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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb75231e5f", "title": "Big news: from now on you’ll find me on Substack", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/07/01/big-news-from-now-on-youll-find-me-on-substack/", "published_at": "2026-07-01T18:55:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb75cd4353", "title": "The problem isn’t “gerontocracy.” It’s inequality.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/06/27/the-problem-isnt-gerontocracy-its-inequality/", "published_at": "2026-06-27T17:07:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb7681254a", "title": "It’s #AgeWithoutLimits Day!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/06/10/its-agewithoutlimits-day/", "published_at": "2026-06-10T13:11:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb77446321", "title": "A funny thing happened on my way home…", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/06/02/a-funny-thing-happened-on-my-way-home/", "published_at": "2026-06-02T13:41:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb77ab513e", "title": "A brag and a question", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/04/30/a-brag-and-a-question/", "published_at": "2026-04-30T14:26:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb77f4d657", "title": "Want to stay as healthy as possible? Check your age bias.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/03/11/want-to-stay-as-healthy-as-possible-check-your-age-bias/", "published_at": "2026-03-11T21:45:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb77f63d21", "title": "I’ve started using a cane.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2026/01/13/ive-started-using-a-cane/", "published_at": "2026-01-13T15:53:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb782e7a76", "title": "Guest post: Internalized Ageism: The Quiet Saboteur", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/12/17/guest-post-internalized-ageism-the-quiet-saboteur/", "published_at": "2025-12-17T14:55:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb78b8c226", "title": "The boomers ruined everything? Think again.  ", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/11/19/the-boomers-ruined-everything-think-again/", "published_at": "2025-11-19T16:32:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c54-a4cf-73cc-a689-f9fb79a1c04d", "title": "Two new friends, four new books", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/11/06/two-new-friends-four-new-books/", "published_at": "2025-11-06T21:14:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d58c5c61", "title": "It’s Ageism Awareness Day!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/10/09/its-ageism-awareness-day/", "published_at": "2025-10-09T16:58:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d5bfd7bc", "title": "latest newsletter", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/09/30/latest-newsletter-2/", "published_at": "2025-10-01T00:47:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d690e190", "title": "What the “doom loop” narrative about population aging has wrong", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/07/27/what-the-doom-loop-narrative-about-population-aging-has-wrong/", "published_at": "2025-07-27T13:23:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d77e0d5a", "title": "The thing about ‘ageing gracefully’", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/07/09/the-thing-about-ageing-gracefully/", "published_at": "2025-07-09T16:31:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d8421869", "title": "Introducing Alessandro Negrete – Executive Director of the Old School Hub", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/06/19/introducing-alessandro-negrete-executive-director-of-the-old-school-hub/", "published_at": "2025-06-19T14:35:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d8b03aa1", "title": "The age equity movement is growing. Want in?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/05/09/the-age-equity-movement-is-growing-want-in/", "published_at": "2025-05-09T14:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d94f0f0b", "title": "Big news: the Old School Hub is looking for an Executive Director", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/04/15/big-news-the-old-school-hub-is-looking-for-an-executive-director/", "published_at": "2025-04-15T12:27:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d968b9e9", "title": "Four ways to deploy age against the awfulness:", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/04/14/four-ways-to-deploy-age-against-the-awfulness/", "published_at": "2025-04-14T15:54:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d9a51b28", "title": "Worried about dementia? Check your facts, and your age bias. ", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/03/31/worried-about-dementia-check-your-facts-and-your-age-bias/", "published_at": "2025-03-31T13:32:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0defa-2109-7055-80b5-0503d9c436f0", "title": "latest newsletter, with a timely proposal", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/01/30/latest-newsletter-with-a-timely-proposal/", "published_at": "2025-01-30T14:42:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df0274f04fb0", "title": "Let’s Come Together for YODA", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2025/01/08/lets-come-together-for-yoda/", "published_at": "2025-01-08T19:58:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df027567e4d0", "title": "Jane Fonda (!) and me on “a secret of aging well”", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/12/20/jane-fonda-and-me-on-a-secret-of-aging-well/", "published_at": "2024-12-20T16:15:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df02761bd5c4", "title": "With friends like the NY Times, who needs fascists?