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The Art of Aging
At a time when the coronavirus pandemic is revealing a deeply held prejudice towards older adults, it is a delight […]
Older Women Rock!
Wow. I have just found this amazing project Older Women Rock! by Leah Thorn. The project is about exploring and […]
Old, beautiful bodies
Once again I have found an artist who is doing wonderful work on the ageing body beautiful. Jade Beall […]
Sexy, sassy and over 50
‘Sexy, sassy and over 50’. That’s the subheading given to a feature recently published in Huff/Post 50. The […]
The Twiggy effect? Older women as models in fashion and beauty campaigns
Over the past 12 months there’s been an increase in the number of female celebrities aged 50 and older appearing […]
Middle-aged women, nakedness and sex: Making the invisible visible
Two articles published 24 hours apart in the lifestyle sections of two very different UK news websites covered similar […]
Playboy models then and now
New York magazine recently ran an article on Playboy models then and now. It featured six women who had posed […]
LISTEN: Rebecca Hains discusses #TruthInAds & body image on CBC Radio
Originally posted on Dr. Rebecca Hains:
Yesterday, I spoke with CBC Radio about the Brave Girls Alliance’s #TruthInAds campaign, explaining why we’re…
We’re 40… getting ready for sex is like prepping for a space mission!
Here’s a clip from the television sitcom Cougar Town which shows an interchange between the three main female characters: Jules […]
Lack of confidence and feeling invisible to men: Is middle-age really that bad for women?
A study of 2000 women aged 45 and older carried out by A.Vogel (a herbal supplement company)* released its […]
Beauty in older women: Exhibition launch July 2014
You might remember one of my earlier blog posts about this project. I am delighted to say that it is […]
The 50 over 50 project: Women, ageing, identity, and appearance. Exhibition July 2014
UPDATE the exhibition will run 3-10 July 2014 at the University of Brighton. Further details can be found here: […]
Photoshop in action: Remoulding the female body
In case you haven’t seen it already, below is the video ‘Body Evolution’ by GlobalDemocracy.com. It offers a fantastic […]
Bodies, beauty, and burlesque: Artist celebrates ageing femininity
Stephanie Diani is a Los Angeles-based photographer who has produced this wonderful project The Legends of Burlesque. It […]
Beauty in older women: Artist seeks models
I’ve just found out about this wonderful photographic project entitled Beauty in Older Women by Edo Zollo. I’ve pasted the […]
Artists celebrate the beauty of women’s bodies, young and old
Regular visitors to my site will know that I love to write posts about artists who, in their work, […]
More on artists celebrating older female bodies
The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, from his wonderful collection Mature, 1999. This work beautifully captures ageing femininity and challenges the depictions […]
Capturing the (older) body beautiful: Artists celebrate ageing and femininity
I’m pleased to include this addition to my earlier post Older women as works of art: Artists celebrate older bodies […]
‘Anti-ageing’ cosmetic surgery soars in the UK
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has released its figures for the number of cosmetic surgery procedures carried […]
Dr. Sharron Hinchliff 