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There& #39;s an inherent unfairness in ageist body expectations & beauty standards. I& #39;d argue that Helen Mirren @ 75 looks more bangin than Taylor Swift @ 30. There& #39;s a certain serenity, acceptance, love in the way HM carries herself that TS hasn& #39;t yet earned. #DeepThought Thread 1/6
I probs had a better *looking* body at 18 or 25, but I have a better *feeling* body now at 45, after 2 babies, more than a decade of hula training, and a healthier diet. I& #39;m more aware, prouder of my body& #39;s power & beauty. My scars & jiggles & stretch marks each tell a story 2/6
It& #39;s unfair to diminish Blanche from Golden Girls (it always circles back to GG dunnit) as "the slut." I think that Blanche simply had the most complicated relationship w/ her body & sexuality than all the other GGs, having been raised as "a lady" in the antebellum South. 3/6
When she got to be A Certain Age™, Blanche just leaned in to having a bangin bod & loving sex. But we as a Western/American society had to play that up for laughs bc our Puritanical values forbid us from taking pleasure in our bodies or in growing older. Youth=beauty, here. 4/6
I& #39;m researching 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇭" title="Flagge der Philippinen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Philippinen"> Babaylan studies & the call of the indigenous for a WIP & I want to reclaim the power & wisdom that our Babaylan cultivated abt the body & its journey. (That& #39;s a whole TED talk for another time) I& #39;ll leave y& #39;all w/ this from Leny Mendoza Strobel& #39;s BABAYLAN 5/6
Babaylan studies & the call of the indigenous for a WIP & I want to reclaim the power & wisdom that our Babaylan cultivated abt the body & its journey. (That& #39;s a whole TED talk for another time) I& #39;ll leave y& #39;all w/ this from Leny Mendoza Strobel& #39;s BABAYLAN 5/6" title="I& #39;m researching https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇭" title="Flagge der Philippinen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Philippinen"> Babaylan studies & the call of the indigenous for a WIP & I want to reclaim the power & wisdom that our Babaylan cultivated abt the body & its journey. (That& #39;s a whole TED talk for another time) I& #39;ll leave y& #39;all w/ this from Leny Mendoza Strobel& #39;s BABAYLAN 5/6" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Love your whole Self. Love your body, at every age, in any state. Scars are the mark of a warrior who& #39;s fought well. Jiggles mean you love food & drink & life. Stretch marks mean you& #39;re growing. Celebrate your body often, alone or w/ another. You& #39;re bangin, just as you arehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Funkelndes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Funkelndes Herz">6/6
(I kindof love that a T*ylor Sw*ft fan account bot just RT& #39;ed this thread that starts "Helen Mirren is more bangin than TS")
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