Buckle Up | The Old Ladies Rebellion Is Launching In 2011
Body |Beauty | Culture The November 2010 issue of Vogue Italia reminds us that ‘No Body Is Perfect”, although Lily Donaldson’s, lensed by Corrine Day, looks pretty darn gorgeous to us.
Surrounded by young and beautiful bodies, the women of France, Italy and Brazil continue to celebrate their peak beauty well into their forties. Psychologically, they go down the other side of the beauty mountain slowly, in a beauty continuum of youth to aging women.
American women believe we peak at about 28. As for maximum beauty in our forties? Forget it; we believe we’re all washed up, according to more than one study.
Anne writes today about this challenge for American women in particular, revisiting not only her theme of the need for an ‘old ladies rebellion’ in America and around the world, but giving us a taste of what’s coming in 2011.
We promise you that Anne of Carversville will shake up cyberspace in 2011.
On topics of beauty, aging, health and being sensual and superyoung, the good news for women will be spectacular. Self-discipline, self-love, and a belief in scientific facts are required.
Beyond that, you will fly high when we’re finished readjusting your self-image thermostat in the coming year. Below is Alex b, a woman in her sixties. Read on Vogue Italia Declares ‘No Body Is Perfect’ | Old Ladies Rebellion Update.
Alex b, lensed by Elisabeth Jakobsen
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IT'S ABOUT TIME us women began to understand that what we see as beautiful, and aspire to be in our magazines etc. are about a dozen women who have been airbrushed and such, starved as they are (not only physically but also spiritually and emotionally) to create an unreal, artifical concept of beauty we lap up and aspire to become.
STOP IT WOMEN - just STOP IT! Over 4 billion of us DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT AND NEVER WILL, unless we also are airbrushed & have all the other resources these gals do.
It's time we taught our daughters NOW, that we are ALL BEAUTIFUL, each in our own way. Wake up and stop the insanity of trying to look like what we are NOT and begin to LOVE WHAT WE ARE.
After doing it all, dieting, make-up tricks (which are still fun) starving, exercising myself to death, in my 60th year I have come to the conclusion that all that time and money spent on this senseless persuit didn't change how I perceived myself INSIDE, which get's reflected OUTSIDE, thus I was no more beautiful than I originally thought.
Now I love every LUSH POUND in excess of what I'm supposed to weigh, and love all the quirks, wrinkles (earned through the fullness of my life experiences, many of which were horrific but are now healed), and love the sags that allow me to relax into myself and enjoy persuing my passions without fussing over the look of the package. I love and am grateful for the softness of my body where others can fall as I embrace them with love and give comfort. Now - that means something to me and thus I am MOST BEAUTIFUL just the way I am!
Thanks for being passionate about this subject Elfie!