The Project

There’s something about forty

Turning forty represents so many different things to so many women. We’re infinitely better off than we thought we’d be, or not nearly as far along as we imagined.  We’re happily single or resigned to being that way.  We’re married with kids and wondering how that happened, or traveling the world and wondering how we could have risked missing out on that.  Wherever we are in our lives, at forty, most of us pause to take inventory. We look at where we’ve been, imagine where we’re headed and wonder if  forty will be all it’s cracked up to be.

From call centers in India, to fading automobile factories in America, women everywhere are turning forty this year, and they all have a story.   The Women at Forty Project is a groundbreaking endeavor whose goal is to capture the fascinating images and stories of women at forty and share them with the world. For every woman, the story’s different. This project isn’t about telling women how they should be living at forty, its about observing how they actually do.

Regardless of where we’ve been or who we are, forty is a significant year in the life of women.  But let’s face it, not all of us can grace the cover of a magazine sporting nothing but a men’s neck tie.  The truth is, many of us wouldn’t want to. Some of us feel fantastic about turning forty, while others are absolutely dreading it.  And most women the world over are too busy struggling to survive, too busy raising kids, too busy being busy, to worry about something as ephemeral as a magazine cover.

There are dozens of magazines and blogs telling women how to live, be and look  at forty and beyond.  Women at Forty is the first and only place that’s listening.

Whoever you are, wherever you are, if you’re forty, we want to hear your story.