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Hiring a sex worker made Gail Rice famous

A Q&A with a 72-year-old formerly living a quiet life in Australia

Jun 12 • Debbie Weil

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Boundaries saved my art: a LIVE conversation with bestselling author Emma Gannon

A special edition of the [B]old Women Book Club where we talk about creativity, solitude, limiting time on apps, and why Emma might choose Substack over…

Jun 5 • Debbie Weil and Emma Gannon

Getting old in real time… three [b]old years, to be exact

What I’ve been writing about for the past 150 weeks or so (plus thank you to my readers)

May 29 • Debbie Weil

Introducing “Letters to Lucy,” more honesty, and less control

There's a new sheriff in town this summer... me! We're going to do things a little differently dammit

May 22 • Debbie Weil

Mary Roblyn, 70, on losing her husband and the healing power of writing

A [B]old Woman Q&A with one of Substack’s most exceptional writers

May 15 • Debbie Weil

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[B]old Women Q&As

Hiring a sex worker made Gail Rice famous

A Q&A with a 72-year-old formerly living a quiet life in Australia

Jun 12 • Debbie Weil

Mary Roblyn, 70, on losing her husband and the healing power of writing

A [B]old Woman Q&A with one of Substack’s most exceptional writers

May 15 • Debbie Weil

Fearless as ever, Pamela Redmond is a Naked Old Woman

At 70-something, she's willing to expose the truth of a woman's body over a lifetime

Apr 10 • Debbie Weil

Celebrity sexpert Joan Price, 82, on senior sex, line dancing, and legacy

And finding optimism and humor even when the challenges seem massive

Mar 13 • Debbie Weil

Valerie Monroe on the “nasty cosmic joke” of old age

A Q&A with Oprah Magazine’s former beauty editor and creator of How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

Jan 23 • Debbie Weil

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Complicated Grief

A high-tide farewell to my parents

My three siblings and I gathered on our little island in Maine's Penobscot Bay to send their ashes out to sea

Sep 5, 2025 • Debbie Weil

One year later: Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"!

It's still complicated, but I am starting to take responsibility for my own self-doubt

May 30, 2025 • Debbie Weil

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A reader asks this painful question and I attempt a two-fold response

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Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"

A complicated relationship with my dad has led to complicated grief.

Jun 14, 2024 • Debbie Weil

How I lost my mom long before she died

At 72, I am finally finding forgiveness for my mother... and myself.

Mar 22, 2024 • Debbie Weil

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