"It is unavoidably true that every choice we make as women in a patriarchy is informed by patriarchy"

A conversation with Allie Rowbottom, author of the novel 'Aesthetica'

Imagine a world in which all one has to do to turn back the clock is book an appointment. Yes, it’s a world like ours, but also not, because while the digital and “real” world (is there any difference?) are today consumed with the aesthetics of youth, there is, in fact, no way to actually unmake our bodies or our psyches—to truly go back to the beginnin…