Geneviève DeGraves

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[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

[Jenny Nicholson @JennyENicholson]

I feel like not enough streaming services are humble about the fact that they became successful because they were affordable and more convenient than pirating, and they're going to keep making themselves more expensive and less convenient until everybody pirates everything again

[Jennifer Yang @jyangreporter]

Last year, @RedemptionPaws sent 10 dogs to Newfoundland to 'fill the gap' for rescue dogs.

Internal chats show another motive: to send away 'difficult' dogs & those that might contravene Ontario's controversial pitbull ban.

One of those dogs was Mayo.

https://t.co/9aU8h0tpHz

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

@MagsChiff @1andrewbear What a terrible take. My god

[Oleksiy Sorokin @mrsorokaa]

Russia said it “liberated” Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast on March 12, after sixteen days of heavy shelling.

This is how Russian “liberation” looks like. A city of 20,000 people now doesn’t exist.

[prance @bocxtop]

i think it's so cool my ancestors survived plagues, famine, and wars so i could stare at screens until my head hurts

[Steven Del Duca @StevenDelDuca]

It takes a lot to get me angry. Stealing food from the homeless, dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, desecrating Terry Fox's memory, flying Nazi and Confederate flags in my province and at the nation's capital... Yeah, I'm angry and I know you are too.

#onpoli #cdnpoli

[Jess Beau @whatjessbeau]

I think a positive development in society is that we all now hate Bell Let’s Talk Day.

[e taylor @erinisaway]

I’m sorry I didn’t respond to your text, I’ve been losing my mind, let’s catch up soon

[michaela okland @MichaelaOkla]

I’m soooo close to responding to my texts I can feel it. Like if I haven’t replied in weeks I bet I’m going to soooo soon I’m positive

[aubrey @aubreybell]

the crushing weight of 2 manageable tasks

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

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[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

@Radu_Vladislas Happy birthday!

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

Turns out all it takes for Torontonians to acknowledge each other in passing is a snow storm. More snow storms!

[Chapelwaite @Chapelwaite]

We welcome you to our #Chapelwaite Twitter Watch Party TONIGHT at 9PM ET and we will fight the dark. https://t.co/SFrFiLGpeM

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

finale mood!!
#chapelwaite #stephenking #jerusalemslot https://t.co/glphXfVxUO

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

@texaschainsaws Thank you!

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

Can confirm
@ChapelwaiteEPIX

[Ω HMS/AEK/MAS @Radu_Vladislas]

@gdegraves No shit! 😂
Very bad stuff is going to happen
in next week's finale of Chapelwaite! 😈💯

[Geneviève DeGraves @gdegraves]

#Chapelwaite is calling. Are you ready to fight the undead? Join us for a Twitter Watch Party this Halloween at 9PM EST / 6PM PST to see the season finale of @EPIXHD’s Chapelwaite. ps hi I just discovered GIFs 🍎