*Voluptuous Aging

I came across this personal account of aging while browsing the internet. It struck me as so lovely and positive and apropos of yesterday's post, that I wanted to share it. Here is Margaret Morganroth Gullette speaking from the Our Bodies Ourselves website:

[I:]n the shower one morning I made a discovery. As I was twisting to look back down my side, the curves of hip, buttock, thigh, calf, and ankle came into view — startlingly elegant, powerful, and voluptuous…

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