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/11/19/with-friends-like-the-ny-times-who-needs-fascists/", "published_at": "2024-11-19T15:27:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df0276fa1a09", "title": "Introducing the Old School Hub!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/10/01/introducing-the-old-school-hub/", "published_at": "2024-10-01T17:30:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df02772071c1", "title": "What happens when 40 age advocates get together? A lot!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/09/13/what-happens-when-40-age-advocates-get-together-a-lot/", "published_at": "2024-09-13T16:09:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df02775799d7", "title": "“Too old” hasn’t gotten us very far, has it?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/07/14/too-old-hasnt-gotten-us-very-far-has-it/", "published_at": "2024-07-14T13:53:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df027757eaf1", "title": "A bolder vision for Biden’s America", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/07/03/a-bolder-vision-for-bidens-america/", "published_at": "2024-07-03T15:33:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df02779bc21e", "title": "Meet me in Montréal?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/05/15/meet-me-in-montreal/", "published_at": "2024-05-15T15:44:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df0278746a4b", "title": "Thrilled to join Brene Brown’s “Daring Interview” series", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/04/26/thrilled-to-join-brene-browns-daring-interview-series/", "published_at": "2024-04-26T21:10:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df11-d87f-7385-9fac-df027927d935", "title": "It’s about competence, not age. And voters have a right to know more.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/02/19/its-about-competence-not-age-and-voters-have-a-right-to-know-more/", "published_at": "2024-02-19T18:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd23ac51b5", "title": "What a waste.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2024/01/23/5943/", "published_at": "2024-01-23T19:11:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd24ab4d4c", "title": "More research showing ageism shortens lives", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/12/13/more-research-showing-ageism-shortens-lives/", "published_at": "2023-12-13T22:01:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd24b980c2", "title": "Think “too many old people” will swamp social welfare programs? Think again.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/11/06/think-too-many-old-people-will-swamp-social-welfare-programs-think-again/", "published_at": "2023-11-06T14:34:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd25430daf", "title": "Momentum", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/10/24/momentum/", "published_at": "2023-10-24T13:24:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd256121ac", "title": "“Rejected.” The human cost of ageism in the workplace", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/09/25/rejected-the-human-cost-of-ageism-in-the-workplace/", "published_at": "2023-09-25T14:42:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd25da32ff", "title": "A Tale of Three Bicycles", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/08/21/a-tale-of-three-bicycles/", "published_at": "2023-08-21T14:19:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd268e44bc", "title": "Women in the workforce are *never* the right age.  (Or “right” anything else.)", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/07/10/women-in-the-workforce-are-never-the-right-age-or-right-anything-else/", "published_at": "2023-07-10T13:15:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd274e3b6b", "title": "Enough with the headlines about age! Not for the reason you think.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/04/29/enough-with-the-headlines-about-age-not-for-the-reason-you-think/", "published_at": "2023-04-29T16:52:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd2816fa73", "title": "Becoming less ageist can *reverse* cognitive decline.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/04/17/becoming-less-ageist-doesnt-just-prevent-cognitive-decline-it-can-reverse-it/", "published_at": "2023-04-17T20:54:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df2a-011f-70dd-9e1a-a1dd28fd75aa", "title": "A seemingly simple question—”Is the term ‘senior abuse prevention’ ageist?”— turns out to be a beast.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/01/19/a-seemingly-simple-question-is-the-term-senior-abuse-prevention-ageist-turns-out-to-be-a-beast/", "published_at": "2023-01-19T15:32:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec119a9d13", "title": "What would the world look if our work were done?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2023/01/05/what-would-the-world-look-if-our-work-were-done/", "published_at": "2023-01-05T22:19:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec120da0f3", "title": "IMDb now lets people remove their birthdates and birth names from the site. That’s no substitute for culture change.