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the Shujayya neighborhood in December. Video shot for CNN shows residents running towards the house after the strike and gathering around the bodies of those killed. Residents told CNN the family’s remains were taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.

Persons: Alareer, Shaima, Refaat Alareer, Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat, Refaat’s, ”, Abu Toha, “, ” Shaima, Abd al, Rahman Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, ”, Residents, Ahli Baptist Hospital Locations: Palestinian, Gaza City, Al, Shujayya, Rimal, Ahli, Gaza, Cairo

☆ 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( The Upshot Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Ten years ago this week, The New York Times introduced the Upshot, a section devoted to explaining “politics, policy and everyday life.” That’s a wide scope, by design. As a result, more than 5,000 articles later, the Upshot has been many things to many readers. To mark our 10th birthday, we’ve collected 100 stories that embody the Upshot. WordleBot Eden Weingart/The New York Times When Wordle first became popular, several people on the internet claimed, plausibly, that they had come up with the “best” opening word. Force of Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch Erin Schaff/The New York Times We think of the Upshot as a place where back-of-the-envelope calculations can be both helpful and welcome.

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☆ Opinion | A Simple Act of Defiance Can Improve Science for Women
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

They don’t tell you beforehand that it will be a choice between having a career in science or starting a family. During a routine departmental meeting, a senior academic announced that pregnant women were a financial drain on the department. Through an act of academic defiance: I bring my kids with me on my scientific expeditions. It’s a form of rebellion that is available to mothers not just in the sciences but also in other disciplines that require site visits and field work, such as architecture and journalism. Bringing your kids to work with you doesn’t have to be something you do only once a year.

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☆ Opinion: Why memes about Mommy and wine are no joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University, writes about issues affecting women and social media. At work, women on average earn just 84 cents for every dollar earned by men and are up against endless stereotypes about why they’re not leadership material. “Anyone who’s been on social media in the last ten years has seen the memes: ‘Mommy needs wine.’ ‘I wine because my kids whine.’ You can buy infant onesies that say ‘I’m the reason mommy drinks’ on Amazon,” Yvonne points out. It requires social structures such as an adequate childcare system and resources for women who need to leave abusive homes. We all also need to stop sharing jokes and memes that suggest it’s humorous for people of any gender to deal with the stresses they’re up against by imbibing carcinogens.

Persons: Kara Alaimo, Kara, Celeste Yvonne, it’s, Yvonne, they’re, who’s, ” Yvonne, —, I’ve, Holly Whitaker, Carol Lee Flinders, ” Whitaker Organizations: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Women, Press, Facebook, CNN, JAMA, Pew Research Center, US Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States

☆ Italy’s New Abortion Law Is a Lesson in How Meloni Governs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | Jason Horowitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Are you pregnant?” reads the flier from the “Center for Assistance to Life” in the town. If you think the only option is abortion, it tells women considering the procedure: “Contact us! We can talk and together it will be different.”Soon, there may be more than just fliers in this and similar centers. The measure is essentially a restatement of a part of Italy’s 1978 abortion law, which emphasized prevention even as it legalized abortion. To that end, the law allowed the family counseling centers to make use of volunteer associations “protecting motherhood” to help women avoid terminating their pregnancies because of economic, social or family hardships.

Persons: ”, Giorgia Meloni Organizations: “ Center, Assistance Locations: Verbania, Italy

☆ I'm a single mom and have tons of support from my family. It's still lonely.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ashley Espinoza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I got pregnant and the father didn't want to be in my child's life so I've raised her alone. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I felt it was better to be a single mother than to force a man who didn't want a child. In my 20s, I never wanted to get married, but in my 30s, as a single mother, that thought shifted. She is currently working on a memoir about growing up with a teen mom and becoming a single mother herself.

Persons: didn't, I've, —, they'd, Ashley Espinoza Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Colorado

☆ Breasts take center stage at Venice Biennale exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —What is one of the earliest and enduring subjects in art and media — as well as one of the most censored? And these are all themes explored broadly in the exhibition “Breasts,” a robust survey on display at the 60th Venice Bienniale. “It’s very intimate, so it’s perfect for international artists to develop a dialogue with each other,” she said in a video call. “Artists keep going back to it.”“It’s been a wonderful moment to contemplate my own relationship with the meaning of breasts,” she added of the show. Scroll to see artworks from the show, which will run through November 24 at the Palazzo Franchetti.

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☆ What to see at the Venice Biennale 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —This week sees the opening of the Venice Biennale, an 8-month-long festival of art and culture staged every other year. For 2024 — the show’s 60th iteration — Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa has chosen the topic of “Foreigners Everywhere,” and announced an intention to spotlight artists from diverse and historically marginalized backgrounds. With the main event running from April 20 to November 24 2024, here’s our pick of what to see if you’re headed to Venice. “Willem de Kooning e l’Italia” — Willem de KooningThe show at Gallerie dell’Accademia will include 75 Willem de Kooning works, including "Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX)," 1975. Yoo Youngkuk Art FoundationThe first exhibition in Europe of one of Korea’s most influential artists, including many works never exhibited before outside Korea.

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☆ Ashanti and Nelly are engaged and expecting a baby
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Congratulations are in order for singer Ashanti and rapper Nelly. “This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” Ashanti, 43, said in a statement to the publication. Ashanti attended the MTV VMA Awards around that time, where Nelly was a scheduled performer. She carried a clutch with a photo of her and Nelly from when they attended the awards ceremony together back in 2003. It wasn’t anything that was planned.”CNN has reached out to representatives for Nelly for additional comment.

