The fetishisation of youth might be undergoing a makeover – when has ageing ever looked this fun? | Van Badham
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As the domain of human potential is staked by the powerful older, it’s not unreasonable to imagine beauty standard...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/the-fetishisation-of-youth-might-be-undergoing-a-makeover-when-has-ageing-ever-looked-this-fun

A day at the beach: ‘I looked through the tunnel of water at all the people hollering for me’
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The waves at Tasmania’s Shipstern Bluff are notoriously big. When she was 18, Lizzie Stokely faced them for the first time – and deci...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/23/a-day-at-the-beach-tasmania-shipstern-bluff-surfing-waves

Stranded at sea: amateur female sailors speak of sexual abuse by captains they met online
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Crew websites urged to do more to protect victims, who set off seeking adventure only to be trapped onboard with a predato...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/stranded-at-sea-amateur-female-sailors-speak-of-sexual-abuse-by-captains-they-met-online

Stalking the dead: how tracing old photographs helped me resurrect my mother’s past
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I spent my youth running away from my mother’s Holocaust story. As mother to the grandchildren she never knew, I ached to know moreMy mother had four different first names, ...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/22/stalking-the-dead-how-tracing-old-photographs-helped-me-resurrect-my-mothers-past