Older women are as varied and individual as we have ever been | Letters
Much of this advice is well intentioned, but collectively it can make growing older seem like another job we are expected to perform.
Key points
- We are encouraged to exercise more, eat better, remain productive, find our purpose and keep reinventing ourselves.
- Here is a woman who doesn’t feel obliged to turn ageing into another self-improvement project.
- She can be angry, grumpy, less adventurous than she once was, and still enjoy her life.
Thank you, Jo Brand, for not offering us a formula for growing older, writes Dr Denise Taylor.
Plus a letter from Louise Mothersole I found Jo Brand’s reflections on approaching 70 wonderfully refreshing (‘It’s far too late for me to go to the gym every 10 minutes’: Jo Brand on ageing, raging, fitness and grief, 2 November).
Additional details
- We hear so much about ageing well, ageing positively and ageing successfully.
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