Permanent Retrograde

Permanent Retrograde

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No, We're Not Trying to Look Younger. We're Trying Not to Die.

No, We're Not Trying to Look Younger. We're Trying Not to Die.

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Mar 31, 2025
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Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE (2024) - Coralie Fargeat

Every think piece about cosmetic procedures frames the conversation identically: vanity, patriarchy, fear of irrelevance, women pathetically clinging to youth. The writers smugly assume we’re trying to fool people into thinking we’re still 25.

We aren’t.

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