Ariel Levy is a staff writer at The New Yorker.

"I like an older awesome lady, I don't think enough is written about older awesome ladies and I don't think there are enough role models for younger awesome ladies. It’s great fun hanging out with an older awesome lady. It’s inspiring. And it makes you think 'Jesus, I might be rocking it when I’m 80!'"

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Show notes:

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Levy on Longform

[3:00] "My First Time, Twice" (Guernica • June 2011)

[7:15] Female Chauvinist Pigs (Free Press • 2006)

[12:00] "The Perfect Wife" (New Yorker • Sep 2013)

[12:30] "Breaking the Waves" (New Yorker • Feb 2014) [sub req'd]

[12:45] "Nora Knows What To Do" (New Yorker • Jul 2009)

[24:00] "Reservations" (New Yorker • Dec 2010) [sub req'd]

[25:00] "I, Mack" (New York • May 2001)

[25:00] "The Pretty-Boy Syndrome" (New York • Oct 2004)

[27:00] "The Last Gentleman" (New York • Oct 2007)

[27:00] "The Prisoner of Sex" (New York • Jun 2005)

[30:45] "Enchanted" (New Yorker • Sep 2008)

[30:45] "The Lonesome Trail" (New Yorker • Sep 2008)

[32:00] "Trial By Twitter" (New Yorker • Aug 2013)

[32:00] "Either/"Or" (New Yorker • Nov 2009)

[40:45] "Thanksgiving in Mongolia" (New Yorker • Nov 2013)

[48:15] "Living-Room Leopards" (New Yorker • Nov 2013) [sub req'd]

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