Some Scattered Observations About Aging, Beauty, Women, Etc
The ideal woman looks beautiful, happy, carefree, and perfectly competent. Is she really? To look any particular way and to actually be that way are two separate concepts, and striving to look carefree and happy can interfere with your ability to feel so. The internet codifies this problem, makes it inescapable; in recent years, pop culture has sta
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The post-2016 obsession with conventional beauty isn’t a coincidence. It’s a cultural reaction to far right politics, and one that conveniently furthers the movement’s goals. Think of it as the aesthetic arm of trad-wifery2 — a promise that women can find peace, ease, and fulfillment by retreating not into the traditional roles of wife and mother,
... See moreJessica DeFino • Post-Election, Beware 'Self-Care'
The problem with solutions like Esther’s is obvious. They do not address the real problem. After all, our bodies change. They age. They get fatter, weaker, and more brittle over time. If self-esteem is derived from sex appeal, and if sex appeal is based on having a certain kind of body, then what happens when that body begins to see the ravages of
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Many People Have A Fear Of Aging; These Helpers Ask: What If We Aged With Joy Instead?
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