You ever wonder who said there were 35 symptoms for Menopause? I mean what?  Isn't your period stopping enough?  Do we really need one symptom for practically every fertile year we enjoy as "women" before some doctor tags us forever "menopausal"?  Well you can blame it on a bunch of woman from the now defunct "Menopaus" Mailing List.   Like the wicked fairy at Sleeping Beauty's birth (except... »

I plan to have a Virgin Menopause.  It's going to be like puberty in reverse - except I'll keep the breasts, thanks.  One day my cycle is going to start acting a little erratic and then after a while  my periods will stop. And I won't really notice for a while.  And then I will. And I'll go, "Hmm, that's that then". And... »

People are very interested in the fact Barbie is 50.  But it is not only to praise the icon for her long run.  When Mickey turned 50, he got a lot of applause. When Barbie turned 50, she got ... menopause jokes. In the British Times on 7 March, it was  give Barbie a push-button menopause with comments like "Menopause Barbie could have push-button hot... »