ageism
Boomer to Zoomer: Grim Generational Relations Aren’t An Accident
There is only one winner in a generation war, and it’s not millennials or boomers or Gen Z—it’s capitalism.
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Short Shelf Life: For Women in Hip Hop, Aging Is a Heavy Burden
Men may have been able to eclipse ageism, but women in hip hop are still obscured by it.
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Women of a Certain Rage: Two New Books Tackle Getting Older—and More Pissed Off
Like aging itself, Why We Can’t Sleep and In Our Prime are both reflective and daunting.
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Hell Is Older People: Aging as the Ultimate Cinematic Horror
Unlike horror-movie fates such as, say, decapitation by paper cutter, aging is the ultimate fright because viewers recognize that they cannot escape it.
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Dear Oscars: Inclusion Is the Name of the Game
Ninety years after the first Academy Awards, Hollywood is still celebrating firsts.
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What Happened to the Women of Twin Peaks?: "Twin Peaks" Is Aging Against the Machine
Twin Peaks: The Return smashed an unofficial casting paradigm for women.
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Alternative Facts, Real Fiction: “Younger” Roundtable for Two
Younger enthusiasts Cate Young and Andi Zeisler tuned in to see where things go now that the truth is (kind of) out there.
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“Auntie” Agony: Black Women Can Hate Ageist Phrases
Because female power is assumed to be beauty, and female beauty is latched tight to youth, our power is believed to fade over time.
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Jessica Fletcher of "Murder, She Wrote" Is My Anti-Ageism Heroine
Twenty years after the show's final episode, it's still rare to see women like Jessica Fletcher on TV.
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HBO’s “Getting On” Has So Much More Life To Give, Says Star Alex Borstein
The dark comedy about nurses working with elderly patients centers on numerous complex women.
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