I Want To Enter My Crone Era, But Society Won't Let Me
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Why are Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman praised for looking younger than their age?
I have been glued to the Practical Magic 2 press tour. You have Sandra Bullock, you have Nicole Kidman, they're doing all these fun interview segments. And the overall conversation online is very much about one, how cute their chemistry is because it is adorable. They are so charming together. But two, their age. Sandra Bullock is 62 years old. Nicole Kidman is 59 years old. Both of them look like they are maybe in their early 40s. They look signifying. Significantly younger than their ages. They have almost no visible wrinkles. They have zero visible gray hairs. Their bodies are incredibly fit and toned. And on one hand, you have people in the comment section who are like, yes, tell me what they're doing.
What's their secret? They look incredible. I'll have what they're having. But there's another type of comment that I've noticed in these comment sections, which is. Why are we not allowing women to age? I'm tired. I would have thought that by my 60s, I would not still be having to perform beauty in this way. I saw one comment that said, I'm ready to enter my crone era. When am I allowed to enter my crone era? So that is what we're going to be talking about today. Welcome to the Liz Moody Podcast, where we believe that there is always something that you can do to create a life that feels amazing. And we help you figure out how to find the lever to pull at any moment to actually do that. When the first Practical Magic movie came out, the Witchy Ants were played by Stockard Channing and Diane Weist.
Stockard Channing was 54 years old in that movie, and Diane Weist was 50 years old in that movie. And they both look like witchy aunts. They look significantly older than Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock look on this press tour. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are 10 years older than Stockard Channing and Diane Weist were. were when the first movie was filmed, and they probably look ten years younger. In the first movie, the aunts had grain hair, they had visible wrinkles. Even the way they were styled, they were wearing like these flowing clothes, they were wearing cardigans, they were in their witchy power, and that was celebrated as a good thing.
What does the “crone era” mean and why do women feel blocked from entering it?
This was not viewed as a bad thing at all. This was just typically how women of that age looked at that time. And also like leaning into the witchiness of it all, which was really, really fun. And I just turned 40, and I feel that exhausted commenter so deeply. I am tired already of having to perform beauty, to be given opportunities, to be taken seriously by society, and pictures myself doing this in 20. 20 more years feels exhausting. When I was growing up, I thought that there was gonna be an opportunity to feel free from that stuff. And it really does not seem like there is now. And look, beauty has always had real societal advantages. I've looked into this a lot because I keep wanting to do an episode that's like pretty privilege isn't real, or we don't need to be always performing beauty or chasing beauty.
et cetera, we're better off without it. And unfortunately the research is pretty clear with one big, big, big exception that we're gonna get into in a little bit, but Unfortunately, performing beauty does come with some very real benefits. People who are attractive report higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness. And that's thought to be largely because the hotter that you are, the easier life gets. You get more money, you get better jobs, you attract higher earning partners. So you just have more financial stability. People are nicer to you if you are attractive. In general, the more attractive that you are, the less friction that you feel in your everyday life. Things just go more easily for you.
Although there are two caveats to that. One, really hot people actually have higher divorce rates and shorter marriages because they have other options and they know that they have other options. So when they hit a rough patch, they're like, Well, I could just go find somebody else. And they often do. They are much less likely to stick something out.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman praised for looking younger than their age?
0:00–2:11
2
What does the “crone era” mean and why do women feel blocked from entering it?
2:11–5:04
3
How do economic incentives make performing beauty profitable for women?
5:04–8:29
4
What hidden costs do extremely beautiful people face as they age?
8:29–11:25
5
Why has modern grooming (Botox, lasers, GLP‑1) shifted society’s expectations of aging?
11:25–13:58
6
How does the hedonic treadmill of beauty affect our overall happiness and freedom?
13:58–17:13
7
What research shows that positive aging beliefs can add years to your life?
17:13–20:00
8
What actions can we take to stop policing women’s looks and honor all versions of aging?
20:00–22:40
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