Menopause is all the rage, from Hollywood stars to "The Change"

If you have ovaries and a uterus, and are somewhere in your late 40s or beyond, you will have a body-informed epiphany. I’m doing the best I can & that makes me feel a little better.” In May, Halle Berry lobbied for the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, a $275 million bipartisan Senate bill aimed at increasing clinical research into menopause. “Our doctors can't even say the word to us, let alone walk us through the journey of what our menopausal years look like.” We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism They join Gayle King, Drew Barrymore, Michelle Obama, Naomi Watts and others in publicly discussing their menopause experiences and how little information they were given about this stage of a woman’s life and health. “The Change” makes Linda’s shifting sense of who she is a starting point that radiates outward to apply to her new community, too. “Once we start seeing ourselves in film, TV and books,” she wrote, “the less afraid we will be and the more we will see that menopausal and postmenopausal women are actually some of the coolest, most powerful, wise and inspiring people on the planet.” Watching Linda remember who she is helps, adding to a conversation that is getting broader, louder, and, in Christie’s interpretation, more joyful.