What's got my attention this week #69

Links and recs to get you through the weekend

Actor Sally Field who, this week, shared the harrowing story of her illegal abortion at the age of 17 to illustrate the importance of reproductive freedom.

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• What we can learn from Dame Maggie Smith’s face. (Gift link.)
• I’m a big fan of Mona Eltahawy and particularly enjoyed this piece on the double-bind of menopausal NFLM (Not Feeling Like Myself).
• The woman in the pole dance class. Love this essay by Joy Sullivan.
• Kim France on the worst mistakes she ever made.
• The sexiest year of my life involved zero sex. (Gift link.)
• "Rock and roll helped change the way we age." I love an Oldster Magazine questionnaire, and this one, with Amy Rigby, 65, is a treat.