Mentoring Young Girls

How refreshing is Kate Winslet ? In her interview in the February issue of Instyle Magazine, she stated that she is a normal human being. She said that she doesn't have any desire to change her body as a result of having two kids. Wouldn't it be wonderful if more Hollywood stars would talk like that. I thought it was interesting that the only older women (over 45), that were interviewed on the red carpet at the Golden Globe awards recently were Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange. Both of them wore their sunglasses during the interview. They didn't wear revealing dresses. What were they afraid that the cameras would catch ? They are beautiful middle-aged women who are aging normally. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see some lines on a face or a less than hour glass figure on the red carpet. What would be even better would be for fashion magazines to have more pictures of stars over 45 who have a normal body and a normal face that might have a line or two or a body that might be a little thicker around the middle but still very attractive.

Famous men in magazines can show signs of aging, a bit heavier around the middle and in the face, and no one says anything. In fact, the richer they are the more acceptable it seems to the public. Look at Billy Joel and his young wife probably more than 20 years his junior, he is not exactly svelt. You see alot of older male stars in all these magazines, John Travolta, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, no one comments in the magazines on how they have aged. Where are the female stars their ages ?

All the older male singers are making a comeback, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springtein, Paul McCartney. In fact, Paul Mc Cartney was interviewed last night on the Colbert Report and he was being very cutesy. He didn't seem to have any problem being seen with a bit of saggy skin around the face, receding hairline, etc... Would an important woman his age be interviewed on TV whose face was losing a bit of the definition that she might have had when she was younger ? We don't see any form of realistic aging of women in a status position on TV.

Hilary Rodham Clinton is the exception. Women should be talking to their young daughters whether they are 10 or 30 about how good it is to see a woman of intellect and power running for President of the United States. How wonderful she looks as a normal woman, not stick thin and unhealthy as a model. How good her face looks without having to have a have a unnecessary and not very attractive face lift.

Does anyone talk to girls about what a lifetime of dieting, which many of the models have to do to fit societal unrealistic standards, does to you bones ? Women who don't eat well, are at risk of developing osteoporosis later in life. I could go on and on.
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