Face: One Square Foot of Skin

"[Bateman] studies the topic of women and aging in her new book Face: One Square Foot of Skin ." — People "The actor and author of Face: One Square Foot of Skin wants to push back against the ubiquity of plastic surgery." — Vanity Fair "Through a selection of short stories, [Bateman] examines just how complicated it is for women to get older, both in and out of the spotlight." — Glamour "[Bateman is] putting an inspiring spin on aging by celebrating her face just as it is. Leaving us with an inspired State of Mind!" — Maria Schriver's Sunday Paper "Bateman asks, what if we just rejected the idea that older faces need fixing. What if we ignored all the clanging bells that remind women every day on every platform that we are in some kind of endless battle with aging." — TIME "[Bateman] argues that American society has long equated the signs of aging on a woman's face with unattractiveness. But she also asserts that women need not participate in such prejudice by accepting and internalizing it." — AARP " Face: One Square Foot of Skin [is] a creative nonfiction tome about the ways society responds to women as they age . . . [Bateman] said she was compelled to take a deeper look at the unfair expectations placed on women, particularly women in the public eye like her, as they grow older." — Hollywood Reporter "Right on, Justine Bateman. Thanks for helping us embrace our faces just as they are." — Upworthy "Brave, brilliant, and unflinchingly honest, Justine is that writer you trust because she goes after every subject with a warrior's focus, and throws herself to the lions while she's at it. It doesn't hurt that she's a gorgeous woman who hasn't tried to erase an ounce of history from her face. I love the way she thinks, and am amazed at the many sublayers she manages to excavate while everyone else is scratching the surface." —Mary-Louise Parker, author of Dear Mr. You "[Bateman] recounts her own experiences and interviews more than 20 other individuals to present a series of fictional vignettes that argue that women's aging faces should be viewed as beautiful—the proof of complex lives well lived." — Alta Journal "A much-needed viewpoint on an important and seemingly universal issue." —Manhattan Book Review Justine Batemanxa0is a writer/director/producer with an impressive acting résumé that includes Family Ties, Satisfaction, Arrested Development, and many more. She has earned a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. Bateman wrote and produced her directorial film short debut Five Minutes, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was chosen by seven more festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Violet, Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux, and was an official selection at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival. Her best-selling first book, Fame: The Hijacking of Reality, was published in 2018 by Akashic.