Mireille Silcoff

What surprised me about myself was how easy it was for me to embark on a new life when everything was really quite against me. Hmm. Single mom, still carrying some illness. It's not like everything disappeared, disappeared, disappeared, right? So it's still a lot of issues. Money issues. I'm a working journalist. So there was a lot going on.

What surprised me about myself was how easy it was for me to embark on a new life when everything was really quite against me. Hmm. Single mom, still carrying some illness. It's not like everything disappeared, disappeared, disappeared, right? So it's still a lot of issues. Money issues. I'm a working journalist. So there was a lot going on.

that kind of could paint this picture of it being very hard. It was also COVID. It was not an easy time in the world. And while all of that is certainly true, and yet, I saw opportunities in this life stage. I saw opportunities that were possible both in bed and outside of bed. Some new power that I seemed to own that I was kind of shocked at. I was completely surprised.

that kind of could paint this picture of it being very hard. It was also COVID. It was not an easy time in the world. And while all of that is certainly true, and yet, I saw opportunities in this life stage. I saw opportunities that were possible both in bed and outside of bed. Some new power that I seemed to own that I was kind of shocked at. I was completely surprised.

It blindsided me, to be honest.

It blindsided me, to be honest.

Well, first of all, my libido was as high as it was when I was in my 20s. So that was a complete surprise. That was a complete surprise. And I really did not see that coming. But the other thing that was so wonderful was that I didn't give a fuck as much as I did in my 20s about like... You know, does my butt look big?

Well, first of all, my libido was as high as it was when I was in my 20s. So that was a complete surprise. That was a complete surprise. And I really did not see that coming. But the other thing that was so wonderful was that I didn't give a fuck as much as I did in my 20s about like... You know, does my butt look big?

I mean, now we want our butts to look bigger, so that's useful because in the 90s, nobody wanted a very big butt, right? So it's like, whatever. You're a bit more forgiving. But, you know, the body positivity hit me too, and I was just letting my freak flag fly of things. I've got a cesarean scar, you know, whatever. Yeah.

I mean, now we want our butts to look bigger, so that's useful because in the 90s, nobody wanted a very big butt, right? So it's like, whatever. You're a bit more forgiving. But, you know, the body positivity hit me too, and I was just letting my freak flag fly of things. I've got a cesarean scar, you know, whatever. Yeah.

It was all fine, and I didn't have issues with it, and I felt sexy that way, even with, you know, all of the signs of age very much upon me. So that was a surprise. But the other thing that was a surprise was the ability to bring... the layered knowledge that you accumulate reaching your 50s or reaching your late 40s to the bedroom.

It was all fine, and I didn't have issues with it, and I felt sexy that way, even with, you know, all of the signs of age very much upon me. So that was a surprise. But the other thing that was a surprise was the ability to bring... the layered knowledge that you accumulate reaching your 50s or reaching your late 40s to the bedroom.

And I found that having that type of mind or mind-body situation made me much more playful and made me much less self-conscious and made me out for kind of like adventures in bed that I really don't think I would have entertained so easily in the cool 90s.

And I found that having that type of mind or mind-body situation made me much more playful and made me much less self-conscious and made me out for kind of like adventures in bed that I really don't think I would have entertained so easily in the cool 90s.

I mean, my desire was just to have sex nonstop as much as I possibly could for a really long time. That really happened.

I mean, my desire was just to have sex nonstop as much as I possibly could for a really long time. That really happened.

Well, I feel that this is a huge part of the story. And this is part of a story which is not about Gen X. This is part of the story that is about Gen Z and millennials who have created a sexual landscape that is more fair, more open, more accepting, more consent culture, body positivity, gender questioning. All of these things are because of generations younger than my own, right?

Well, I feel that this is a huge part of the story. And this is part of a story which is not about Gen X. This is part of the story that is about Gen Z and millennials who have created a sexual landscape that is more fair, more open, more accepting, more consent culture, body positivity, gender questioning. All of these things are because of generations younger than my own, right?

And so encountering this new landscape where you could question your gender in bed, or you could, you know, be okay with your cesarean scar, or... your boobs looking old or having a big ass or whatever your hang-up would have been in 1997. That's okay, right? And also just the fact that you can go and buy a clitoral stimulator at Walmart, that's crazy. Like, that that exists?

And so encountering this new landscape where you could question your gender in bed, or you could, you know, be okay with your cesarean scar, or... your boobs looking old or having a big ass or whatever your hang-up would have been in 1997. That's okay, right? And also just the fact that you can go and buy a clitoral stimulator at Walmart, that's crazy. Like, that that exists?