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/12/17/imdb-now-lets-people-remove-their-birthdates-and-birth-names-from-the-site-thats-no-substitute-for-culture-change/", "published_at": "2022-12-17T14:06:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec12f1afd9", "title": "“Too old to be president,” Take Umpteen", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/11/27/too-old-to-be-president-take-umpteen/", "published_at": "2022-11-27T21:45:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec1314a7de", "title": "Do it like Nashua!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/11/08/do-it-like-nashua/", "published_at": "2022-11-08T13:54:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec141400f1", "title": " “Ravages of age,” really? That phrase has got to go.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/10/25/ravages-of-age-really-that-phrase-has-got-to-go/", "published_at": "2022-10-25T15:06:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec14e12a6c", "title": "Thrilled and honored to be one of the Healthy Ageing 50", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/09/23/thrilled-and-honored-to-be-one-of-the-healthy-ageing-50/", "published_at": "2022-09-23T17:31:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec14ec641c", "title": "Guest Post: What’s the best way to respond to an ageist comment?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/08/22/guest-post-whats-the-best-way-to-respond-to-an-ageist-comment/", "published_at": "2022-08-22T18:06:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec157f9a44", "title": "a brag, a birthday, and a bunch of gigs", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/08/18/a-brag-a-birthday-and-a-bunch-of-gigs/", "published_at": "2022-08-18T19:48:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec15cd2c48", "title": "More evidence of how ageism affects our mental and physical well-being", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/06/29/more-evidence-of-how-ageism-affects-mental-and-physical-well-being/", "published_at": "2022-06-29T20:23:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df41-3c77-70dd-a644-1cec15f501f6", "title": "Guest Post: Lazy Journalism and the Fallacy of Gerontocracy  ", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/06/21/guest-post-lazy-journalism-and-the-fallacy-of-gerontocracy/", "published_at": "2022-06-21T23:20:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9d8998fbf", "title": "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: it’s a thing. It shouldn’t have to be.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/06/15/world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-its-a-thing-it-shouldnt-have-to-be-%ef%bf%bc/", "published_at": "2022-06-15T13:20:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9d964b5b2", "title": "“Age Against the Machine – Ending Ageism in the Workplace”", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/06/10/age-against-the-machine-ending-ageism-in-the-workplace/", "published_at": "2022-06-10T17:55:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9da43c10a", "title": "Age ≠ affinity. (Except when it does.)", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/04/01/%ef%bf%bcage-%e2%89%a0-affinity-except-when-it-does/", "published_at": "2022-04-01T17:57:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9da5d3e0f", "title": "More recognition (!) — the Maggie Kuhn Award", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/03/17/and-one-more-the-maggie-kuhn-award/", "published_at": "2022-03-17T22:31:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dae88229", "title": "40 Over 40 – The World’s Most Inspiring Women", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/03/04/40-over-40-the-worlds-most-inspiring-women/", "published_at": "2022-03-04T21:32:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dbbcdc37", "title": "Jan Baars on the paradoxes of aging—with assists from Thomas Cole and Eric Weiner", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/02/28/%ef%bf%bcjan-baars-on-the-paradoxes-of-aging-with-assists-from-thomas-cole-and-eric-weiner/", "published_at": "2022-02-28T19:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dc32d43e", "title": "The mainstream women’s movement has centered whiteness. The anti-ageism movement cannot.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/02/05/the-mainstream-womens-movement-has-centered-whiteness-the-anti-ageism-movement-cannot-%ef%bf%bc/", "published_at": "2022-02-05T19:36:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dd198184", "title": "60 Over 60 – Not Your Same Old List", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2022/01/26/60-over-60-not-your-same-old-list/", "published_at": "2022-01-26T21:45:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dde1d4de", "title": "Hot off the press: News from Old School", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/10/27/hot-off-the-press-news-from-old-school/", "published_at": "2021-10-27T13:42:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df59-3f09-7120-88e0-cbd9dec0a363", "title": "Recalculating . . .", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/10/19/recalculating/", "published_at": "2021-10-19T18:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eebfe00a6", "title": "Happy International Olders Day!