She Was Told to Act Her Age — Instead, She Posted That Photo and Broke the Internet (3 of 3)

“My son told me I look like a clown for wearing red lipstick at 75. I told him I’d rather look like a clown than fade into the wallpaper just to make you more comfortable. Aging isn’t a tragedy. Shrinking into silence is. And I won’t be doing either. ?”

By morning, it had nearly 60,000 shares.

Strangers from all over the country flooded my inbox with messages. Women in their 40s, 50s, 80s. Women who had been shamed for their wrinkles, their clothes, their hair, their joy. All of them saying the same thing: Thank you for not giving in.

So here’s the truth: I may be 75. But I still get to decide how I show up in this world. Because growing older isn’t the end of beauty—it’s the beginning of being unapologetically you.