Pamela Redmond Satran has penned a book called How Not to Act Old. I stumbled across her sage advice on More.com, the online version of MORE Magazine which "celebrates" women over 40. Click here to read offending list.
For the 40+ woman concerned that she's actually acting her age, don't do the following:
- Tweet about housework, enjoying time with your mate and family.
- Go to the beach well equipped with gear, food, things you need
- Wear socks to bed with your partner
- Cut your hair short
- Get nostalgic about what happened in the 80s
- Openly discuss hot flashes
- Give advice to young men
Well Ms. Satran, you are entitled to your opinion, and I'm quite sure that there are millions of self-conscious 40+ women getting sucked in, BUT! Damn you More Magazine, when are you going to get it? Size 0 models sporting the fashions we are supposed to desire, the Photo-shopped faces of 40+ women adorning your glossy pages, are making me sick.
Shouldn't celebrating 40+ be focused on celebrating reality? Or have the editors decided that the magazine is about teaching us old broads how to stay 25 or at least wish we could? There is a regular feature called This Is What 50 Looks Like: Madonna. Sure enough, there is a 50 year old female celebrity who has a stylist, personal trainer, nutritionist, full-time Botox administrator, a shelf of wigs photographed through gauze, and we look at her and sigh at our obvious defects.
So now I can't just look old, I also can't ACT OLD????? Hey, here's an idea... maybe More Magazine and Pamela Satran should stop using the word "old" like a dagger and start celebrating women over 40!
Your friend,
Mary Rogers, Age 46
Your friend,
Mary Rogers, Age 46
