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Diane
Gracefully
Beauty & Culture Writer
Diane Gracefully writes about beauty, culture, relationships, aging, work, identity, and the peculiar expectations people place on one another.
She is interested in the things people do, the rules they follow, and—perhaps most of all—the things everyone has quietly agreed not to question.
Beauty · Culture · Aging
The Gray Hair Double Standard
Why does gray hair look distinguished on men but “old” on women?
Gray hair is biological. What we make it mean is cultural.
Diane examines why the same visible sign of aging can communicate experience, authority, and distinction on a man while carrying an entirely different set of expectations for women.
Diane,
Briefly.
A few questions. A few opinions. Some considerably more settled than others.
Coffee or tea?
Coffee before noon. Tea after I've decided the day can no longer be trusted.
A purchase you rarely regret?
Good luggage.
Something you will never understand?
People who play videos from their phones in public without headphones.
Something people take far too seriously?
Other people's opinions of them.
Something people don't take seriously enough?
Who they spend their time with.
A skill everyone should have?
Knowing when to leave.
“Brunch has gone too far.”
Diane's most controversial opinionWhat are you reading right now?
Three books. Finishing none of them in the order I started.
Something worth spending money on?
A good mattress, good shoes, and a flight that doesn't require two layovers.
Something you refuse to discuss?
My age. Apparently we've covered this.
What's next?
If I knew exactly, I'd be considerably less interested.
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