Age shaming, you have no power over me. I can see through you and I know where you came from. You were invented by the industries that make billions of dollars by brainwashing women into feeling bad about themselves so that they can sell them ‘the solution’ e.g. outrageously overpriced and often utterly useless or even harmful products and services.

Cosmetics, fashion, cosmetic surgery, diets, total makeovers, TV reality shows… It’s all about the fake problem of women ‘losing their looks’ and having their life ‘ruined’ because of that. This so-called ‘problem’ was invented mainly for the purpose of milking women for their money, but also to keep the male dominated society as is.

There are no total makeover TV shows for men, for only we, females, have been trained from a young age to believe that only youth and desirability are of any value in a woman. No one cares about our wisdom and years of experiences — that only counts if you are male.

But the truth is, as elephants know, the wisdom of a female that comes with her age is infinitely more precious than fake beauty and forced ‘youthful’ looks. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. But it took me years and a career in media and advertising before I was able to distinguish between the things of true value and fake, dirty, and deplorable marketing tricks.

I felt old at 30 thanks to the way women are treated and brainwashed in our society. My youth was withering away, oh my, oh my! Soon, no men would ever look at me again and see me as a desirable piece of meat! Oh, I lamented, is there a faith worse than that?!

Guess what, there is a faith much worse than that and it comes from believing these lies. The lies that deliberately shame and devalue you as a human being. The truth, however, is that people who truly care for you will always care for you and not for your youth and appearance. You can celebrate losing the rest of the lot, for getting rid of them is the best that could ever happen to you.

And now I turned 50. What a beautiful age. I refuse to be brainwashed ever again and I raise my middle finger at the abusive industries and anyone else who’d try. I feel good in my skin. I gained weight and I don’t care. I have a couple of grays and I’m not going to hide them. I couldn’t care less whether men look at me or not, for I feel free and better about myself than I ever did.

I’m done with the abuse. I’m done with shaming. I’m done with feeling bad about myself. So for me, this is the best year ever.

Don’t let anyone ever make you feel bad about your age!

In fact, I would never want to be young again. I do not mourn my youth in the least, for it was a time of high anxiety, insecurity, fear, abuse, and way too much money spent on cosmetics, clothes, and lingerie in hope that these things would raise my confidence. They did not, for they cannot. That kind of ‘confidence’ is faker than fake news.

True confidence can only come from within and it has nothing to do with your makeup, hair, Botox, surgery, and clothes. It’s insane how much money women spend on these things and it’s getting worse by the year. This is the result of brainwashing we keep receiving on a massive scale.

The numbers are mind-boggling and the facts behind them outright insulting.

The fact, for instance, that the same cosmetic ingredients tend to cost a lot more when packaged for women than when offered to men. The fact that comparable clothes and haircut for women come at a higher price. The fact that it is a lot more expensive to be a woman while women on average still earn notably less than men.

But that’s not even the worst part of the problem. What should really make you stop and think is how much damage this is causing to your health and the environment. Women and the related industries are among the worst polluters on earth.

The negative impact, for instance, of toxins and chemicals in hair colors alone is horrendous. Over 75% of women in the States dye their hair. And for what purpose?! They are literally willing to destroy the environment so that they can feel ‘better’ about themselves.

Because that’s what happens when you wash toxins down the drain so that they not only damage your health, but poison oceans and rivers too.

Nail polish and nail polish removers, similar story. Fake nails, there you go again. Not to mention the toxic chemicals in other products you so badly ‘need,’ or non-biodegradable clothes you throw away after wearing them once or twice, for a girl must have a closet full of what she doesn’t really need.

So much for how reasonable we are when it comes to our looks.

Do you really want to be that person? How does that make you look and feel better about yourself? Fact is, you are being viciously duped and played so that businesses could profit big from your insecurities. They couldn’t care less about you or the environment, so stop playing the game and paying them to continue with the abuse!