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We place such crazy importance on physical appearance in our image-obsessed culture, on youth and beauty to define our sense of self-worth, that aging, by default, becomes a kind of defect, something secret and corrosive and shameful.
We place such crazy importance on physical appearance in our image-obsessed culture, on youth and beauty to define our sense of self-worth, that aging, by default, becomes a kind of defect, something secret and corrosive and shameful.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Ruth Ozeki
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ruth Ozeki: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q7383160, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7383160 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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