The Queenager | What to Read This Week

Eleanor's pick of articles from Noon and elsewhere she thinks you might enjoy

Dear Queenagers,

We’re introducing a new regular post on a Wednesday, which will be a few articles I think are relevant for Queenagers and that you might enjoy. On this week’s list, the latest from the Noon site, the fashion brand under scrutiny for age discrimination, feeling more cheerful as we age, and more…

First up is this invigorating piece by Noon friend and ally Avivah Wittenberg Cox – the gist is: don’t worry about getting older, it can be the happiest time of your life. It’s just that unhappiness peaks at 47, and then we get more cheerful again. I love her writing. You can find her here on substack too at Elderberries.

If you haven’t read this lovely piece from the Noon site about an amazing poet who finally got published in her forties yet, read it here.

And you might enjoy my video interview with Sheryl Sandberg which I did for the 30% club’s 10th anniversary of its mentoring scheme.

This story is not cheerful, but is proof that gendered ageism is a real and growing problem – shame on Superdry and well done to this amazing Queenager for holding them to account. Age is always the bit of the diversity and inclusion agenda which is forgotten.

I absolutely loved this article about why sometimes even when we consent to sex we can feel awful about it afterwards. You can subscribe to the NYT for 50p a month at the moment. I think it is the best journalism in the world, they still pay proper hacks proper money to go to places for a proper amount of time and find out interesting stuff!

This article in the Atlantic looks at how to have “the best possible midlife crisis”.

And if your skin could do with a bit of a summer reboot after all that heat, do join our exclusive Katherine Daniels Facial-a-Long with Noon Beauty Director Beatrice Aidin – lots of free goodies and laughs galore.