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Why Queenagers need to embrace 'soft life'

I first heard of the phrase Soft Life on Instagram. I posted a picture of myself on a solo trip to the Maldives, and my cousin commented that I was enjoying the ‘soft life’. Soon after I started to see black girls and women all over my feed using the soft life hashtag to describe the lifestyle shift, they were making.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Eleanor Mills talks about finding success after failure, moving into a next chapter, founding Noon and challenging cultural stereotypes about older women.

The Queenager : Eleanor's Letter (July 17th 2022)

We don't have a sell-by date: we are in our prime.

5 Things to Think About If You’re Considering Quitting Your Job

Quitting your job takes careful consideration to figure out if this is the right decision for you, and your best move. In this article, Anniki Sommerville offers guidance to help you weigh up the pros and cons.

Just Keep Pedalling

Anna Raptis is the founder of Mexico's first venture capital fund centred around women and is passionate about cycling as a way to challenge herself and focus her mind. She reflects on the parallels between her pastime of choice and her professional life... and celebrates the Female Tour De France running now for the first time in decades.

'I Had My First Child and Published My First Poetry Book in My Forties'

Anita Pati published her first book of poetry, Hiding to Nothing, which explores topics that encapsulate her life as a woman of colour. She writes for Noon about coming to this and other milestones in midlife - and feeling like a late bloomer.

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Hooray for unlikeable heroines

We should embrace female characters who are deeply flawed and not nice

My Midlife Hero’s Journey

Taiwo Dayo-Payne explains why midlife provides the opportunity for a classic interior journey.

Becoming a painter at 50

Jocasta Shakespeare loves that she found the artist inside in midlife, not earlier....

“I was spread so thinly that nothing I did ever felt good enough.”

Helen Barnes on how she gave up traditional notions of success, concentrated on her family and discovered the joy of reinventing herself.

How learning to surf at 50-plus changed me

Danielle Cass began surfing age 50 plus and turned from invisible to strong and beautiful

How I gave up school gate politics

The actress Salima Saxton lost her way on the children's playground...until she ditched the Instagram mum lifestyle.

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