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Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces.
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Face . . . is filled with fictional vignettes that examine real-life societal attitudes and internal fears that have caused a negative perspective on women's faces as they age. -TODAY, a Best Book of 2021
There is nothing wrong with your face. At least, that's what Justine Bateman wants you to realise. Her new book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin, is a collection of fictional short stories told from the perspectives of women of all ages and professions. With it, she aims to correct the popular idea that you need to stop what you're doing and start staving off any signs of ageing in the face. -W Magazine
Combining the author's intensely personal stories with relevant examples from the culture at large, the book is heartbreaking and hopeful, infuriating and triumphant. -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women's faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed."
Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader with the many root causes for society's often negative attitudes toward women's older faces. In doing so, Bateman rejects those ingrained assumptions about the necessity of fixing older women's faces, suggesting that we move on from judging someone's worth based on the condition of her face.
With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, Bateman argues that a woman's confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society's misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.
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Justine Bateman's Face delves into the social pressures women face regarding aging and the compulsion to alter their appearances. Critics highlight how the book encourages women to confront and question these fears rather than succumbing to them. Bateman's work also critiques the cultural notion that natural aging is something to be corrected, offering a reflective meditation on embracing one's natural self.
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ISBN: 9781636140339
Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 October 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Akashic Books,U.S.
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 127.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Justine Bateman is a writer/director/producer with an impressive, decades-long résumé in film and TV that includes a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. Bateman wrote and produced her directorial film short debut, Five Minutes, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was chosen by seven more festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Violet, Bateman's critically acclaimed directorial feature film debut of her own script, stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux, and was an official selection at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. Her best-selling first book, Fame: The Hijacking of Reality, was published in 2018 by Akashic.
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