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Q: Who Qualifies As An Oldster? A: Everyone. Here's Why...
Oldster Magazine is not like other aging-related media. A word about how and why I'm exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body—*at…
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Oldster Bookshelf #2
The second in an occasional series, featuring books submitted by Oldsters.
Apr 17
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This is 54: Writer + Painter Ali Liebegott Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m somehow both perpetually 16 and 108."
Apr 16
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This is 54: Author Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
Dec 13, 2023
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For my 70th Birthday I Hired an Escort
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The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Rosie O’Donnell
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How to Lengthen Your Life
Nov 10, 2023
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This is 86: Retired Psychologist/Painter Bella Ruth Bader Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
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Frank Turns 100
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This is 91: Edward Pomerantz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m stronger and clearer about who I am, and in the words of Wallace Stevens, even more determined 'not to be confined.'”
Apr 15
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Geriatric Gen X: A Manifesto
Lisa Borders gives name to a sub-demographic.
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Is "Columbo" Oldster-Coded?
Deborah Shapiro on obsessively watching Peter Falk's iconic ten-season series, being partronized by someone younger for the first time, and the lasting…
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Is the Image You See in the Mirror the Real You?
Maybe Not. Rebecca Morrison on the persistence—and shifting—of body image issues as we age. PLUS: An open thread where you can weigh in on your own…
Apr 10
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Letter from the Editor #26
The very Oldster-coded "You Got Older" at the Cherry Lane Theater; A TV show asks, "Does age matter when it comes to love?" Hmmm...
Apr 9
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This is 78: Architect and Author Margalit Shinar Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Getting older has cemented my identity. I used to try and conform with others when I was young, now I am proud of who I am."
Apr 8
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The King of Fly
On hip-hop O.G. Fab 5 Freddy’s new memoir, "Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture."
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What Fun We Had and Against what Odds
Karen Malpede on the final days of life for her husband and theatrical collaborator, George Bartenieff. An excerpt from "Last Radiance: Radical Lives…
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This is 95: Artist and Holocaust Survivor Tibor Spitz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"In essence, my birthday is every day."
Jan 29, 2025
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Hope? Ha Ha Ha Ha...
In her early 80s, Abigail Thomas has her doubts about the future of humanity and life after death.
May 4, 2023
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This is 54: Cheryl Strayed Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Fifty-four years of living has taught me that I can persist through the hard times—and also that hard times pass."
Apr 6, 2023
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The Art of Healing
Stumbling upon some paintings she made 16 years ago while being treated for cancer, Viney Kirpal is reminded of the meditative power of art-making, and…
Mar 18, 2023
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Letter to My Younger Self #3: About What Happened in Chinatown
Lani V. Cox addresses her 16-year-old self, a girl who underwent plastic surgery at her mother's urging and emerged determined to never let others…
Jan 30, 2023
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This is 68: Celeste Lecesne Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Ever since I was a child, I had a sense that my life would really take off when I was in my 60s. And this has turned out to be true."
Dec 19, 2022
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Keeping My Promise to Popo
As Anne Liu Kellor says goodbye to her Chinese grandmother in the hospital, she taps into buried memories and family trauma.
Dec 7, 2022
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This is 71: Art Critic Jerry Saltz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"On the inside I feel the exact same as I did when I was like 45, so outside I act that way."
Oct 31, 2022
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This is 92: Hilma Wolitzer Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I loved being young, and I don’t terribly mind being an old woman, but I refuse to be an old girl—someone who’s coy about her age."
Sep 30, 2022
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This is 52: Rashunda Tramble Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m blessed to have grown up with women who didn’t have to scream that they were old, beautiful, and proud because it was a given."
Aug 15, 2022
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In Conversation: Neko Case and Jacinta Bunnell
Listen in as they discuss old friendships, getting older, cloth adult diapers, Oldster Magazine, and more...
Jul 18, 2022
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Burning it Down
After shearing off her dyed hair and growing it out silver, Joy Castro considers the thrill and terror that come with setting oneself free.
Jul 15, 2022
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