Women shouldn’t be scared of ageing – the loss of looks can liberate us | Gaby Hinsliff

Society tries to shame us for growing old. But we should think of it as a rite of passage when our character comes through

There is still sex in the city, beyond the age of 50. But it may come at a price that makes you wonder if it’s really worth it. Or at least, according to the writer behind the cult of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.

Candace Bushnell’s latest novel-cum-memoir returns once more to her favourite stamping ground, that tiny and exhausting pool of wealthy New York women who will do absolutely anything to stay in the game. Only now they’re older, spending their money not on cocktails but on face creams and fillers, all while debating the merits of undergoing vaginal laser surgery so that the naturally ageing insides of their bodies don’t give the lie to their artificially preserved exteriors.

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