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☆ In ‘This Train,’ photographer Justine Kurland and her son spend six years on the road
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Justine KurlandCasper previously appeared in a handful of images in "Highway Kind," Kurland's book published in 2016. “There’s certain kinds of ideas of normalcy (in) family life that, when you divert… it makes things significantly more complicated,” Kurland said. Casper became fascinated by trains, Kurland said, and he would often lead her to them. Justine KurlandLiving off irregular paychecks, Kurland and Casper would sometimes have to “hunker down” at campsites until a deposit came through. As “This Train” details, as much as the book is about their relationship, there’s other darker narratives implicit in Kurland’s images.

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☆ Nicola Peltz Beckham's directorial debut is being slammed by critics who are calling it 'poverty porn'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Nicola Peltz Beckham wrote, directed, and stars in the indie film "Lola" about a teen living in poverty. Peltz Beckham is the daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz and is married to Brooklyn Beckham. AdvertisementNicola Peltz Beckham's directorial debut about a teen struggling to make ends meet in middle America is getting lambasted by critics. AdvertisementBrooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham have been married since 2022. Business Insider reached out to Peltz Beckham and the film's distributor Vertical Entertainment, but did not receive a response.

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☆ I'm a single mom. I date — but I don't date single dads.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Nicola Prentis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

honeyhousephotography.comI started dating men without childrenThe answer has been to date men without children, which I've found to be easier, as I only have time to date when my children are with their father. AdvertisementI prefer to keep dating simpleIn the five years since I've been single, I'd say a third of the guys I've been interested in have been single dads, and two-thirds have not. After deleting the dating apps a few years ago, these days I only date men I'm already friends with — even if they live in other countries. I've found that they tend to be more casual in terms of relationships than single dads who are usually searching for a life partner. I'd rather my dating life was simple.

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☆ I've always been a people pleaser. I learned to stop saying 'yes' to everything after a painful body massage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jennifer Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Until the very idea of saying "yes" to one more thing left me feeling emotionally depleted, on edge, and lost. I was tackling it all, saying "yes" to all the things, when on the inside, my body was screaming for me to stop. The irony of it all was that by saying yes to everything, I wasn't helping anyone. How many times in a day do you catch yourself saying "yes" to things you don't even want to? We say "yes" to another date with a guy we're not even into, because we don't want to be mean.

Persons: Jennifer Thompson, —, I'm, We're, Jennifer, Candace, we'll, Jenn, we've, he's Organizations: Service, Urano

☆ It’s time to give caregivers more support
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Katia Hetter | Phyllis Fagell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Conversations with a wide variety of caregivers, paid and unpaid, helped her realize she wasn’t alone. And yet we are very isolated now, more isolated than ever—and isolation does not work for caregivers. This is bigger than the retail sector and yet so many caregivers are made to feel as though our efforts are small–and not worthy of support. Elissa Strauss: Whether someone is caring for an adult parent, a sick spouse or a child, caregivers are failed across the board. CNN: How could we as individuals support caregivers more?

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☆ GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake bashes Arizona's new abortion ban. She praised it less than 2 years ago.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A near-total abortion ban from 1864 will soon take effect in Arizona. GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake bashed the law as "out of step with Arizonans." AdvertisementKari Lake, the Trump acolyte and Arizona GOP Senate candidate, says she does not support a near-total ban on abortion that's set to take effect soon in the crucial battleground state. Related storiesIn June of that year, Lake said in a local radio interview that she supported the 1864 law, according to Politifact. In a statement, Gallego also bashed the court's ruling while tying it to "extremist politicians like Kari Lake."

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☆ My baby boomer mom was always dieting. I started doing it too, and finally broke the cycle when I became a mother.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMy baby boomer mom raised me to dread getting on the scale, to fear every pound I gained. "I've gained weight," she'd say. "I can't wear that until I've lost a few pounds," she'd say. Instead, I'll say, "I am not feeling as strong today." We discuss the concepts of power and strength, like when we weighed Sofia for her new car seat.

Persons: —, Nicole Chapman, Sofia, I'd, I'm, She'd, I've, she'd, Chapman, Twiggy Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Sofia

☆ I grew up with older parents. I waited to have my own kid, too, and was able to buy a house and travel.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Jennifer Bringle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I grew up with older parents, and it ended up being the right choice for me, too. Advertisement"Why are you so much older than my friend's mom?" I grew up with older parents — my mom was 32 and my dad was 39 when they had me. I wanted to enjoy my 20s child-freeDuring my 20s, I wanted to focus on me. So when my son asked that question, I only had one answer: "I'm older because I waited until I was ready to become a mom."

Persons: —, wasn't, I'm Organizations: Service

☆ How a former news producer turned her passion for art into a full-time business painting Louis Vuitton bags and other luxury items
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

While artists typically use a sketchpad, a canvas, or a digital tablet for their creations, Sobel is mainly painting luxury items like Louis Vuitton bags. Courtesy of Michele SobelWhile she considered painting her "lifelong passion," she had a passion for journalism too. "Michele Sobel Fine Art specializes in hand painting luxury leather goods, and it's kind of a twofold business," Sobel said. I just was kind of doing because I was following my passion, doing something that I love." AdvertisementSobel is now able to focus on her dream of hand painting work and original art.

Persons: Michele Sobel, I've, She's, Sobel, Louis Vuitton, I'm, Michele Sobel Fine, she's, Michael Kors Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Michele Sobel Fine Art Locations: Jersey

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