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Appreciating Your Value as You Age by Catherine Saint Louis at the NY Times Aging is an indiscriminate leveler. You might have been a shapely bombshell who made heads turn. You might have honed your intellect and résumé and let looks take a backseat. Still, most of us will pass a mirror one day and wonder who is that … [Read more...]
A Little Too Ready for Her Close-Up? by Laura M. Holson at The New York Times It took years for Hollywood to create the perfect woman. Now it wants the old one back. In small but significant numbers, filmmakers and casting executives are beginning to re-examine Hollywood's attitude toward breast implants, Botox, … [Read more...]
Feminism's Face-Lift Alexandra Suich, The Nation Can a tax on breast enhancements and liposuction be channeled to benefit the public good? During the Senate's debates over who should bear the cost of the nearly $900 billion healthcare bill, there emerged a surprising suggestion: plastic surgery patients. A proposed … [Read more...]
Today in reference to Demi Moore, someone jokingly asked me, "What do you have against cougars?" My response? "I'm all for cougars, but let's just call them what they are, grown ass women who own their sexuality, are comfortable in their skin and deserve to be celebrated and not demonized as desperate predators." … [Read more...]
What happens when the editor-in-chief of a woman's magazine actually shows a real woman as she really is? She gets nearly 1000 comments on her blog that express joy and relief. Unlike Lucy Danziger from Self Magazine, let's hope that Cindi Leive, Glamour Magazine's editor takes heed to what her readers (not her advertisers) really … [Read more...]
I love this letter from an LA Times reader about the representation of older folks in the media in general, and specifically in Disney's latest film UP. Just like jokes about fat people, those who are older always seem to be the target of bad writers who have have to rely on stereotypes to get easy laughs. So uninspired and tired! … [Read more...]
It's soooo refreshing to see older women appear in the media, and be celebrated for their beauty as well. If more older women were shown on TV and in film, maybe we all wouldn't be so terrified of aging gracefully. Thanks Leslie M. M. Blume for your timely Huffington post. 6 Of The World's Most Beautiful Older Women I just saw … [Read more...]
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