this week
Choosing the narrative forges our views, the very idea of ourselves, and therefore the direction of our future, points out Annie Brewster, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, practicing internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, founder of Health Story Collaborative, and author
Annie Brewster
Change the focus to challenge the status quo
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA, and professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge talks about women, aging, and the exercise of power
Fight ageism, not aging
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, age critic, theorist, author and Resident Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Boston talks about the “decline” narrative in aging
The end of fertility is an incredibly fertile time
Rachel Lankester, founder of Magnificent Midlife talks about the fertility-related prejudices, menopause, and empowerment
We must plant the seeds for positive images of aging starting young
Lindsey McDivitt, children’s book author, remarks how age-related stereotypes are widely embedded in children’s literature
Shift the attention from losses and flaws to strengths
Dr. Cecilia Dintino and Hannah Murray Starobin are the co-founders of Twisting the Plot talk about internalized ageism
We’re always aging, from the moment we’re born
Venerable Ajahn Jayasaro talks about aging as a journey of personal growth
You can’t put the genie back into the bottle
Ashton Applewhite, author and activist talks about ageism and awareness
What if Freud played a part in the discrimination against age?
Priya Ramasubban, producer, writer and director talks about aging in her native India
Older women do not automatically go off sex
Elizabeth Shepherd, actress and Shakespearean theatrical coach in New York talks about love and romance past the age of fifty
Challenge the ideology of aging
Tracey Gendron, Interim Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Gerontology in the College of Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia talks about the relationship between words and ageism