The girlies confront one of humanity’s oldest anxieties — our fear of aging. From Cleopatra’s donkey milk baths to ten-year-old girls putting Drunk Elephant eye creams on their Christmas lists, they explore how women have always been encouraged to prolong youth at their own expense. Digressions include *that* horrifying NYT article, mixed feelings about going grey, and some treasured wisdom from our older binchies.

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Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: Life Extension and History: The Continual Search for the Fountain of Youth
Babies’ skin is already perfect. Dior wants to sell them a skincare line
Charting: A Brief History of Anti-Aging
History Lesson: Centuries Of Anti-Aging Products
Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body
No Truth to the Fountain of Youth
The Craziest Things People Have Done to Try and Stay Young
The Double Standard of Aging by Susan Sontag
The “Invisibility” War on Older Women
The 10-Year-Olds Using Drunk Elephant Beauty Products
'There's no ethical way to sell products that target signs of aging'
They Always Say the Younger You Start, the Better
Powerless in the Face of Beauty: Helena Rubinstein at the Jewish Museum
Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl
Why Americans Are Uniquely Afraid to Grow Old
Woman in Retrograde
Women, Power, and Aging: An Introduction

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