Also, the Plantation Fascist has been acting up.

So now I'm rolling my foot across a 5 lb weight to loosen up the fascia in my feet and the pain is what I imagine the little Mermaid felt when her mermaid tail turned into human feet.

#PlantarFasciitis #MiddleAgedHotness

I'm sorry: a NYT subscription (after the introductory period) is $25/month?!?

No thanks.

My Amazon prime channels aren't even that much. Hmph.

If anyone has a gift link for that Times article on Black women and menopause, hit a sista up!

#OnSomeBS
#BlackMenopause
#MiddleAgedHotness
#NoReallyItsAHotFlash
#BlackMastodon

This weekend is *def* sundress weather.

Walked down to meet a friend for coffee in a short dress+Birks+Benson and felt all kinds of ways:

The sun on my face (I wear sunblock now!)
The air on my legs
The poop bag in my hand. SIGH.
The goofy dog on another long sniffari.

It's a good start to a long weekend!

#Saturday
#4thOfJuly
#sfba #Oakland #EastBay
#MiddleAgedHotness

A fat body covered head to toe in green fabric. Baggy, glorious fabric. Let's normalize confounding the patriarchal gaze. Let's also normalize jumpsuits. I love how the legs bell outward hiding my body further.

Middle age is an opportunity to embrace and redefine the impending invisibility society imposes on women my age. I won't shrink from it. I'll inhabit it.

Last weekend I wore a mini dress and high heels to the Paula West evening. I reinforced, supported, and smoothed out my body with Spanx. I was an encased meat in a pretty frock.

Today I was bringing Green M&M Missy Elliot realness. Hidden yet feeling bolder and more real than in that short dress. When I picked up Benson I pulled on my new red leather gloves. The brightness against the green with the accents of bright white from my shoes and fannie pack made me feel bold and modern.

I'm excited to explore new ways to tell patriarchy to fuck off.

#Feminism #Feminist
#BodyPositivity #Fat #Fashion #Perimenopause #MiddleAgedHotness #GenX

My legs/ankles/hips/back are toast. But here I am in my Dansko orthotic sandals indoors. And feeling better.

#MiddleAgedHotness
#SFPride
#TooManySteps

Dang.
Mischief: Managed, indeed.

#Shenanigans
#BusinessHandled
#MiddleAgedHotness
#BackBlown #MyEdges
#OversharingButThatsWhatSocialMediaIsFor

First, ignore the wet spot on the dog blanket. That's Benson waiting to be fed.

Second, I have officially officially entered the Comfort Orthotic Shoe Phase of #MiddleAgedHotness.

1. Dansko's pink/orange tennis sandal reminds me of the shoe my old amazing boss Laura would walk to work in at the YW. (Watching her work her Board and mgmt team was an education. She was an Iron Maiden. I dug it.) I have officially become a Boss Lady, by that measure.

2. And Birkenstock's sandal gives some nice support to the PlantationFascist in my right foot.

(That's what I'm calling plantar fasciitis -- because it's giving oppression and pain.)

SIGH.

#PlantarFasciitis
#PlantationFascist
#Orthotics
#Shoes #Feet #LiberateYourToes
#perimenopause #GenX

#Shenanigans are the best.
You wake up the next morning all energized and undaunted by your work calendar.
You pay your bills, walk and feed your dog, make coffee, do a little journaling.

I wish everyone shenanigans. Good, satisfying, fun uncomplicated get your groove back blow your back out shenanigans.

Happy Monday, y'all.

#ENM #DatingInTheBay #MiddleAgedHotness #BackBlown #GenX #GetIt

People of a Certain Age Who Prefer Jumpsuits!

My girlfriends have been sending me links to jumpsuit sites now that I've declared my love for them. (I'm wearing my jumpsuit right now.)

I give you: TheKit. Fashion-forward, size-inclusive.

Totally going to get a couple so I can be that unbothered middle-aged woman in shapeless clothing. Feeling UNBOTHERED about not showing off my bits. I'm comfortable, ho.

#MiddleAgedHotness
#LadyBachelor
#Fashion
#menopause #GenX #BlackWomen

https://www.thekit.com/collections/jumpsuits

On my morning walk with Benson through Rockridge, I had one perimenopausal thought:

THANK GOD FOR THE MARINE LAYER.

#MiddleAgedHotness
#NoForRealItsAHotFlash
#perimenopause
#ThisIs53

My Ursula the Sea Witch/Hannibal profile inexplicably received 6 responses from clueless (or catfish) folks.

When I asked if they actually *read* the profile, 1 said 'it was complicated.' Another just said he's looking for his one true love (so no, he didn't read it), and another just said he thought i was beautiful (Thanks but irrelevant).

Ursula rejects all of this nonsense.

#DatingInTheBay
#MiddleAgedHotness
#LadyBachelor

I have made my profile on the App so hostile to the male gaze it's like looking at a Gorgon.

Instead of freaking out and rushing to dial it back, however, I'm letting it stand. Because that Gorgon is an unmediated reflection of me. (Haha see what I did there.)

It has made me see all the tiny subtle ways I've made myself amenable to men *in the past.* Hmph. No more of that.

Dating profiles are little performances. But this dance is all jarring notes and unbeautiful movement. It's an open palm slap.

How many metaphors can I shove into one toot.

#DatingInTheBay
#MiddleAgedHotness
#NoReallyItsAHotFlash

@DeliaChristina what was the hashtag you made? #middleagedhotness 🔥🔥🔥

On the birdsite I'd occasionally post #MiddleAgedHotness pics. In this case to remind me that not everything is Benson and his poops. (Also, to get pics off my phone.)

This week: My jeans are loose.

#MondayMenopauseReflection
#MiddleAgedHotness
#ThisIs53 #GenX

Today is one of those days I *feel* skinny.

Don't ask me to explain it.
Maybe because my pillows were in the perfect formation last night and my spine was in proper alignment.

Or maybe because I'm wearing a pair of girly camo pants that are juuuust a little looser in the thigh. I dunno.

All I know is that y'all can't tell me nothin'.

#SelfLove
#ThisIs53 #MiddleAgedHotness
#NoReallyItsAHotFlash