Face Value

What does it mean to age in a culture that prizes youth, disciplines women’s bodies, and sells confidence back to us in a bottle? 

Join acclaimed writers Jacinta Parsons, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Marieke Hardy for a sharp conversation about beauty, ageing, wellness and the stories told about women across a lifetime – who those stories serve, and how they might be rewritten. 

Drawing on their latest works, the panel will explore how the stories we’re told about ageing shape our sense of worth, desirability and visibility. From the pressures of the beauty industry and the rise of commodified “wellness,” to the quiet and courageous work of reclaiming selfhood, this conversation will examine how cultural narratives both constrain and liberate. 

Presented alongside celebrated writer Marieke Hardy's outrageous new comedy, Losing Face.