Paulina Porizkova has never been shy about saying what everyone else is thinking, and her latest Instagram video is no exception. The 61-year-old supermodel and body-positive advocate posted Sunday about how society treats women as they get older, saying they get dismissed from the main tables and are expected to go silent. She laid out the two options women are usually handed, pursue procedures to stay visible, or withdraw from public life entirely, and asked why aging and staying at the table isn’t allowed, especially when women have more to contribute than ever.
If you grew up seeing Porizkova in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues of 1983, 1984, and 1985, you know she’s been in the spotlight for decades. But her current era might be her most powerful. She’s built a massive following by being candid about body image, aging, and everything in between, and her Sunday post continued that streak. She even turned the conversation on her audience, asking what online content makes them feel good, bad, envious, or inspired. Her own answer: women being unapologetically themselves.
The response has been a mix of nods, debates, and personal stories about feeling invisible with age. Wherever you land on it, Porizkova’s question is one worth sitting with the next time you open your feed. What makes you feel good, and what just makes you feel less than?
We want to hear it. What’s the content you wish you saw more of online?
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