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A post highlighting how women over the age of 50 are portrayed on television has evolved since the 1980s has gone viral on Instagram.

The post was shared by Judy Lee Cole (@judyleecole), a 68-year-old whose Instagram feed features several videos titled “this is 68” that show her executing several challenging exercise moves, from hand stands to various yoga stretches and more.

The viral post, which has garnered more than 5.3 million views since it was shared on March 27, features a comparison shot of the main female cast members of two popular television series centered around women. One of them is The Golden Girls from the 1980s, and the other is And Just Like That, the sequel to the Sex and the City series, which premiered in 2021.

A caption shared with the post reads: “2 very different TV shows portraying women who are over 50 in 1985 vs 2021. No judgment on these ‘Golden Girls’ …

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