I'm a Middle-Aged Woman. Here's What The Media Still Gets Wrong About Us.
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'When I look around at the middle-aged women I know ... I see something entirely different than what’s depicted in the media."
The other day I turned on the new Netflix series “On the Verge,” and had to cringe a little at how discombobulated the characters appeared to be.
I have noticed that in many shows featuring middle-aged women, the characters are portrayed as painfully insecure and frazzled as they navigate life’s challenges while desperately trying to hang on to their youth. They’re usually surrounded by ride-or-die gal pals who they’ve known since college, and who can be relied on to drop everything at a moment’s notice to help keep the main character from falling apart.
My first introduction to this genre was watching “The First Wives Club” as a teenager. The movie features some amazing talent; however, its overall message seemed to be that your husband may leave you when you get older... but you can get revenge. There’s been some progress since the ’90s, but many of the stereotypes about midlife women in movies and television remain.
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