When, Georgina, AKA Curlysilverfox, decided to stop dying her hair, the whites were showing up practically before rinsing the dye through her naturally curly hair. She had spent more hours straightening those curls than she cared to think about. And…
Miu Miu, the fashion brand created and owned by Miuccia Prada, is featuring GenX-er Chloe Savigny and Boomer Kim Basinger in its holiday Icons campaign “Their unifying trait is their absolute individuality,” Miu Miu said in its press materials. It’s a…
Our guest this week, Gina Pell, was a huge inspiration for creating Mean. She came up with the concept of Perennials, and when I read her article Meet the Perennials, I knew I had an audience. The idea that a…
On the eve of Election Day 2020, Tracy Chapman made a rare television appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers singing her critically acclaimed hit song “Talkin’ ’bout a revolution.” Can you believe the song was released in 1988? I…
This week’s episode is an interview with author Alisson Wood, who recently published her memoir, Being Lolita. Alisson is a bit younger than most of my guests, but her story is relevant for pretty much every generation. The memoir describes…
This week we have an interview with author and professor Jennifer Worley, who recently published a memoir called Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power. It’s intriguing anytime you get a peek into a somewhat private, secretive world.…
This week’s episode is a conversation with Bay Area designer J’Amy Tarr, and it may be the most fun I’ve had to date recording an episode, despite some major technical difficulties. Thanks to my wonderful editor Sofija in Serbia you’d…
[Photo via This.is.me_Shannon] Welcome to the Silver Hair Chronicles, a bi-weekly feature where we highlight women who have made the bold choice to ditch the dye and rock their silvers. This week we feature Shannon, a 46-year-old retired Royal Canadian…
Photo by Phil Roeder How Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris: A search that forged new stars, friends, and rivalries [The New York Times] Trump promotes false ‘birther’ conspiracy about Kamala Harris [Business Insider] The rise of Kamala Harris [WSJ] Kamala…
In this very special episode, and a Mean Show first, we have two guests this week. When I first conceived of this podcast, my idea was to bring together women from different generations who were in the same field. I…
Twenty years ago, I wrote about biotechnology at Wired and for several of my years there, I sat directly across from an incredible woman named Elisa Batista, who I’m so excited is my guest on todays’ show. This episode is…
Photo via Whitney Lichty Welcome to the Silver Hair Chronicles, a bi-weekly feature where we highlight women who have made the bold choice to ditch the dye and rock their silvers. This week we’re featuring Whitney, the gorgeous woman behind…
