By Andi Zeisler

Andi Zeisler is the cofounder of Bitch Media and the author of the book Feminism and Pop Culture . She lives, writes, watches TV, and embroiders dog portraits in Portland, Oregon, where it really is like that. Find her on Twitter .

  1. The 40-Year Old Orphan: On Alzheimer’s

    By Andi Zeisler

    in Family

    The worst thing about turning 40 wasn’t the birthday itself. It wasn’t the psychological adjustment of no longer being able to refer to myself as “a thirtysomething,” because a) I never did that, and b) I still regularly get carded for beer. It wasn’t even the feeling of not really wanting to celebrate but feeling like I had to celebrate, because milestones. The worst thing was knowing that I wasn’t going to get a phone…

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