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Feb 2023
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Why Aren't Women Allowed to Wrinkle? EmR...

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Women and femme presenting people spend billions of dollars annually to try and appear younger and slow down the inevitable: aging. Today I reference some of my favorite writing on women and getting older and talk about why so may of us fear losing our youth and discuss the how (and if!) we can change the way we think about age and beauty. Learn more about y ... Show More
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