“This is the gap I am stepping into: Not to shame women who refuse to age, but to offer an alternative.”
“I see the distinct lack of visibility of women my age looking their age, proudly and beautifully. And this is the gap I’m stepping into: not to shame women who refuse to age, but to offer an alternative. Self-acceptance is, after all, the one thing age has over youth. – P.P.
Hmmmm.
Oh Paulina, that GENE pool of yours. This is not a hate piece. You’re funny. You’re smart. You’re fierce. You’re gutsy. And congrats on the new book. But I am stating … you are not so great a representative for the rest of us … and we’re Glorious Broads. You, Paulina, are the blonde prototype of Goddess.
You’re a damn good writer. I often eat up your Instagram. Your causes. And often roll my eyes on your “invisible” rap …
When companies ask you to represent “middle aged” women – fighting “invisible” (which I’ve have always RUN from – you demand being visible!) — that Laura Geller Campaign this summer — “Let’s get old together” – swanning around with your spectacuar body that – supposedly — represents the rest of us as we’re aging together? No. Buzz kill.
You have NEVER been invisible.
We Glorious Broads say NO to this invisible shit.
No no no.
Nobody is invisible if they choose NOT to be.
But what do you think out there? Does Paulina represent “us?”
PS. I put this on IG. Got lots of comments. And I realized — duh — that of course there is no one woman who represents “us” — but I do give P.P. credit for creating a very distinct voice. That I do. And I blame marketers for hiring this goddess as representing “us” — and doing some women damage. And still say — she was never ever ever invisible.