“Beauty Expiration Date -Best Used By” Sally Edelstein Mixed media 10” x 12”
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is a short one in our youth culture, one lasting only a third of our life expectancy.
Women’s attractiveness seems at best highly perishable. Not unlike a container of milk there seems to be an expiration date, a best-used by date of about 30 years.
The insistence that there is an arbitrary expiration date for women and their perceived beauty has not lessened its strong grip. In fact, it has only accelerated as more fillers, serums, and procedures lay in wait to correct the “problems,” fix the “flaws,” and reverse signs of aging.
To turn back time.
Time marches on, and I’m happy to walk to the beat of my own drum.
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