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/10/01/happy-international-olders-day/", "published_at": "2021-10-01T14:11:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eec49a1ee", "title": "An expert’s take on the standard definition of “ageism”", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/08/20/an-experts-take-on-the-standard-definition-of-ageism/", "published_at": "2021-08-20T12:45:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eeccd4cc5", "title": "announcing The Biddies", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/07/28/announcing-the-biddies/", "published_at": "2021-07-28T20:32:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eecd9115f", "title": "Let’s Climb Out of the Generation Trap", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/06/29/lets-climb-out-of-the-generation-trap/", "published_at": "2021-06-29T14:16:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eedc2a186", "title": "Letter to the Editor of the NYTimes Sunday Magazine", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/06/13/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-nytimes-sunday-magazine/", "published_at": "2021-06-14T03:04:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eeeb4bedf", "title": "Old School’s May line-up is our busiest ever", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/05/29/old-schools-may-line-up-is-our-busiest-ever/", "published_at": "2021-05-29T14:03:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eeef93d9c", "title": "Ageism in Museums — Everywhere and Nowhere", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/05/29/ageism-in-museums-everywhere-and-nowhere/", "published_at": "2021-05-29T13:51:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eef676248", "title": "now available in Chinese!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/05/12/now-available-in-chinese/", "published_at": "2021-05-12T12:45:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9eefee2d26", "title": "learning from the women’s movement’s mistakes—and doing better", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/05/05/learning-from-the-womens-movements-mistakes-and-doing-better/", "published_at": "2021-05-05T13:21:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df84-b2f8-7075-b9b4-ac9ef001b79b", "title": "Why I want to translate “This Chair Rocks – A Manifesto Against Ageism” into Japanese and publish it in Japan", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/04/09/why-i-want-to-translate-this-chair-rocks-a-manifesto-against-ageism-into-japanese-and-publish-it-in-japan/", "published_at": "2021-04-09T12:43:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd264c1b9", "title": "Wooooo WHO!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/03/23/wooooo-who/", "published_at": "2021-03-23T18:52:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd2b8521d", "title": "Ageless,” clueless . . . I goofed", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/03/09/ageless-clueless-i-goofed/", "published_at": "2021-03-09T23:46:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd39ca720", "title": "Interested in meeting other anti-ageism advocates?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/02/26/interested-in-meeting-other-anti-ageism-advocates/", "published_at": "2021-02-26T18:58:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd3a38a52", "title": "A wish fulfilled: the Year of Letting Our Hair Go Gray", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/02/01/a-wish-fulfilled-the-year-of-letting-our-hair-go-gray/", "published_at": "2021-02-01T23:33:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd3eba45e", "title": "Aging≠old. Aging=living. What do we lose when we get that wrong?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/01/21/why-do-we-make-age-only-about-old/", "published_at": "2021-01-21T21:58:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd4b5ab1d", "title": "Here’s to an intersectional new year!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2021/01/06/heres-to-an-intersectional-new-year/", "published_at": "2021-01-06T19:27:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd581fe5c", "title": "What’s a better question to be asking about Senator Dianne Feinstein?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/12/15/whats-a-better-question-to-be-asking-about-senator-dianne-feinstein/", "published_at": "2020-12-15T16:28:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd59f8d7b", "title": "“MAKE NOISE ABOUT THIS!” – Nasty Woman Writers reviews my manifesto", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/10/30/make-noise-about-this-nasty-woman-writers-reviews-my-manifesto/", "published_at": "2020-10-30T18:58:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd5ce1538", "title": "Why I do what I do and how on earth I got here", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/10/26/why-i-do-what-i-do-and-how-on-earth-i-got-here/", "published_at": "2020-10-26T15:49:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df90-3b7c-701f-9fb5-165dd6be4e03", "title": "my new talk is out in the world", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/09/25/my-new-talk-is-out-in-the-world/", "published_at": "2020-09-25T15:48:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e189b97f", "title": "the manifesto is out in paperback!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/08/12/the-manifesto-is-out-in-paperback/", "published_at": "2020-08-13T00:35:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e1d25946", "title": "Age justice requires disability justice—and vice versa.