First off - not scared or ashamed of aging and don’t consider over 55 a time where I lose anything about myself, including looks. • Second - aging is beautiful and a celebration of living this amazing life .🙌🏻💯 • I read a post yesterday from an amazing menopause educator I follow who referenced an article in The Guardian on how looks are lost after menopause. Needless to say, I stand with her on her philosophy and opinions. And call out negative ageism bullsh*t for what it is - BS💩. • Let me share a snippet of The Guardian article titled: Women shouldn’t be scared of ageing – the loss of looks can liberate us. ⬇️ “For there is something oddly cleansing about the loss of one’s looks, as there is about letting go of anything once hoarded. It’s not so much a feeling of relief as a challenge, a brutal but necessary rite of passage which with luck can still open the door to something interesting; an era when looks alone are not enough, when the millions who were never gorgeous enough to trade on their faces may come into their own, and the beautiful have to think of other ways to get by.” • WTF🖕🏻and this reaches far beyond us menopausal gals but cutting down all women not beautiful to worldly standards. I suppose we’re all lumped into some sort of barrel of needing to come into our own. • It’s articles like this that continue to embrace body comparison and feed insecurity about ourselves. • I am one voice of many who are tired of the negative ageism BS and continued misrepresentation of aging. • So another 🖕🏻to that because this is 55 - this is menopausal - this is healthy. Thanks hubby for snapping this pic on the boat last week and timely for this post. • P.S. - love to all my menopause sisters out there because you’re badass and beautiful!💜🙌🏻 . . . #thisis55 #ageinghoweverthefuckyouwant #agingisbeautiful #werenotoldhags #embraceyourage https://www.instagram.com/p/B1KHbYPDYUI/?igshid=j41x26wrur6j