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Hag Horror: Older Women in Film

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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The Future of the HAG?

I like to think that we're moving to a place where we're getting used to seeing older women. Judy, Dench and Helen Merrin have pretty much cornered the market for that. I remember there was some photos of Cindy Crawford when she was in her 40s and they were like oh she looks great for 40. There's a sense of invisibility when you get to a certain point. So it'd be nice for women in their 40s and 50s don't suddenly feel like they're invisible anymore or that they don't matter.

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