29-Year-Old Taylor Swift Spoke Out About Ageism Heres Why Thats Important

29-Year-Old Taylor Swift Spoke Out About Ageism Heres Why Thats Important Taylor Swift isnt even 30 yet, but shes already done with ageism.In a recent profile for ELLE magazine, she spoke out against the societal pressures that women feel to look young... basically forever. Young equals beautiful is a diminishing message that cosmetics companies have been using to sell lotions and potions and powders for centuries, making Taylors stand in a fashion magazine even mora moving.Society is constantly sending very loud messages to women that exhibiting the physical signs of aging is the worst thing that can happen to us, she wrote in zu sichbei personal list of things shes learned ahead of her 30th birthday. These messages tell women that we arent allowed to age. Its an impossible standard to meet.The star says she has been doing a lot to accept her body as she changes in the public eye.I work on accepting my body every day, she wrote, mentioning that just like everyone else, she needs po sitive role models to remind her that her body is great just as it is.Ive been loving how outspoken Jameela Jamil has been on this subject, she said. Reading her words feels like hearing a voice of reason amongst all these loud messages out there telling women were supposed to defy gravity, time, and everything natural in order to achieve this bizarre goal of everlasting youth.One of the best points Taylor makes? This need to be forever young isnt even remotely required of men.Ageism is a terrible form of discrimination that disproportionately affects women in the workplace, on the dating scene and in public discourse. While some people online are upset that someone as young as Taylor is complaining of ageism, Im glad a pop star as influential as Taylor is tackling it head on.Plus, dont we all know that societys damaging 30 is old trope is as classic as white bread? Taylor has every right to talk as she crosses this line that Hollywood has historically portrayed as old. In fact, it makes it even more powerful that a younger woman understands the challenges she will face as she ages, and sympathizes with those who are older than her rather than being tone deaf to the struggles of older women (who are often left out of discussions on discrimination).Taylor Swift knows that women shouldnt be defined by age, whether theyre 30 or 80. Thats pretty powerful no matter her age, isnt it?