2019-07-18
18 分钟Modern.
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This is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.
Im your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.
What happens to love and desire as people age?
Does it diminish?
Does it get stronger with time?
Or does it evolve into something different?
Sophie Burnham writes about her experience in her essay at what age is Love enthralling 82, Jessica Walter reads Sophies essay.
Shes known for her role as Lucille Bluth from arrested development and her work in the FXX animated series Archer, now airing its 10th season.
It has been many decades since I went through menopause.
At the time, I regretted the concurrent invisibility when men stopped noticing me on the street.
The funniest moment happened in Italy, where, as a young student, I had grown accustomed to walking down the street in a mist of commentary.
Bellina Bella later, visiting Florence in midlife, I heard two boys on a motor scooter cry out behind me, Bellina.
Bellissima.
And then, as they passed, ah, scus senora.
I broke out laughing.
Over time, I grew to appreciate the freedom of not having to wear stilettos, attract anyone, or struggle for the exquisite body I once had.