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/07/25/age-justice-requires-disability-justice-and-vice-versa/", "published_at": "2020-07-26T00:16:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e20d4f94", "title": "Breonna Taylor did not get to grow old", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/07/01/breonna-taylor-did-not-get-to-grow-old/", "published_at": "2020-07-01T17:20:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e2bea83c", "title": "We’re all Old People in Training, whether we know it yet or not", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/06/20/were-all-old-people-in-training-whether-we-know-it-yet-or-not/", "published_at": "2020-06-20T13:44:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e38ff973", "title": "A short riff on hearing impairment, face masks, and being a good ally", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/05/24/a-short-riff-on-hearing-impairment-face-masks-and-being-a-good-ally/", "published_at": "2020-05-24T18:07:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e45935cc", "title": "The pandemic isn’t making ageism worse. It’s exposing it—and that’s a good thing.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/29/stop-saying-the-pandemic-is-making-ageism-worse/", "published_at": "2020-04-29T17:32:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e548307b", "title": "6 reasons to watch Crip Camp", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/17/6-reasons-to-watch-crip-camp/", "published_at": "2020-04-17T22:01:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e5fc7360", "title": "Jeopardy for Older Americans: Ageism in Colorado’s Crisis Standards of Care", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/13/jeopardy-for-older-americans-ageism-in-colorados-crisis-standards-of-care/", "published_at": "2020-04-13T13:33:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e6411e25", "title": "Deciding for ourselves", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/07/deciding-for-ourselves/", "published_at": "2020-04-07T16:05:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df97-e9f3-7139-98d5-2f35e6859b73", "title": "Amazon chose the manifesto for a special sale – TODAY", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/05/amazon-chose-the-manifesto-for-a-special-sale-today/", "published_at": "2020-04-05T13:57:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3bbf3126", "title": "Wondering how to confront #CovidAgeism? Old School can help.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/04/01/wondering-how-to-confront-covidaveism-old-school-can-help/", "published_at": "2020-04-01T14:52:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3c566d60", "title": "Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/03/26/defeating-the-pandemic-means-confronting-ageism-and-ableism/", "published_at": "2020-03-26T14:28:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3c9d595d", "title": "Ditch the generational finger-pointing!", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/03/21/ditch-the-generational-finger-pointing/", "published_at": "2020-03-21T14:12:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3c9eeedf", "title": "Age + coronavirus + ageism", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/03/09/age-coronavirus-ageism/", "published_at": "2020-03-09T22:24:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3cf33152", "title": "The Ageism Problem in Healthcare", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/03/01/the-ageism-problem-in-healthcare/", "published_at": "2020-03-01T20:27:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3d6e3a50", "title": "What fact brings us closest to a world without ageism?", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/02/06/what-fact-brings-us-closest-to-a-world-without-ageism/", "published_at": "2020-02-06T22:37:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3de4cf2d", "title": "“At your age” is the new “Girls don’t.” We don’t have to listen to that either.", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/01/02/at-your-age-is-the-new-girls-dont-we-dont-have-to-listen-to-that-either/", "published_at": "2020-01-02T15:49:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3e600414", "title": "my latest newsletter", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2020/01/01/my-latest-newsletter-3/", "published_at": "2020-01-01T21:19:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3f0bdfa4", "title": "OK, people", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2019/12/02/ok-people/", "published_at": "2019-12-02T23:26:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa0-3af7-713a-8a24-69dd3f20ff40", "title": "The Fruits of Ageism", "url": "https://thischairrocks.com/2019/11/05/the-fruits-of-ageism/", "published_at": "2019-11-06T05:43:30+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Big news: from now on you’ll find me on Substackoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
The problem isn’t “gerontocracy.” It’s inequality.original ↗
27 Jun 2026
It’s #AgeWithoutLimits Day!original ↗
10 Jun 2026
A funny thing happened on my way home…original ↗
2 Jun 2026
A brag and a questionoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Want to stay as healthy as possible? Check your age bias.original ↗
11 Mar 2026
I’ve started using a cane.original ↗
13 Jan 2026

