AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Shania Twain, 60, refuses to apologize for aging: 'My body is not shameable'
Country icon Shania Twain told People magazine she has moved past the body-image struggles that dogged her through menopause, a straightforward message worth hearing in a culture that punishes women for getting older. Twain, now 60 and promoting her seventh studio album, "Little Miss Twain," laid out her evolution in blunt terms. She described years […] The post Shania Twain, 60, refuses to apologize for aging: 'My body is not shameable' appeared first on American Almanac .
Country icon Shania Twain told People magazine she has moved past the body-image struggles that dogged her through menopause, a straightforward message worth hearing in a culture that punishes women for getting older. Twain, now 60 and promoting her seventh studio album, "Little Miss Twain," laid out her evolution in blunt terms. She described years of avoiding mirrors, fighting unexplained bloating, and adjusting to a body that no longer matched the image she'd built a career on, then arriving at a place where none of it controls her anymore. In the interview published July 30 , Twain did not dress up the difficulty or pretend the road was easy. She just said she came out the other side. From Las Vegas stages to being carried off one …Open