This week I’m talking about something that’s been sitting heavy with me: the insidious pressure for women to fix their faces as they age — and what happens when you don’t.
I’m not talking about skincare and makeup.
I’m talking about injections, lasers, facelifts, and the growing reality that it’s getting harder and harder to see women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond who haven’t invasively altered their faces — especially online.
I talk about:
* Why this feels eerily similar to growing up with zero body-size diversity
* How comparison gets warped when you’re looking at untouched faces vs. touched faces
* The isolation that can creep in when you’re choosing not to participate (or can’t)
* And why visibility actually matters more than we want to admit
This isn’t about judgment.
It’s about naming the pressure, the privilege, and the very real mental toll of where we are — and making space for women who are opting out, quietly wondering if they’re the only ones.
If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought, Is something wrong with me for not fixing this? This episode is for you.
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Here's the episode about Martha Stewart.
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