Peri Is the New Menopause

Why GenX women are happy to chat perimenopause — but still avoid the “M” word

Dana DuBois
Middle-Pause
Published in
7 min readMay 16, 2023

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When are we all done with our red dots? Photo by Tengyart on Unsplash

Peri: Not Our Mother’s Menopause

As I approach menopause, I’ve never been more grateful to be GenX.

I see GenX women showing up to destigmatize menopause. I see an emerging willingness in my GenX peers to openly discuss…

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Dana DuBois
Middle-Pause

Publisher for Pink Hair & Pronouns and Three Imaginary Girls. Boost nominator. I'm a GenX word nerd living in the PNW with a whole lot of little words to share.