Chingmay Anaïs Jo on Substack

This is such a lovely collaboration. I definitely think cultures play a role in the importance of youth. In Asia, only the young are considered beautiful, and women can only be pretty till their 40s. I was lucky to look young for many years. After months of feeling the rapid decline of my looks, I think I've finally come to terms with aging. A young man once told me that the hairstyle is very important. If a woman has a nice hairstyle and carries herself well, she'll always be charming. For the rest of my life, I am going to do my best to keep my body in shape and have a nice hairstyle. By the way, my husband understands how I feel because he used to be noticed by women and he hasn't been noticed for a long time. With him, it's less due to aging but more due to cultural customs. He's Latino, and back in his country, it's normal for women to check men out, but in Hong Kong, women don't do it or do it extremely subtly.