WORDS:
MISHAAL
KHAN,
CLAIRE
DUNWELL
AND
SHONA
SIBARY.
PHOTOS:
@MADONNA,
SPLASH,
GETTY,
PRESS
ASSOCIATION,
WENN
Asthesayinggoes,y y s s y u feel– anditseems
manyofusaredeterminedtogrow old distinctly disgracefully
M
adonnais knownforcausing
controversy(thetoyboys,the
conebra,thecoffeetablebook
Sex) andsayinganddoingas
shepleases– andit doesn’t
seemlikeshe’sstoppinganytimesoon.
Justrecently,the60-year-oldpopicon
sharedvideosofherselftwerkingwhile
doinga handstand.TheExpressYourself
singerwasata partytocelebrateWorld
Pride 2019 inNewYork,whereshe
performed,anditlookedlikeshewas
havingthetimeofherlife.Butwhilesome
haveapplaudedherforprovingageisjust
a number,othershavecalledherantics
embarrassing,claiminga womaninher
seventhdecadeshouldknowbetter.
Sodoesyourattitudeneedtoreflect
youryears?OrisMadonnahelping
rebrandmiddleageforthemodern
woman?And,ifso,what’sreallysowrong
withthat?Woma ninvestigates...‘I’MA REAL-LIFE PETER PAN’
laire Dunwell, 41,
a writer. She lives
n Wakefield, West
orkshire, with her
usband, Ian, 54, and
ons Sam 12, and
ouie, nine.
m the first to admit
hat I’m one big, daft
g gh five to
anyonewho agrees that
ageisjusta number.
WhenI saw the footage
ofMadonna twerking
whiledoing a handstand
atthePride party, I saw
a flashofmy future self.
Whenitcomes to not giving a damn- whenI should probably know better
at my age – we’re definitely on the
same page. The thought of growing
old terrifies me and for that reason,
I’m a real-life Peter Pan.
Even when I was at college, I was
always the class clown. I lost count
of the number of times I was asked
to leave a lecture because my giggling
was distracting the other students.
In my uni days I let loose,
and every Saturday, you’d
find me pole dancing round
lamp-posts or leapfrogging
in high heels. Even today,
just add a bit of alcohol,
and I feel 20 again.
I’ve booked girls-only
weekends away after too many gin andAC TING YOU
‘AGE IS^
JUST A^
NUMBER’
When should you start
...showing off her
upside-down twerkingMadonna let loose at
the af terparty...