Petra Bagust
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You know, like it's a very, very useful organ skin.
It's amazing.
Yes.
And looking good does make you feel better.
Otherwise there wouldn't be a charity called Look Good Feel Better.
But to have my value as a human being based on how I look or how young I look, it's so annoying.
As a narrative, it's just impossible.
It's like you vanish.
Yes, and it's also like giving us permission to treat people who are older worse because we say older people don't have value.
So if you look older, you have less value.
If you have less value, it's like it's a perpetuating cycle where our future self suffers.
Yeah.
Why are we doing this?
I don't know.
So how do women break?
How do we break the cycle of I will value myself, care for myself and live a life that is of value?
to me and my community, and how I look is just a small part of that.
I know.
We're talking about this, aren't we?
Not longevity, but there's a word for it now.