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
We have to map our journey from the inside
The Belgian gerontologist and author Els Messelis talks about the journey of awareness and sexuality in aging
The crisis of aging kicks in early
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Post-Doctoral Fellow at King’s College London talks about self-inflicted ageism
Generationalism backs ageism
Jennie Bristow, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University talks about boomer blaming and ageism
We live in a cultural cage
Bette Ann Moskowitz, author, creative writing teacher at Queens College NY, and ombudsman talks about cultural norms and ageism
Capacity is not an on-off state
Professor Arthur Schafer, Founding Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba talks about the restriction of liberty and ageism
I feel so strong
We have to stop age being this artificial barrier that inhibits people's desire to become stronger, faster, or simply more active, says Anne Dockery who took up running at the age of 55
Watch out for discriminatory design
Kathryn H. Anthony, Ph.D., ACSA Distinguished Professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talks about design and ageism
The intergenerational war is a false myth
For Martin Hyde, Associate Professor of Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Aging at Swansea University, the tax heavens make life hell for young and old
Mental attitude is all that counts
Washed-out of emotions, the images of older adults are a form of discrimination. With her photos of older athletes, Alex Rotas tells a different story
We need to move the focus from age to needs
Thomas Scharf, Professor of Social Gerontology in the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, President of the British Society of Gerontology talks about the pandemic and ageism
I’m weathered, not withered
We can be shaped by the dominant culture or by the way we resist the ruling ideology of aging points out Dr. Leah Friedman, expert in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology
Like racism, ageism is a script imposed on other people’s bodies
Professor Ronald L. Jackson II, professor of communication, culture and media, and author talks about racism and ageism
Aging leaves more space for meaning
Karsten Thormaehlen, photographer and author of Aging Gracefully talks about photography and aging
Aging for men is a quest for a new identity
Josep M. Armengol Carrera, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Project Coordinator of MascAge talks about men and ageism
We are all ageists and this hurts us
Professor Liat Ayalon, from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, talks about the psychological mechanisms of age-related prejudices
We are aging in a culture of shame
Older women are both visible and invisible. J. Brooks Bouson, Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago calls out shame and sex-ageism
Trashing impairs our ability to embrace transformations
Susan Strasser, Richards Professor Emerita of American History at the University of Delaware, talks about consumerism and ageism
They can't sell me time in a jar
Heike Polster, Associate Professor of German at the University of Memphis, Tennessee discusses how we construct the concept of self-worth at the intersection between time and money
Make your life an act of creative resistance
Aging is not a matter of success versus failure, says Roberta Maierhofer, Professor of American Studies at the University of Graz
Let yourself shine through
Angelika Buettner, fashion and beauty photographer and author of I AM: Celebrating the Perfect Imperfect talks about body image and aging