Tag: the ageismville diaries

• the ageismville diaries – chapter four (🤬)

  the age/looks barometer We have this ageism-flavored drink in our systems y’all.  We are doing a lot of the work on ourselves, lessening the load of those who want and endeavor for us to feel less than as we age.  Question: What is 45 (or any other age) supposed to feel like? Consider this piece…

  y.l.d.

  April 19, 2022

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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.…

  y.l.d.

  April 13, 2022

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  #metoo, age discrimination, ageism, ageismville chapter three, aging at work, interview, interview story, job hunting, since before #metoo, the #metoo movement, the ageismville diaries, the job hunt

• 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…

  y.l.d.

  April 3, 2022

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  #funkingafter50, #theageismvillediaries, age, ageism, ageismville, ageismville episode 2, aging, arlinda mcintosh, millie, millie magazine, sex plus discrimination, sofistafunk, the ageismville diaries