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One Square Foot of Skin

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By: Justine Bateman
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Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces.

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 listener 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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It really makes you think about how much importance is put on ‘how young we look’. Society wants youth, but what about a life well lived? Wisdom and knowledge? Thanks Justine for enlightening me! I am proud of my age, and now I will be proud of my face!

Worth a Listen!

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Loved this collection of stories, and the raw, honest way they were delivered by Justine Batemen. So relatable, and inspiring. Highly recommend for any woman, of any age, but most especially those confronting middle life…thank you Justine!

Breathtaking

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Well written and well read by Justine Bateman, this book asks us to look deeper into ourselves in light of the current rush toward eternal youth and the surrounding measurements of our own personal value. it will make you think!

About Facing Ourselves

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Empowering and perspective changing. If you want to reclaim power and visibility in your life, listen to this book.

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I experienced tears, laughter and sighs of reassurance through out this beautifully written book. Thank you again Justine!

Thank you Justine!

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This book was really good! I love that it gave me the permission to be my unaltered self. I love the fact that the author embraces her aging, and looks at it in a positive light! I am very good read for any young woman or older woman, who thinks that they need to change themselves to meet society’s demands.

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I felt like this was an absolutely necessary book to read for someone in my industry. Beautiful work, Justine. Although I encourage women to change things about themselves that they are not happy with, I also encourage women that changing how they feel is a solution too. I love the services we offer, and when accessed from a healthy mindset I know they change lives for the better, but that’s because the world we live in doesn’t allow us to live fully otherwise. I loved her comparison to aesthetics being similar to other cultures forms of beauty mutilation (long neck ladies of Thailand, foot binding in China). This was a thought provoking book that helps guide our culture a step in the right direction, which is valuing people at all stages of their life. Basing someone’s worth on their age is not necessary anymore because resources are abundant and people’s mind are more valuable now than ever. It was an easy listen. Engaging. Witty. Thank you!

I own a med spa

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These stories, read beautifully by Justine Bateman, tell our thoughts and our feelings and actions as women in today’s standard of age, beauty and self worth. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I plan to now read her first book, Fame

Relatable Stories by age

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Raw, honest, powerful, at times surprising, and always penetrating. As I finished, I wept. Thanks to all the vulnerable souls who contributed to this work. And thanks to Justine Bateman for being exactly the kind of woman she thanks in this truly special book.

As I finished, I wept

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I’ve never connected to something more closely. I am so grateful to Justine Bateman for providing this much-needed content. Thank you!

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