Ageful Living

Dec 28, 20244 min read

A Resolution and Four Ways to Keep It

As 2025 begins, I can't help thinking that there is one goal each and every one of us should have that can improve our society: Chipping...

Aug 6, 20243 min read

In This Political Age, Let's Watch What We Binge On

To calm us, turning our attention to the familiar is good ––– only if what's familiar is good. This year's Presidential election has...

Mar 1, 20243 min read

The Bull Looks Different

Stepping into the arena of older age requires determination and an admirable capacity for resilience. In my journey toward becoming a...

Feb 6, 20243 min read

Reflections on "Sephora Kids"

Their obsession with maintaining beauty involves the search for ways to postpone aging. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest...

Sep 15, 20224 min read

From the Catcall to the Catacomb

You’d think there were only two inevitable experiences for women over the course of their adult lives. I can’t recall when I first saw...

Apr 13, 20223 min read

Deciphering Ageism's Code

Yale psychologist Dr. Becca Levy offers powerful insights on how perceiving aging affects the experiencing of it. Some important books...

Jan 23, 20214 min read

An Iconic Solution

Instead of creating a new “warning” symbol depicting older adults, why have one at all? Four months ago, the Centre for Ageing Better in...

Aug 25, 20204 min read

We, Too, Are the People

There is a large group of Americans who can contribute even more substantively to the quality of life of all citizens if given greater...

Dec 2, 20193 min read

The News Media and Aging: Reports from the Field

How well does the media cover longevity issues — and how can it improve? Pro-aging advocates might give the media less-than-stellar...

Jul 8, 20194 min read

Building Toward Age Equity: Three "Inter"-Changing Models

Strategies that are interdependent, intergenerational, and intersectional can help abolish ageism. After decades of struggle, pro-aging...

Jun 5, 20194 min read

On “Elderhood”

A new book by geriatrician Louise Aronson calls us to rethink medicine, aging, and life itself. This began as an old age book, and then...

Jan 14, 20194 min read

Fighting Ageism: A Call for Long-Term Action

Pro-aging efforts are gaining momentum; now what can be done to sustain them? Something radical is happening in the civil rights movement...

Nov 12, 20184 min read

What’s Fueling the Anti-Ageism Movement?

Dedicated grassroots activists and innovative organizational campaigns are fighting to end age discrimination. In 2011, it was Occupy...

Dec 8, 20173 min read

It’s Time to Believe Older Adults, Too

Just as we should believe those who report experiences of sexual harassment, so too should we believe older adults who report elder...

Aug 21, 20173 min read

Age and the Potential to Change

We must reject the assertions of media pundits and all others who use age as a justification for individual intransigence. “He won’t...

Aug 10, 20172 min read

A New, Powerful Tool to Defeat Ageism

The clearest and most concise, entertaining, and impactful introduction to the scourge of ageism. People are always looking for easier...

Apr 4, 20164 min read

Rocking Our Views on Aging

A powerful manifesto invites us to engage in a revolutionary cause whose time has come. The possibilities for society of this new third...

Oct 8, 20153 min read

A Thought Experiment on Aging

For many elders, meeting the expectation to be middle-aged is undesirable and insulting. We who are old know that age is more than...

Mar 19, 20153 min read

Let’s Be Gero-Guerrillas for Change

We should adopt a militant approach toward abolishing ageism and its three insidious forms: discrimination, neglect, and abuse. Recently...