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08-08-2014 09:55 PM
So. Naturally. Ageless.
FROM
3/25/14
Gloria Steinem at 80: She Looks Good and Everyone Wants Her to Know It
...one of the strongest, most thoughtful feminists I know still hides in one-piece bathing suits to conceal her two Cesarean scars. And one of the most hypocritical feminists I know (that is, one who loves feminism but dislikes women) had plastic surgery to remove the tiny scar that gave her face character.Perhaps we'll only be fully at ease with ourselves when we appreciate scars as symbols of experience, often experiences that other women share, and see our bodies as unique chapters in a shared story.To do that, we need to be together unselfconciously. We need the regular sight of diverse reality to wear away the plastic-stereotypical-perfect image against which we've each been taught to measure our selves. The impossible goal of "what we should look like" has worn a groove in our brains. it will take the constant intimacy of many new images to blast it out.
08-08-2014 10:37 PM
PLEASE do me a favor & do NOT get this thread poofed!
It took a LOT of configuring to get it to post properly.
THANKS.
08-08-2014 10:43 PM
I hope I look that good when I'm 80!
08-08-2014 10:54 PM
OP, thank you, but get ready for a bumpy ride here. Many here still refer to feminism as just a bunch of libs who burned their bras and who ruined society as we know it. I kid you not.
08-08-2014 11:18 PM
On 8/8/2014 soonersis said:I hope I look that good when I'm 80!
Me too, if we're so blessed to reach that age and be healthy & happy. 8)
08-08-2014 11:29 PM
On 8/8/2014 suzyQ3 said:OP, thank you, but get ready for a bumpy ride here. Many here still refer to feminism as just a bunch of libs who burned their bras and who ruined society as we know it. I kid you not.
You're most welcome, and I concur; that's why I posted my plea. I know that some have a hard time leaving certain thoughts in the past.
But I hope that we only have totally-present chicks here, and that they remember that this thread is about beauty of all kinds.
BTW, I think my boobs were 'in training' then, but I would have scorched that fabric anyway.
08-08-2014 11:38 PM
Hi feline groovy, thank you so much for posting this great article, I really enjoyed reading it. Only can hope to have her beauty and energy if I get close to 80!!!
08-08-2014 11:39 PM
I love her quote, "Well, I should comment on your appearance but I don't have the time."
*waving at Feline*
eta: This is not in reference to any of the posts here. Promise. :-)
08-08-2014 11:40 PM
It's still about how wonderful she looks at 80, so how much progress was really made? You can look at this board and the women who are simply terrified of being old, of not looking 10 years younger, and chasing youth and beauty for self esteem.
08-08-2014 11:59 PM
On 8/8/2014 spikeysmom said:Hi feline groovy, thank you so much for posting this great article, I really enjoyed reading it. Only can hope to have her beauty and energy if I get close to 80!!!
You're so very welcome, Spikey! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did, and I'm right there with ya in your wishes. 8)
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