Unleash your inner crone!
Tired of feeling fearful about menopause and getting older?
Join the club!
What is Crone Club?
Ferocity. Freedom. Sisterhood.
Crone Club is a grassroots group of menopausal mischief makers on a mission to find the positives about menopause and getting older.
We want to bring together women of all ages (and our allies), to disrupt the toxic narrative and stereotypes of female ageing and menopause so we can all feel less afraid about getting older. Because let’s face it, life’s hard enough!
We started out as a Private Facebook group of menopausal pals sharing positive content and ‘considerately cheering each other on’. Our Facebook group has now grown to over 600 members from all over the world, sharing positive content that celebrates older women and the joy that can come in our ‘third act’, along with tips from older women who are ‘living their best crone life!’
Last year Justine launched a new e-magazine ‘Tits to the Wind!’ to share some of the themes and content from our Private Facebook group with the world.
We also occasionally give birth to bat-shit crazy events such as our Crone Human Library™️, Crone Crowning Ceremonies and Crone Camp Retreats; and an online shop with gifts for the emergent feminist crone in your life.
Find out about how Crone Club came out and a short history of the word 'Crone'. Founder Justine Gaubert talking at Creative Mornings Sheffield.
Ways to join the club
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Sign up to 'Tits to the Wind!' (all welcome!)
Sign up to get Crone Club’s monthly e-magazine ‘Tits to the Wind'!’ straight to your inbox. First two issues free, then £4 a month to help keep Crone Club going.
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Join the Private Members Facebook group (women only)
Join over 600 like-minded Crones and Crones -in-Training, from all over the world, to seek out and share the good bits about menopause and getting older, and disrupt the bad!
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Sign up for face-to-face meet ups and invites to events (Currently mainly in Sheffield, UK)
Want to meet other like-minded women who are embracing menopause and ageing in a mischievous manner? Can you make it Sheffield, UK a couple of times of year?
Sign up now to our monthly e-magazine of menopausal mischief - straight to your inbox! Open to all.
Monthly long read to make you smile and reflect on your ‘third act’.
Opportunities for creative collaborations and celebrating crone businesses and projects.
Training for Ageing - links to useful resources and older women who can help.
Paid subscribers also get:
> Invite to monthly online meet up including ‘Crone Talks’ - holding space for an older woman to share her story.
> Money off Crone Club merch.
“Bursting with love and life's adventures.” Maz, Sheffield
"A truly thought-provoking and nuanced piece about the importance of Age Positivity. What can we do to capitalise on this moment of ageing radicals?" Allie
"I wish I could like this article 1000 times!" Jo
“This piece literally blew me away." Diane, Sheffield
"Thank you for sharing your gift of being able to express what many are struggling to come to terms with and ways of dealing with the pain." Julie, Sheffield
"Inspiring and poignant." Paul Ward, Sheffield
“Not one word about being resilient and strong, but focussing on the important, beautiful things and taking pleasure from them at a difficult time." Jo, Sheffield
"Thank you for this. I am at the start of my own journey with my dad, and these words have really helped me." @ShedStudio52
"Every sentence resonated. Useful, meaningful and beautiful. Thank you." Bernadette
"I'm shouting YES! YES! YES! I'm a 64 year old hag who falls in between." @the_delighrful_MrsP
"This is such an awesome piece about representation, privilege, and finding a way to move forward together." @lexabmann
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday 26 January 2025, 2pm-6pm
‘Crone-up’ your outfit for the CroneLines Disco!
Bradbury Maker’s Shed, Hillsborough, Sheffield S64HD
Coming to the CroneLines disco/spoken word national meet up on 22 Feb?! 💃🏾 (Not got your ticket yet? See below!) Drop into to see our Crone Volunteers at the Maker Shed, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield and bring along an item of clothing you’d like to pimp up into suitable crone/hag attire! Drop Crone Juzza an email if you can make it!
Saturday 22 February 2025 2pm-7pm
CroneLines Disco and spoken word event to celebrate cronehood and making it this far!
This is your personal invitation to Crone Club’s afternoon party with a difference! Bring a sister in midlife or beyond you would like to celebrate with (or let us know if coming solo and we can meet you at the boozer first!)
The day will feature the very best Crone DJs including: DJ Kitty (Society, Speed for Lovers), Crone Juzza (Hoochi Coo, Runaway Girl), Sarah Wilson aka DJ Moonrise (La Luna), Crone Lyn Lockwood and Disco Clare (Disco Choir).
PLUS crone-related spoken word performances from Insta crone model and writer Cathi Rae, Manchester’s Joy France (Aka The Rapping Nana), Vicky Morris (Hive) and a performance by Angelina Abel of Mulembas D’Africa.
“It’s a great thing you are doing for women where their existence and identities are very often socially defined in limiting ways. Who are we when the work is over?”
Hannah Butler, Sheffield
“Thank you for the life-affirming content and the extraordinary community you have built!”
— Joanne, Sheffield
“I’m embracing 50 in a way I wouldn’t have with the crone inspiration! Fookin ace!”
— Ellie, Darwin, Australia
“It gave me hope that there is another way. That all the work I'm doing in my 30s to know myself and create a life that feels more aligned and joyous is worth it in the long run...”
— Laura, a ‘reader’ at our Crone Human Library event
From the blog
Crone Human Library, Festival of the Mind
Find out about our Crone Human Library that we ran with the University of Sheffield as part of the Festival of the Mind. What is a Crone Human Library? How does a Crone Spoken Library work? Who were our Crone Human library books and readers? And what did they think?
From the shop
The Most Expensive Tea Towel You Will NEVER need.
“Do your own fkin dishes” Crone Club tea towel. Limited edition artwork by Crone Lyn Hodnett and Justine Gaubert
Exclusive Crone Club merch available only to Paid Subscribers of Tits to the Wind or members of Crone Club Sheffield.
Join Crone Club on Instagram @crone_club_reclaiming_crone
