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
Cosmetic interventions prevent us from understanding older women as attractive
Abigail T. Brooks, Director of The Women’s and Gender Studies Program and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Providence College, explores cosmetic surgery and aging
Aging went from being a mystery to a problem to be solved
Thomas R. Cole, McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston talks about aging and philosophy
We are failing to see the encompassing beauty of old people
Tony Luciani, visual artist and photographer, talks about his artistic collaboration with his ailing mother
We have just as much right to live and enjoy life as anyone else
Stella Fosse, author, talks about women, aging and sexuality
The way we frame aging hurts all of us future older people
John Leland, Metro reporter for The New York Times and author talks about aging and self-ageism
A sense of purpose will reshape the future of work
Yvonne Sonsino, Partner and Innovation Leader of Mercer’s Digital Innovation Hub, International Region, and author talks about ageism and the workplace
Aging is an opportunity to transform society
Jason Danely, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University and author talks about aging, ageism and Japan
Aging is a chance to become who you are
Robert Rowland Smith, British philosopher and author talks about aging and philosophy
Tame the cultural dominance of chronometric age
Jan Baars, Dutch Professor of Interpretative Gerontology, inquires about the effect of time on the perception of aging
A longer life expectancy questions our idea of self-identity
Helen Small, Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and author talks about philosophy and aging
Never surrender to age discrimination
Sheila Callaham, forbes.com contributor and author talks about age discrimination in the workplace
Women question their look, men celebrate their status
Julia Twigg, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Kent dissects the role of fashion in the aging process
Battle the stigma of old age and keep passion alive
Lynne Segal, Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studied at Birkbeck University of London and author talks about aging and generations
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
The secret of beauty is time
Susan Wood Richardson, photographer, founding member of the Women’s Forum talks about beauty, aging and ageism
We need to own who we are
Leslie Morrison Faerstein, Ed.D., LCSW talks about the cultural pressure on aging that limits our potential
We won’t be silenced
Jane Evans, founder of The Uninvisibility Project talks about the need to fight invisibility due to ageism