I recently read that women are getting Botox and cosmetic surgeries at a younger age than ever before, and because we associate those looks with older women, we perceive these younger women as older. The author chalked up the trend to social media filters, which I am sure have a big impact. But I was reading a post by
The correlation between the cessation of your monthly cycle and freedom from society's expectation - or more importantly, your perception of that expectation is interesting. I think my own ideas about menopause currently lean more towards the, “dear lord, what next?” variety. I also think I have a bit more work to do on letting go of my own expectations of aging...
I def recommend Stephanie’s post. Coming to terms with our own agism is invaluable.
I almost ended this post with something about sunglasses. If I’d been clever at the time I could have turned it into a whole thing about not being able to see our eyes - so, ya know, trouble. But at the time of writing I was thinking about how sunglasses prevent wrinkles. Wrinkles = old = bad. We all still have cultural agist things to deal with. But I do wear sunglasses because the sun is really fucking bright where I live.
The correlation between the cessation of your monthly cycle and freedom from society's expectation - or more importantly, your perception of that expectation is interesting. I think my own ideas about menopause currently lean more towards the, “dear lord, what next?” variety. I also think I have a bit more work to do on letting go of my own expectations of aging...
I def recommend Stephanie’s post. Coming to terms with our own agism is invaluable.
I almost ended this post with something about sunglasses. If I’d been clever at the time I could have turned it into a whole thing about not being able to see our eyes - so, ya know, trouble. But at the time of writing I was thinking about how sunglasses prevent wrinkles. Wrinkles = old = bad. We all still have cultural agist things to deal with. But I do wear sunglasses because the sun is really fucking bright where I live.