Stop the presses. Two women who used to look a certain way, now look different.
Renee Zellweger had the audacity to change her look. Now, Uma Thurman has done so! CTV put it this way: “Uma Thurman has Zellwegered her face.” And if you follow the CTV link, you can use a slider to examine her before and after pictures, which is your right, as a consumer of media!!!!!!
- What have they DONE to themselves?
- Does it matter?
- Who are we to ask?
- What do they owe us?
- Should we expect to see them always the same?
- What are we entitled to?
- Should they have asked our permission to change/age/alter/be-without-makeup/whatever?
- Will this hurt their career?
- Will people long for how we used to know them?
- Have we ever REALLY known them?
- Was age to blame?
- Are they ageing?
- Can’t they stop that?
- Are we capable of accepting them as older people?
- They’re not in their 40s are they?
- Do we end up feeling older by looking at them age/change their look?
- Do we value wisdom or elders?
- Do we fear death?
- Who makes us so ageist?
- Can we blame corporations, the corporate media, consumer culture, celebrity worship?
- Can we blame ourselves?
- Is it our fault that this is even a story?
- Have I asked all the questions that need to be asked?