Sixty is the new golden age: meet the stellar generation hitting this milestone
There must have been something in the air in 1964. Many of the people who shape our world are turning 60 this year
‘Magical,” “special,” a “total badass”: step forward Kamala Harris, the 59-year-old dynamo who has rebranded her country at lightning speed, offering it up as a nation synonymous with optimism, hope and patriotism. For the rest of us, Kamala’s gift is her joy and vibrancy – and the way she is smashing it just months away from her seventh decade, holding up 60 in all its power and glory. Welcome to the new golden age.
Hers is the vibrancy of a woman who owns her power, a woman who is manifesting her experience and expertise, a woman who knows her time has come. No more waiting in the wings while Sleepy Joe calls the shots – and blows them. No more hiding that smile, or keeping down the laughter. She’s here, she’s got the platform. What’s more, the VP now looks positively youthful when compared to 78-year-old Donald Trump and 81-year-old Joe Biden. Barack Obama may have been younger than Kamala by 12 years when he ran for president, but today Kamala’s 60 looks like the first blush of youth thanks to the energy-sapping Trump/Biden effect.
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