Melani Sanders

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Melani Sanders
Born1980 (age 4445)
West Palm Beach, Florida
Occupations
  • Content creator
  • social media influencer
Known forWe Do Not Care Club
Children3
Websitewww.wedonotcareclub.com


Melani Sanders is an American content creator and social media influencer. She is the founder of the We Do Not Care Club, the club for women in "perimopause, menopause and post menopause. We are putting the world on notice that we simply do not care much anymore." The club is an international rally cry encouraging women to share their experiences about their experiences in the various stages of menopause. [1] [2] Sanders has over four million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. [3]

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Career

On May 13, 2025, Sanders posted her first We Do Not Care Club video, wrapping it up with a call to action for followers to share what they did not care about as they embarked on their perimenopausal, menopausal or post-menopausal journey. [4] It resulted in a viral engagement, with women sharing in the comments. Sanders has two million followers on Instagram [5] and over one million followers on Tiktok. [6] Sanders has said that she "didn’t plan to start a movement. I just hit record on a day that I was barely holding it together." [7] [8]

The We Do Not Care Club is online, with chapters all over the world of women posting their list of items that they "simply do not care much about anymore" as they enter their respective stages of menopause in Sanders' trademark deadpan and humorous delivery. [9]

In September 2025, Sanders appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show for a "Fearless After 50" roundtable discussion with Halle Berry, Valerie Bertinelli, a nd Nate Burleson. [10]

Sanders is currently working on a book, "The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: A Guide for Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond Who Are Over It." [11]

Personal

Sanders lives in West Palm Beach, Florida with her husband and their three children. [12]

References

  1. "Chin Hair, Laundry, Your Opinion: Women in Menopause Don't Care". 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  2. "The 'We do not Care' Club Taps into the Apathy, Rage of Perimenopause". TODAY.com. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  3. Price, Deborah Evans (2025-09-04). "'We Do Not Care Anymore': How One Woman Turned Menopause Struggles Into a Viral Sisterhood (EXCLUSIVE)". Woman's World. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  4. Holmes, Anna (2025-08-21). "What We Gain When We Stop Caring". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  5. Tate, ReShonda (2025-09-30). "We Do Not Care: Viral movement helps women redefine midlife". DefenderNetwork.com. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  6. "How Melani Sanders Started a Movement With the We Do Not Care Club". www.theroot.com. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  7. Media, Katie Couric (2025-06-15). "What This Online "Club" Gets Exactly Right About Being Over 40". Katie Couric Media. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  8. Jinich, Rafaela (2025-09-06). "The Power of Not Caring". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  9. DiStefano, Katey (2025-07-14). "Perimenopause Is the Real Villain & This Viral Mom Is Finally Saying It Out Loud". Mom.com. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  10. "September 9, 2025 - Halle Berry, Issa Rae". www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  11. "The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  12. Shakin, Chloe W. (2025-06-24). "Chin Hair, Laundry, Your Opinion: Women in Menopause Don't Care". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-11-11.