Podcasts

Cartoon. Shocked old person points at sexist billboard but two creatures spring from her own head. One says "You will never be old! You are perfect!" The other says "It's all over! What's the point!"

Ageism without within—poem

April 19, 2019

I found ageism rampaging
in my neighbourhood
in job descriptions and prescriptions
in jokes and compliments and ads
on every screen, in tips and fads

Trump’s ageism: not an aberration

November 18, 2017

OK, so President D.T. was called an old lunatic by Kim Jong-un. He was deeply hurt, and who can blame him? Not by the label of lunatic: that’s not a new accusation, so it is easily overlooked. But by the awful implication that at 71 he falls into that untouchable class of—oh no! heaven forbid!—the […]

How young people perceive the old

April 13, 2016

What age do millennials consider old? 40s? 50s, at a pinch? (What? Whattt??? But it was ever thus.) AARP knows that one video is worth 1,000 words. In this ageism-buster, see their stereotypes blown away. A millennial is matched with an “old” person. Each one teaches their partner something they are good at. The younger people add 40 […]