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I don't doubt the author's experience, but I have problems with some of her conclusions.
- Age is a weapon society uses against women
Molly Crabapple writes that after 30 you become invisible
- Invisibility this way, ma'am
I never feel invisible in public unless I want to be invisible.
I find the article to be unclear and meandering. Eventually she seems to be telling women to not be afraid of getting older:
- Yes, you get older, but you can also grow tougher, kinder, braver. You can claw out the life you wanted. But as you age, the world will tell you you're less worthy
The article says this
- Thirty is supposed to be the beginning of the end of hot girlhood.
1. post marriage #1, and
2. had a small child in tow