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“Cate Blanchett’s cheekbones could cut me, and I would sincerely say thank you”

Much has been written about the invisibility of women in mainstream culture as they age. We’ve all heard of Leonardo DiCaprio’s propensity for girlfriends under 25, and Maggie Gyllenhaal was only 37 when she was turned down for a role as the love interest of a 55-year-old leading man for being “too old”. However, the opposite seems to be true amongst queer women and non-binary people, with a suite of, often Gen Z-run, social media accounts popping up to document the sapphic yearning for the over 45s.

“Cate Blanchett’s

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