Hooray for this and Grandma Jo! Thank god she has red hair. Your observations and emphasis on representation are so true. Great article and I wholeheartedly agree.
By the way, my hope for my hair as an older woman is what happened to my Granny's. Like me, she was red haired and it basically turned ...pink! How great and defiant is that?! Fingers crossed...
Grandma Jo sounds like my kind of woman! I hate the idea of us having to shrink and give up our personalities as we get older. This was such an interesting read. Only one in four films showing an elder woman who doesn’t feed into stereotypes should be shocking but I can easily believe it.
I love her. I imagine she probably wears purple and spits in the street?
Haha - she’s not full Jenny Joseph then ☺️
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/warning/
Oh gosh I'd forgotten all about that poem! Its brilliant isn't it 🤩
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Haha! Well I don't think she spits in the street - she's a classy broad - but she's definitely not twin-set and pearls 😜
Hooray for this and Grandma Jo! Thank god she has red hair. Your observations and emphasis on representation are so true. Great article and I wholeheartedly agree.
Thanks Aniela, I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. It's a small act of defiance, but it feels good 😊
By the way, my hope for my hair as an older woman is what happened to my Granny's. Like me, she was red haired and it basically turned ...pink! How great and defiant is that?! Fingers crossed...
Amazing! Love that 🤩
Grandma Jo sounds like my kind of woman! I hate the idea of us having to shrink and give up our personalities as we get older. This was such an interesting read. Only one in four films showing an elder woman who doesn’t feed into stereotypes should be shocking but I can easily believe it.
Thanks Tinuke and I'm with you - no shrinking! Are there any older characters in films or books you think defy the stereotypes?