Mature women in entertainment are no longer fighting for a "seat at the table." They are building a new table. It is a table littered with wine glasses, reading glasses, stacks of scripts about female friendship, late-life romance, and grizzled action heroes with bad knees and perfect aim.

: Characters who actively defy societal norms and expectations of "acting their age".

Shows like Grace and Frankie (starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, aged 77 and 75 at the start) ran for seven seasons. It was a radical act: a sitcom about two elderly women navigating divorce, dating, and vibrator entrepreneurship. It was funny, raw, and devoid of the "old lady" stereotype.