Women not only bear the brunt of the equation of beauty with youth, we perpetuate it–every time we dye our hair to cover the gray or lie about our age, not to mention have plastic surgery to cover the signs of aging.

Ashton Applewhite
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The way we live and the way we look is connected and how we look and feel is our own choice. It is our life and it is up to us to make the right decision for ourselves. Whether we dye our hair or not, whether we go under the knife or not, is up to us. It has nothing to do with what society thinks of us, how they want us to be or how they want us to look.The only thing that we should be concerned about is if we can still function and can still be happy.

Source: This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism

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