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>> WHEN PEOPLE SAY ABOUT OLDER
WOMEN.
HELEN MIRREN.
PEOPLE SAY, SHE LOOKS SO GREAT
AT 50.
WHY DON'T THEY JUST SAY SHE
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, PERIOD.
>> I THINK MICHELLE OBAMA'S
BIGGEST LEGACY IS THIS NEW IMAGE
THAT SHE IS EXPANDING THIS
NARROW NARRATIVE OF WHAT AN
AMERICAN WOMAN LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT DOES AN AMERICAN BEAUTY
THAT SHE HAS STATURE AND
SUBSTANCE AND HIPS AND LIPS AND
BLACK FROM A DISTANCE AND HER
HAIR CHANGES.
THESE THINGS ARE NEW TO THIS
LEVEL OF CELEBRITY.
I'M ALSO TURNING 50 THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME AS
WELL TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH EASE.
50-YEAR-OLD WOMEN REMIND PEOPLE
THAT PEOPLE AGE.
OFTEN, THIS IS THE TIME THAT
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT SAY WHO WE
ARE AND NOT SAY HOW OLD WE ARE
AND NOT BE PROUD OF THIS BIG
JUICY LIFE WE GET TO CELEBRATE