Catch up with my latest column for The Daily Beast: women, ageing and the Botox insanity...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/25/nicole-kidman-botox-insanity-why-all-women-lose-out-when-we-obsess-over-stars-faces.html
...how do we learn to love our bodies for what they do, rather than how they look? How can we value ourselves more, not less, as we age? I don’t have the answer (but I’m pretty sure it’s not cosmetic surgery). We need to challenge the external messages and the internal voice which tells us we’re ugly, old or fat. In the words of Naomi Wolf: “She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/25/nicole-kidman-botox-insanity-why-all-women-lose-out-when-we-obsess-over-stars-faces.html
...how do we learn to love our bodies for what they do, rather than how they look? How can we value ourselves more, not less, as we age? I don’t have the answer (but I’m pretty sure it’s not cosmetic surgery). We need to challenge the external messages and the internal voice which tells us we’re ugly, old or fat. In the words of Naomi Wolf: “She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
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