After perusing a recent issue of People in my chiropractor’s waiting room yesterday afternoon, I’m convinced that the magazine and pop culture is more vapid than ever.
According to People, Entertainment Weekly and a host of other periodicals and websites, there’s not much more to life than trying to stay young and sexy.
Anybody my age really doesn’t have much usefulness if I believe these purveyors of cultural standards. It’s even worse for women; life seems to be over by 40.
The celebrity mags and websites are full of “beautiful” people flaunting their surgically enhanced bodies on the beach and elsewhere. Such a depiction of life is deceiving. We all age. We gain weight. We get wrinkles. A woman’s value is not determined by the breast enlargements made at the hands of a plastic surgeon.
I'm to surprised to see Jennifer Love-Hewitt on the cover. The media disses her because of her cellulite. She says she doesn't care and won't succumb to the Hollywood mentality. I hope that's the case.
ReplyDeleteTry BEING a woman and living in this world. It's awful! Then try getting a job if you don't measure up. Glass ceilings, constant scrutiny because of age and appearance makes life very discourageing sometimes.