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When Is A Woman ‘Past Her Prime’?

When Is A Woman ‘Past Her Prime’?

FromIn Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett


When Is A Woman ‘Past Her Prime’?

FromIn Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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And what does that even mean? In this episode, Susie and Jess unpack how ageism has been used to diminish women for generations and their own complicated feelings about aging.
FOR MORE: 

I Refuse the Graceful Slide Into Cultural Irrelevance (by Jessica, NYT)
Don Lemon Regrets Calling Nikki Haley ‘Past Her Prime’ (AP)
Michelle Yeoh Is Right – A Woman Is Never ‘Past Her Prime’ (The Guardian)
E. Jean Carroll and the Audacity of a Woman ‘Past Her Prime’ (by Jessica, NYT)
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Released:
Mar 1, 2024
Format:
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Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it’s a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: “Baywatch”) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT, Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett revisit a pop culture moment from the 80s and 90s that shaped them — to try to understand what it taught us about the world, and a woman’s place in it. Talk to us at @inretropod, @susiebnyc and @jessicabennett on Instagram. New episodes each Friday.