No, Sharon, you erase yourselves

Sharon Stone says “in America, we erase women after 40”

She’s made that statement after having enough cosmetic work done as to be unrecognisable.

Women in America are not “erased” without their own acquiesence to it. Women who run for botox at the first wrinkle or who get their faces pulled so tight they can’t close their eyes, or who constantly have themselves “primed” invalidate themselves. They signal to the world that the world’s obsession with youthful beauty is, in fact, a correct and legitimate obsession. They disown themselves and all the gifts and wisdom that come with age by obliterating any evidence of it.

I’m not an Annette Benning fan. I once heard her make the very shallow and thoughtless remark that virginity “is unimportant,” which tells me she’s never really thought about it. But she is a lady who has made a point of looking her age. And I can respect that. I think she looks great.

March Hare has some thoughts for Sharon.