Posts Tagged: ageism
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Madonna Still Provokes
I may not have immediately recognized Madonna at the 2023 Grammys the other night but I sure recognize the ageism and sexism that her altered looks have elicited. The backlash to her appearance was swift, vicious, and as biting as
Madonna Still Provokes
I may not have immediately recognized Madonna at the 2023 Grammys the other night but I sure recognize the ageism and sexism that her altered looks have elicited. The backlash to her appearance was swift, vicious, and as biting as
An Age Old Problem: Women and Aging
Growing up, being an “older” woman was not a pretty picture – literally. Predictably, post-menopausal women were pictured pleasingly plump their sagging jowls and sagging breasts as slumping as their sedentary, asexual lives that were defined by grandchildren, gossip and
An Age Old Problem: Women and Aging
Growing up, being an “older” woman was not a pretty picture – literally. Predictably, post-menopausal women were pictured pleasingly plump their sagging jowls and sagging breasts as slumping as their sedentary, asexual lives that were defined by grandchildren, gossip and
Envisioning The American Dream 