a2 - anti-ageing - the lengths people will go to...

here's an article from the guardian on the idea of anti-ageing.

very interesting for lots of reasons:

where does the METANARRATIVE come from that getting older is a bad thing?

what does it suggest about our CONSTRUCTED IDENTITIES?

remember the quote about beauty, perfection and plastic surgery from the POSTMODERNISM booklet...? 

how might feminists approach this idea? consider concepts such as MALE GAZE and other theories from your FEMINISM booklet?

MARKET LIBERALISTS and MARXISTS would have a lot to say about this, too - the concept of FREEDOM OF CHOICE, FALSE NEEDS, FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS, COMMODITY FETISHISM...