Maitland Ward: Milfy

Here is to the women in cinema who refuse to play the "grandmother" before they turn 55. Here is to the grey hair, the laugh lines, and the scripts that have a pulse.

Shows like Hacks (Jean Smart) and The White Lotus (Jennifer Coolidge) have unlocked a new genre: The older woman as a chaotic, horny, brilliant, fragile disaster. We aren't watching them because they are "good role models." We are watching them because they are milfy maitland ward

For decades, the mature woman in cinema was a binary choice: The self-sacrificing matriarch or the predatory cougar. We have finally entered the era of the messy older woman. Here is to the women in cinema who

(Cut to: Jennifer Coolidge winning the Golden Globe) She proved that late bloomers smell the sweetest. We aren't watching them because they are "good role models