Reinvention, Visibility, and the Freedom of Aging with Pamela Redmond
What does it mean for women to stay visible, powerful, joyful, and fully alive as they age?.
In this episode of Roar, host Danielle Davies sits down with Pamela Redmond—novelist, Substack writer, creator of Nameberry, and author of Younger (the book that inspired the hit TV series). Now 72, Pamela has reinvented herself yet again…this time stepping onstage with Old Woman Naked, a one-woman show that explores aging, embodiment, shame, liberation, and the stories women carry in our bodies.
From cultural invisibility to the reinvention required in midlife and beyond, Pamela speaks with humor, clarity, and radical honesty about what it really means to age in a female body—and to finally claim it as your own.
Together, Danielle and Pamela talk about
💥 Why older women are culturally invisible—and why that invisibility can become a source of power
🧍♀️ What compelled Pamela to create Old Woman Naked and why emotional nakedness is scarier than the physical
📚 How Younger and her Substack, Jubilarian, both trace the same thread of reinvention
🖼️ Pamela’s search for depictions of older naked women in art (and what she discovered at the Met)
🧠 Why reinvention requires being “comfortable with being uncomfortable”
🔥 The liberation of aging out of the male gaze
👩🎤 What performing for the first time at 72 taught her about courage, creativity, and aging on her own terms
💬 The parts of our lives we think are shameful—and what happens when we finally tell those stories out loud
Pamela’s honesty is a masterclass in reinvention, resilience, and refusing to fade into the background. This conversation is for any woman who’s ever wondered if her most powerful, creative, meaningful years might actually be ahead of her.
🔑 Key Takeaways
*Aging can feel like freedom—a shedding of comparison, standards, and the male gaze.
* Reinvention requires discomfort; being a beginner is part of the process.
* Emotional nakedness is often scarier than physical vulnerability.
* Joy itself can be an act of resistance, especially in turbulent times.
* Women’s stories—especially the ones we think we can’t tell—are where our real power lives.
🔗 Links Mentioned in This Episode
Pamela’s Substack, Jubilarian → https://jubilarian.substack.com/
Follow Pamela on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thepamelaredmond/
Nameberry → https://nameberry.com/
Pamela’s Oprah Daily essay →https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a68006018/pamela-redmond-old-woman-naked-show/
🎭 Old Woman Naked (updates & performances) → https://pamelaredmondsatran.com/new-books/
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