A quote long attributed to Catherine Deneuve is, “At a certain age, a woman must choose between her face and her ass.” Deneuve turns 82 this week, and while I’m certain both parts of her remain stunning, the premise of the quote — that striving for thinness will show on the face in gaunt cheeks and lined skin, while retaining the fat needed to keep a face youthful risks unwanted ass expansion — has become obsolete. For one thing, the beauty and cosmetic-surgery industries have spent decades innovating products and procedures to ensure that any woman with the time and money to invest can keep both face and ass in aging lockstep by way of lifts, fillers and resurfacing treatments. But perhaps more important is that having junk in the trunk is no longer seen as a dreaded marker of middle age.

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