Wendi Aarons writes a humorous list of tips for middle-aged women on how to digitally retouch photos so that they can look ... “The Middle-Aged Woman on the Train,” “Middle-Aged Woman, ...

Documentary filmmaker Lori Petchers, 57, and architect Faith Baum, 63, were tired of the way society treats middle-aged women. So they decided to create a powerful photo series exploring the issue.

Elinor Carucci’s pictures literalize the impulse to magnify a tiny part of oneself until it is wildly out of proportion and, in doing so, make that impulse seem not shallow or vain but simply human.

On this particular occasion, as I entered the gallery, I saw a well-dressed, middle-aged woman sitting on my usual bench and staring at Juan. I have become used to having Juan all to myself, so I ...