2025

Guest post: Internalized Ageism: The Quiet Saboteuroriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
The boomers ruined everything? Think again.  original ↗
19 Nov 2025
Two new friends, four new booksoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2025
It’s Ageism Awareness Day!original ↗
9 Oct 2025
latest newsletteroriginal ↗
1 Oct 2025
What the “doom loop” narrative about population aging has wrongoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2025
The thing about ‘ageing gracefully’original ↗
9 Jul 2025
Introducing Alessandro Negrete – Executive Director of the Old School Huboriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
The age equity movement is growing. Want in?original ↗
9 May 2025
Big news: the Old School Hub is looking for an Executive Directororiginal ↗
15 Apr 2025
Four ways to deploy age against the awfulness:original ↗
14 Apr 2025
Worried about dementia? Check your facts, and your age bias. original ↗
31 Mar 2025
latest newsletter, with a timely proposaloriginal ↗
30 Jan 2025
Let’s Come Together for YODAoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2025

2024

Jane Fonda (!) and me on “a secret of aging well”original ↗
20 Dec 2024
With friends like the NY Times, who needs fascists?original ↗
19 Nov 2024
Introducing the Old School Hub!original ↗
1 Oct 2024
What happens when 40 age advocates get together? A lot!original ↗
13 Sept 2024
“Too old” hasn’t gotten us very far, has it?original ↗
14 Jul 2024
A bolder vision for Biden’s Americaoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
Meet me in Montréal?original ↗
15 May 2024
Thrilled to join Brene Brown’s “Daring Interview” seriesoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
It’s about competence, not age. And voters have a right to know more.original ↗
19 Feb 2024
What a waste.original ↗
23 Jan 2024

2023

More research showing ageism shortens livesoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2023
Think “too many old people” will swamp social welfare programs? Think again.original ↗
6 Nov 2023
Momentumoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2023
“Rejected.” The human cost of ageism in the workplaceoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2023
A Tale of Three Bicyclesoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2023
Women in the workforce are *never* the right age.  (Or “right” anything else.)original ↗
10 Jul 2023
Enough with the headlines about age! Not for the reason you think.original ↗
29 Apr 2023
Becoming less ageist can *reverse* cognitive decline.original ↗
17 Apr 2023
A seemingly simple question—”Is the term ‘senior abuse prevention’ ageist?”— turns out to be a beast.original ↗
19 Jan 2023
What would the world look if our work were done?original ↗
5 Jan 2023

