Entering The Bonnie Raitt Phase of Being A Woman

“Here’s how I know you’re not in your twenties,” said a twentysomething friend. “Your music taste.” He began to list off singers in my musical wheelhouse, like Cyndi Lauper.

Since hitting my mid-30s, I’ve leaned in hard on listening to female singers of a certain age, including Kylie Minogue and Mariah Carey, both of which are still releasing new music, because I dig their…