Applewhite Ashton This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism 9781250297259

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Автор: Applewhite Ashton
Название: This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
ISBN: 9781250297259
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS)
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ISBN-10: 1250297257
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.25 кг.
Дата издания: 11.08.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 208 x 137 x 23
Подзаголовок: A manifesto against ageism
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Поставляется из: США
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Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.

In our youth obsessed culture, were bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation.

Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action.

Its time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether youre older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride

Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.
--Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Applewhite Ashton