Let’s look at the vanguard of this movement—women who have built second acts more powerful than their first.
Historically, Hollywood has been fixated on female youth, a byproduct of the "male gaze" that often reduced women to objects of visual pleasure rather than complex subjects. This created a culture where aging was seen as something to be "resisted" rather than embraced. As film historian Laura Mulvey hotmilffuck kristen exclusive
And the audience is finally listening.