🧵Rachel Simmons Madonna’s face was trending at last night Grammy’s. Observers tweeted their astonishment at her apparent use of plastic surgery. “Fans ‘so confused’ by Madonna’s ‘new face’ at Grammys 2023,” went the headline in the New York Post’s Page Six.
“Whaaaaaat happened to Madonna’s face?! #GRAMMYs,” said one typical message.
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It’s become a sport to ridicule female celebrities who rely on cosmetic surgery. It’s way easier to diminish Madonna as an individual than question why so many women feel the need to do this in the first place.
Ageism is real, and it cuts way deeper than the knives women or needles women allow on their faces. Last year, in a survey of 6000 women over 50, 2/3 said they experienced age discrimination regularly and that it took a toll on their mental health.
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