Catherine Milford

Everything to do with good Kiwi food on a budget. Eat well, feel well and keep the change! @eatscooksreads on Facebook and Instagram.

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@yvonnemax There are worse ways to go than with a yum cereal.

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Jeez. I’ve seen more vitriol over @Schofe than I have over Dahmer. Cancel culture is devastating. Calm down, vultures. #cancelled #CancelCulture #Schofield #calmdown

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@MrHawksworth @DarrenAltman @watskaz66 Eamonn Holmes is doing the worst PR job on himself. He sounds angry and bitter. Who would trust him now? He clearly has an agenda.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

@ FeministNews

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@washingtonpost @JCHanson1 know anyone looking for a job? 🤣🤣🦅🦅🐥

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@newcastleguy @tonyblackburn Noel would be very well received on NZ TV too.

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@tonyblackburn We do that here in NZ - even as Brits, we hone the craft of nonsensical comfort. Hope you are ok; you’re an irreplaceable part of my childhood. Long may the top 20 rule.

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@damienmgrant This is one of the saddest threads I’ve read in a very long time. Don’t think I’ll ever understand bigotry. Why are you so scared about @shaneellall having a voice?

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We have to keep up with the basics, so that we have a head start at least; over the big s**t like these floods. Clean, clear drainage would help.

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@liamdann In all my many years of living in Auckland I have never seen so little care and maintenance of drains, sumps a storm water pipes. No one ever even sweeps gutters, which was very regular back in the day.

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@SeanPlunket @sineadboucher I don’t get why people like you ‘dare’ those who choose to stand up. It’s not school. They don’t want to engage with you because it’s not worth their while.

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@OpinionFest1 @danwootton I’d probably listen to those of us who are actually in Nz, and stop talking shit. Like we all said.

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@1yarders @danwootton Speak for yourself!

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@Welshbeuno @danwootton She’s actually resigned; says she doesn’t have enough in the tank any more to give her all to the job. As a Brit in NZ, I’m so glad I’m here; it’s a better place to live rn

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@UnlikelyBot Ummm… you know Jimmy Kimmel isn’t British, right? It’s horrid and mean. But unfortunately it’s a clear indication that no-one likes a whining tattletale.

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@MatthewHootonNZ Yeah I read this. Absolutely nothing suspicious about this at all…

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@FrogRecruitment Totally depends on circumstances. If it meant a fairer work life, and I wasn’t being ripped off - then yes.

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@lornaexplorernz Today is your ‘nailed it’ day. You’ve got to the end in true style. It’s a good day ❤️‍🔥💕

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@Jenene Congratulations Nats. Incentive to buy the table of 10… oh wait, it’s a supermarket special.

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@teresasmithboo1 @kiwi_outlaw @KensingtonRoyal Exactly my thoughts. Timing, respect and context are skills that don’t seem understood here.