Bad Girl, Good Business

Route 66 Installment #32: My Hot MAW Summer

Reading Time: 4 minutes You’ve probably heard of the Hot Girl Summer. But what’s a Hot MAW Summer? It’s not about being a meemaw. Although I’m a mother and grandmother, that nickname irks me. I’m simply Nana. MAW (a term I invented) stands for Mature-Ass Woman. A MAW is older, self-assured, empty-nested, and independent. She still loves to party, […]

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Gratitude #7: All The “Nasty Women” (The Grateful 40)

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week, a woman did something amazing.  She became the first woman to serve as Vice President. As a little girl in the 1960s, I wrote that I wanted to be a nurse or a teacher. After all, those were the “girl jobs.” A gig as a flight attendant (or stewardess, as they were called […]

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