Madonna smartly acknowledges the vitriol she receives is much to do with her refusing to fade into oblivion. Botox, microneedling, fillers or face-lifts are derided, almost as if a woman’s duty is to curl up and die instead of living her best life.

No one was talking about “older men” even though there were many in their 40s and older on the red carpet, and many articles about best-dressed men at the Golden Globes. Men do not require this classifier.

Let us embrace growing older as a signifier of how far we have come in our lives, struggling, defying and yet holding on to our dignity? What holds us back from doing so?

82-year-old Jane Fonda is in news for sporting a grey pixie cut at the 92nd Academy Awards. Even in 2020 it is a big deal if a women embraces her greys.

A certain entitled gent took it upon himself to “remind” Mini Mathur, that it was “Botox time,” because clearly she didn’t live up to his idea of how a 40 something mother of three kids is supposed to look, at least on television screen.

“So I was in the pool,” wrote a young and very delightful girl I follow on Twitter, “and an old aunty, really old, like 40, clawed at me.” My heart skipped a beat at the “really old, like 40.” I read it again. “Old aunty.” I laughed it off, I told the girl who tweeted […]

Nicole Kidman is having the time of her life. On Tuesday night, the 49-year-old actress gave a motivating speech about defying ageism in Hollywood. She was there to collect an award for the Best Film Actress at the 14th Annual British Glamour Awards held at the Berkeley Square Gardens in London. Nicole Kidman: “I am changing […]