By Lori Sokol, Ph. D.
President of Sokol Media
The Huffington Post
August 24, 2010
“To celebrate my 50th birthday earlier this month, I invited the author of the book, “50 Is the New 50,” Suzanne Braun Levine, to be a guest on my weekly radio show, “Juggling Act.” While she discussed the many benefits associated with embarking on this new decade of female freedom and independence called Second Adulthood, what I recall most from this interview is her chapter entitled, “The F— U Fifties…”
“But don’t assume for even one moment that the “F— U Fifties” reflects a self reproaching attack by this birthday girl for reaching that pivotal age gravely considered over the hill. Au contraire, this term is actually meant to be aimed at others, as “Finally,” Levine writes, “we feel empowered to tell others to f— off.’”
Lori Sokol, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur, scholar, psychologist and mother, Lori Sokol, Ph.D. is President of Sokol Media, Inc., the publisher of Work Life Matters, Green Matters and NY Residential magazines. Through these publications and a body of other work, Dr. Sokol covers a number of important social issues, including gender equality, the needs of working parents, environmental sustainability and strides made by female professionals determined to smash the proverbial “glass ceiling.”
She is the host of the radio show, “Juggling Act,” on 1490AM WGCH Radio every Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m.
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