Tag: ageism
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the monday nugget – dewanda wise
you may think that you’re moving too slowly, that you’re not getting there fast enough, or that you’ll never get there, at this rate (no, you’ll never get there if you stop altogether). you may think that the steps you are making are inconsequential. baby steps. but wait: baby steps are monumental, no matter your…
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the ageismville diaries – chapter three
no, yes, then no again Note: There is an f-bomb I can’t get myself to take out of this story. I might change it later, but right now I just feel like sometimes ageism requires cussing. I didn’t know what chapter three would be about. I didn’t even know there would be a chapter three.…
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from the inspiration files – 70 over 70
3. 70 over 70 If, like me, you love a good podcast, I highly recommend this one, 70 Over 70, hosted by Max Linsky. The tagline , “A show about how we make the most of the time we have left,” kind of gets under my skin a little bit, but that could just be…
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the ageismville diaries – chapter two
reading Today was a doozy. I was shedding things, making room, as spring will have you do, when I came across the Summer 2021 issue of Millie, a magazine that started showing up with my subscription to Real Simple, out of the blue. Immediately I saw why I’d kept it around this long: it had…
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the ageismville diaries – chapter one
entry I didn’t get the job. Every sign on the month-long, four-interview road to that Copy Editor position said that the job was in the bag. It was mine. I’d never walked away from an interview feeling more confident than I had after that last one. By then, the process had gone from the initial…
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40 is the new 40, 50 is the new 50,… and you can fuck off with your ageist “compliments”
I can’t stand “compliments” steeped in ageism. “50 is the new 30!” … Why? “You look good for (insert age)!” … What is (insert age) supposed to look like? “60 Where?!” …. Right here, dammit. Ageism is so pervasive, people buy into it often without realizing it. Folks who make these types of statements mean…
the adult prodigy project 