Aging is living, ergo, anti-aging is bullsh-t

Author Karen Walrond is fomenting joyful rebellion against ageist cultural messages and the powerful anti-aging indu$try that profits from them.

My Radiant Rebel selfie + bonus glimpse of my Mom when she was a kid in the 40s.

Sara Petersen

published a wickedly hilarious takedown of a face cream, excuse me, recovery cream ad she saw on Facebook.

There’s much to love about Sara’s flamethrower of a rant, but a single word caused me forward it to my friend, author

Karen Walrond

. That word is radiance.

All the “anti-aging” lotions peddled by “the beauty industry” are BAD but Ursa Major Golden Hour Recovery Cream will make your skin YOUTHFUL which means Ursa Major Golden Hour Recovery Cream is a feminist ally.

Let’s address radiance, shall we?

— from This cream is not about anti-aging!! in

In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

Associating “radiance” with “youth” is just one of the linguistic tricks employed by the anti-aging industry to stoke our fear of aging.

In her new book, Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy and Raise a Little Hell (affiliate link to Amazon/Bookshop.org), Karen takes on this manipulative dynamic with a joyful-yet-powerful call to action rooted in what we already know …