Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old
Thoughts on ageing as a woman
Brooke Shields
- From
- generational
- icon
- Brooke
- Shields
- comes
- an
- intimate
- and
- empowering
- exploration
- of
- ageing
- that
- flips
- the
- script
- on
- the
- idea
- of
- what
- it
- means
- for
- a
- woman
- to
- grow
- olderBrooke
- Shields
- has
- spent
- a
- lifetime
- in
- the
- public
- eye.
- Growing
- up
- as
- a
- child
- actor
- and
- model,
- her
- every
- feature
- was
- scrutinised,
- her
- every
- decision
- judged.
- Today
- Brooke
- faces
- a
- different
- kind
- of
- scrutiny:
- that
- of
- being
- a
- 'woman
- of
- a
- certain
- age'.And
- yet,
- for
- Brooke,
- the
- passage
- of
- time
- has
- brought
- freedom.
- At
- fifty-nine,
- she
- feels
- more
- comfortable
- in
- her
- skin,
- more
- empowered
- and
- confident
- than
- she
- did
- decades
- ago
- in
- those
- famous
- Calvin
- Kleins.
- Now,
- in
- Brooke
- Shields
- Is
- Not
- Allowed
- to
- Get
- Old,
- she's
- changing
- the
- narrative
- about
- women
- and
- ageing.This
- is
- an
- era,
- insists
- Brooke,
- when
- women
- are
- reclaiming
- agency
- and
- power,
- not
- receding
- into
- the
- shadows.
- These
- are
- the
- years
- when
- we
- get
- to
- decide
- how
- we
- want
- to
- live
- -
- when
- we
- get
- to
- write
- our
- own
- stories.With
- remarkable
- candour,
- Brooke
- bares
- all,
- painting
- a
- vibrant
- and
- optimistic
- picture
- of
- being
- a
- woman
- in
- the
- prime
- of
- her
- life,
- while
- dismantling
- the
- myths
- that
- have,
- for
- too
- long,
- dimmed
- that
- perception.
- Sharing
- her
- own
- life
- experiences
- with
- humour
- and
- humility,
- and
- weaving
- together
- research
- and
- reporting,
- Brooke
- takes
- aim
- at
- the
- systemic
- factors
- that
- contribute
- to
- age-related
- bias.By
- turns
- inspiring,
- moving,
- and
- galvanising,
- Brooke's
- honesty
- and
- vulnerability
- will
- resonate
- with
- women
- everywhere,
- and
- spark
- a
- new
- conversation
- about
- the
- power
- and
- promise
- of midlife.
