Writer and leading spokesperson for the emerging movement to raise awareness of ageism, Ashton Applewhite, is with me to help us recognize the stereotyping of people or groups of people based on their age. We talk about how to begin dealing with this bias through Acknowledgement, Integration, and Activism.

There is so much in this episode, but some of the topics include:

• What is ageism?
• Is there a divide between young and old?
• How does culture teach us to feel about age and aging?
• How does fear drive "the machine" and pit ages against each other?
• When do we start to become biased?
• How do we begin to start overcoming this bias or prejudice?
• What is "age appropriate"?
• What does someone AGE tell you about them? What does it not tell you about them?
• How important is it to push back the myths of aging, especially as a group?
• How do we push back these myths?
• How important is it to make friends of all ages?
• How do we age well?
• What example can we set for our children and how can we keep from being ageist against them and others their age?

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Her amazing TED TALK, Let's End Ageism, is at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfjzkO6_DEI&t=11s
And you can pick up her book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Chair-Rocks-Manifesto-Against/dp/1250297257/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2U80N0A9TW2BV&keywords=this+chair+rocks&qid=1654973303&sprefix=this+chair+rocks%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1

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