Retaining Our Original Faces in an Age of Distortion - Rachel Brathen

What happens when a daughter watches her mother alter her face? What happens to our sense of rootedness and belonging when we've rejected the face our ancestors gave us? What happens to collective womanhood when we watch our elders cling to the appearance of youth at all costs?

In an age of Choice Feminism (whatever a woman wants to do is inherently empowering!), what do we owe one another and the generations rising after us?

This is a nuanced and non-shaming conversation. While Rachel and I feel securely grounded in our decisions to retain our original faces, we also acknowledge that there is a lot of room for discussion around these topics and that every woman's participatory threshold is going to fall at its own place along the spectrum of beauty treatments.

We spoke in order to make our way through this confusing morass together- as mothers, as women with an audience, as crones in the making who know that there is actually no such thing as anti-aging.

LINKS:

Medicine Stories Patreon- bonus conversation w/ Rachel

Amber's Healing Waters Nature Immersion Retreat in Costa Rica Nov 3-8

Rachel's post that inspired this episode

My post on this topic

The Mythic Medicine herb shop

Rachel's website

Quiz: Find Your Wise Woman Archetype

Medicine Stories Facebook group

Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

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