ageism

New Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse

There’s a big online resource for information on anti-ageism activism.

Anti-ageism activism

Hear experts talk about how to combat ageism.

Jane Fonda, Harrison Powell dish Ageism and Oscar

After years of complaints that Hollywood is no place for an ageing actor, this year’s Oscars sees a full 25 percent of its actor nods go to the over 60’s. With Glenn Close, 71, a frontrunner for Best Actress in a Leading Role (The Wife), she is joined by Viggo Mortensen, 60 (Green Book), and Willem Dafoe, 63 (At Eternity’s…

Roundtable: Ageism in the media

What can be done to combat ageism in the media? Experts discuss options.

Q&A With Margaret Gullette, Ageism Warrior

“Ageism is everywhere,” says 77-year -old cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette. “And the ageisms go from insults that may be laughable to real assaults.” Dr. Gullette knows. A Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Gullette has written many well-received books, essays and articles on the subject. She’s now internationally recognized as an age critic and theorist.…

Listen: Ending Ageism

Margaret Morganroth Gullette is a well-known anti-agism warrior and a thoughtful and insightful thinker about aging and its issues. She is the resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandies University and the author of books like Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and Aged by Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2004).…