The Age Buster 🇺🇦

You may think what you like about the war in Ukraine (I know what I think 🇺🇦) or Janet Yellen, but seeing this 76 year-old woman in a war zone with her white hair and a pair of sneakers makes my heart sing @look4thewoman @OldSchool_Info @MERVatLLARC @MichaelFKay @gatewaywomen

Dear Twitter, Patricia Burd from the University of Manchester is looking for pet lovers (65+) who want to share their story about their furry companion for her master's project. See the poster below @OldSchool_Info @MERVatLLARC @LiatAyalon @JustMeandLilley @look4thewoman

By framing our view on aging, we shape our future theagebuster.com/blog/own-yo…

Welcome the transformative superpowers of aging theagebuster.com/blog/reclai… @MarilynSchlitz @MervChangeAGEnt @alexrotas @OldSchool_Info @NYCSeniors @look4thewoman @gatewaywomen @HydeM1976 @Aging2Boston

Aging is not just about decline, it’s about growth too. Ageism is the simple answer to its complexity @TraceyGendron's upcoming book casts a light on the link between ageism and ableism theagebuster.com/blog/rethin… @LongevityLeads @MervChangeAGEnt @look4thewoman @MidlifeCreator

Inclusivity is not only about letting people in. It’s about embracing new perspectives bit.ly/3urBldN @OldSchool_Info @gatewaywomen @JasonDFlatt @LongevityLeads @HelpAge @alzassociation @alzheimerssoc @LBDAssoc @karenmeenan3 @MervChangeAGEnt @SimonJarrett6

Demand change Kudos to Belinde Ruth Stieve, actress and founder of NEROPA™ , a gender & diversity tool designed to increase the proportion of women and encourage diversity in media @OldSchool_Info @mariannaalda @gatewaywomen @MIT_AgeLab @SchcspIN @look4thewoman @cindygallop

No matter the age, the power to create is yours till the last breath bit.ly/GDR_difference @MervChangeAGEnt @OldSchool_Info @MichaelFKay @cindygallop @LongevityLeads @gatewaywomen @midlifeCreator @alexrotas

Ask yourself who you are, and you will know what to wear #dressyourSelf @look4thewoman @OldSchool_Info @MervChangeAGEnt @LiatAyalon @primewomen @thatsntmyage @grace_creative @BarbAtkins @mariannaalda bit.ly/ERF_dress

Denying aging means missing the opportunity of expanding our identity from Doing to Being bit.ly/CZ_expand @look4thewoman @MervChangeAGEnt @JackiesRev2 @SimonJarrett6 @HydeM1976 @LiatAyalon @ElsMesselis @grace_creative

Whatever women do with their aging bodies is never okay. Why? Blame it on the Victorians @oldschoo_info @look4thewoman @cindygallop @LiatAyalon @MervChangeAGEnt @A_WittenbergCox @gatewaywomen @MichaelFKay @mariannaalda bit.ly/SZ_victorians

For the onlooker, gray hair is one of the most stigmatized attributes of aging women. We need to reclaim the power to look the way we are bit.ly/SO_visibles @look4thewoman @BetterNotYoung @CrunchyTales @MervChangeAGEnt @OldSchool_Info @LiatAyalon

At the end of the day, aging is nothing more than living @look4thewoman @HydeM1976 @OldSchool_Info @CarolineEdAG @MervChangeAGEnt bit.ly/DK_codeaging

In her books, Joanna Nell strips the cloak of invisibility off older female protagonists and gives them a voice. In a youth-obsessed society, she challenges the reader’s point of view on aging bit.ly/JN_expectations @look4thewoman @LiatAyalon @MervChangeAGEnt @Jo_nell_writer

Sexism, capitalism, and ageism are intertwined. Claire Margerison, founder of Independent Carers, is restoring humanity into care. She needs help to make her care model take off. Pls RT bit.ly/CM_solution @look4thewoman @g_sugahara @LiatAyalon @gatewaywomen @JackiesRev2

Question the barriers to love Kudos to Lynn Ruth Miller, 87 y.o. stand-up comedian, who is never afraid to try new things and take down walls @look4thewoman @cindygallop @thischairrocks @mariannaalda @MervChangeAGEnt @behindthewoman1 @ElsMesselis bit.ly/LRM_barriers

We live in a liquid society, with liquid relationships, and ages are diluted too. bit.ly/eB_stayclear @look4thewoman @OldSchool_Info @Edel_Barrio @MichaelFKay @MervChangeAGEnt

Instead of taking it for granted, we should question a system that institutionalizes segments of the population Simon Jarrett's book brilliantly distills the forces at play @JackiesRev2 @MervChangeAGEnt @YvonneSonsino @weletthemdie @alinecsantos @look4thewoman @kit_trick

Sometimes it takes just the beauty of human connections to make us think differently about aging @TheGateLondon campaign does exactly that bit.ly/KA_discover @kit_trick @TfL @MervChangeAGEnt @cindygallop @look4thewoman @alexrotas @rlankester @LiatAyalon @ElsMesselis

Abandon the cult of youth. The most exciting stuff happens inside with aging, says Carl Honoré @carlhonore @cindygallop @shelleysilas @alexkalache @MichaelFKay @mariannaalda @look4thewoman @HydeM1976 @behindthewoman1 @MervChangeAGEnt