2022

IMDb now lets people remove their birthdates and birth names from the site. That’s no substitute for culture change.original ↗
17 Dec 2022
“Too old to be president,” Take Umpteenoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2022
Do it like Nashua!original ↗
8 Nov 2022
 “Ravages of age,” really? That phrase has got to go.original ↗
25 Oct 2022
Thrilled and honored to be one of the Healthy Ageing 50original ↗
23 Sept 2022
Guest Post: What’s the best way to respond to an ageist comment?original ↗
22 Aug 2022
a brag, a birthday, and a bunch of gigsoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2022
More evidence of how ageism affects our mental and physical well-beingoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2022
Guest Post: Lazy Journalism and the Fallacy of Gerontocracy  original ↗
21 Jun 2022
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: it’s a thing. It shouldn’t have to be.original ↗
15 Jun 2022
“Age Against the Machine – Ending Ageism in the Workplace”original ↗
10 Jun 2022
Age ≠ affinity. (Except when it does.)original ↗
1 Apr 2022
More recognition (!) — the Maggie Kuhn Awardoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2022
40 Over 40 – The World’s Most Inspiring Womenoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2022
Jan Baars on the paradoxes of aging—with assists from Thomas Cole and Eric Weineroriginal ↗
28 Feb 2022
The mainstream women’s movement has centered whiteness. The anti-ageism movement cannot.original ↗
5 Feb 2022
60 Over 60 – Not Your Same Old Listoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2022

2021

Hot off the press: News from Old Schooloriginal ↗
27 Oct 2021
Recalculating . . .original ↗
19 Oct 2021
Happy International Olders Day!original ↗
1 Oct 2021
An expert’s take on the standard definition of “ageism”original ↗
20 Aug 2021
announcing The Biddiesoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2021
Let’s Climb Out of the Generation Traporiginal ↗
29 Jun 2021
Letter to the Editor of the NYTimes Sunday Magazineoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2021
Old School’s May line-up is our busiest everoriginal ↗
29 May 2021
Ageism in Museums — Everywhere and Nowhereoriginal ↗
29 May 2021
now available in Chinese!original ↗
12 May 2021
learning from the women’s movement’s mistakes—and doing betteroriginal ↗
5 May 2021
Why I want to translate “This Chair Rocks – A Manifesto Against Ageism” into Japanese and publish it in Japanoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2021
Wooooo WHO!original ↗
23 Mar 2021
Ageless,” clueless . . . I goofedoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2021
Interested in meeting other anti-ageism advocates?original ↗
26 Feb 2021
A wish fulfilled: the Year of Letting Our Hair Go Grayoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2021
Aging≠old. Aging=living. What do we lose when we get that wrong?original ↗
21 Jan 2021
Here’s to an intersectional new year!original ↗
6 Jan 2021

2020

What’s a better question to be asking about Senator Dianne Feinstein?original ↗
15 Dec 2020
“MAKE NOISE ABOUT THIS!” – Nasty Woman Writers reviews my manifestooriginal ↗
30 Oct 2020
Why I do what I do and how on earth I got hereoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2020
my new talk is out in the worldoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2020
the manifesto is out in paperback!original ↗
13 Aug 2020
Age justice requires disability justice—and vice versa.original ↗
26 Jul 2020
Breonna Taylor did not get to grow oldoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2020
We’re all Old People in Training, whether we know it yet or notoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2020
A short riff on hearing impairment, face masks, and being a good allyoriginal ↗
24 May 2020
The pandemic isn’t making ageism worse. It’s exposing it—and that’s a good thing.original ↗
29 Apr 2020
6 reasons to watch Crip Camporiginal ↗
17 Apr 2020
Jeopardy for Older Americans: Ageism in Colorado’s Crisis Standards of Careoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2020
Deciding for ourselvesoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2020
Amazon chose the manifesto for a special sale – TODAYoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2020
Wondering how to confront #CovidAgeism? Old School can help.original ↗
1 Apr 2020
Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableismoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2020
Ditch the generational finger-pointing!original ↗
21 Mar 2020
Age + coronavirus + ageismoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2020
The Ageism Problem in Healthcareoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2020
What fact brings us closest to a world without ageism?original ↗
6 Feb 2020
“At your age” is the new “Girls don’t.” We don’t have to listen to that either.original ↗
2 Jan 2020
my latest newsletteroriginal ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

OK, peopleoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2019
The Fruits of Ageismoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2019
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