For most of my life I worked on a neutral face that didn’t look mean or unappealing in order to appease the smile bullies. After 50, I’ve moved into a protected class: females who no longer owe anyone a sweet expression.

Hi, my name is Dixie and I’m addicted to TV mysteries. (Hi Dixie.) I’ve been engaged and comforted by television whodunits since I was a little girl, and I have no intention of stopping, or even trying to stop watching now. From Perry Mason to Columbo, you get something from these TV series you don’t, and […]

I’m here to say it’s about time my mons veneris was venerable, that our labia majora were considered major… you get the idea.

How did I plan to become a teacher-turned-weight lifter-turned-TV producer to writer? That’s the thing, I didn’t. Nothing was planned, but it all worked because I worked at it.

Aging happens to all of us, and it’s not a death sentence. OK, it is a death sentence, but again, it happens to all of us, so stop being babies and let’s start being old ladies.

Boomers are the first generation of women to seek marriage and self-fulfillment.

Whether you’ve been laid off, nearing retirement, or just ready for a new life chapter, think about what makes you YOU.

In the first edition of Age Against the Machine, Dixie Laite tells it like it is: “I’ve been through a lot, I’ve done a lot, and I am not to be fucked with.”