Here’s What Wrong with That Esquire Article on Older Women

Last week, Esquire published a controversial article on how 42 year-old women are hotter than ever. To author Tom Junod (and many other men), the piece was a compliment; after all, women should be excited that reach middle age isn’t seen as death to your attractiveness.

However, Rebecca Traister from The New Republic writes a great piece on why this line of thinking is problematic. Check it out here.

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By Lily Herman on July 18, 2014
Lily is the Managing Editor at HelloFlo, where she oversees all editorial and social media operations for the brand. In addition to her work at HF, she's co-founder and CEO of The Prospect, the largest student-run college access organization in the world. Her work has been featured on TIME, Forbes, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Mashable, USA TODAY and Lifehacker. You can perpetually find her on Twitter.