tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post4831965447406628152..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Calling all ChronomancersLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-47089365694294543322015-08-08T16:54:10.296-04:002015-08-08T16:54:10.296-04:00Very well said AutumnforestVery well said AutumnforestAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989322188265703634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-22603401080622983602012-02-19T17:06:54.063-05:002012-02-19T17:06:54.063-05:00Thanks for your comment AF! I think the issue is t...Thanks for your comment AF! I think the issue is that marketing schemes focus overwhelmingly on the youth demographic up to, say, 35. After that, marketing loses focus; although I suspect that as the Boomers retire we'll see a glut in advertising, movies, and TV aimed at an older demographic. Right now, though, it would seem that while there are high profile stars and advertising which target people in the 35-50 group, or 50-65, or 65-75, or 80+, there is not the same coherent spotlight that you see for 10-35 year olds. Thus there is huge resistance to ageing as a natural process which may remove some blossoms of youth, but gives other benefits in return. I suppose that the Internet may be a medium that is a demographic equalizer because it enables the creation of thousands of niche communities, whether they are organized according to age or not. Beyond that, I would like to see many more institutions and advertising that bring age groups together, or at least ignore that horizontal stratification. Most serious is the general trend that ignores people who are 70 and older. I think that efforts to hear them and reincorporate their views and interests into the mainstream culture would be important and beneficial.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-14615380376401733362012-02-19T13:16:38.989-05:002012-02-19T13:16:38.989-05:00Very good post. As an aging model and beauty pagea...Very good post. As an aging model and beauty pageant contestant and newly single middle-ager, I am the target of this sort of insecurity. It is a fact that men are visual creatures--excessively so, and the burden is on us to stay young. I had a friend once say, "with men looking at Victoria Secret and Playboy, how can my body compete?" I stopped and thought about it a moment and told her, "you know, it's simply because these magazines show women's flesh. Men like flesh. They are happy to see any woman naked. They are hardly picky about it. We women are looking at the shape of the bodies and not the fact that they are simply naked and so therefore pleasing to look at." And so it is with aging. We are looking at the wrinkles and the creases and shadows and not seeing a whole face and every nuance of emotion it has come to represent so easily. Over our lifetimes, we refine the use of every muscle in our faces so that it is extremely easy to see pain, hurt, joy and pride in an older face. Once it's botox'd, we can hear someone yelling, but we cannot see their anger. Just watch the Kardashians some time. I have earned my face with every life event. When someone sees it they say, "that is my friend" and not "look at that crease!"Sharon Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.com