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EP 215: Redefining Media and Midlife with Jennifer Cooper

1h 13m · 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care · 07 Mar 07:31

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-215

How are you this late winter transitioning into spring?

This week in my Facebook group I asked what magazines people read when they were in their teens and early 20s. Turns out a lot of us read Seventeen. Lots of others read Sassy and Jane. Ms. Magazine, Bitch, Bust got some shoutouts and even the ever-nerdy Utne Reader.

Those magazines helped us feel less alone. We could find out what other GenXers or Millennials across the country were doing, thinking, and feeling. We found parts of ourselves in those pages.

I asked because in this week’s podcast, I interviewed Jen Cooper, the founder of Jennifer Magazine.

Show links:

  • jennifermag.com

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