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Agism

Air(Brush) Apparent

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 12.16.2012 | Women
Read More: Politics, Agism, Publishing, Aging, Youth, Anti-Aging Industry, Being Judged, Airbrushing, Feminism, What Should I Do With My Life?, Botox, Photoshop, Aging Gracefully, Women and Aging, Aging Well, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

"I have a problem with the cover. She looks so young! It's like we're showing favoritism." It was at this point, dear reader, that the whistle was deployed.

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The Perks of Being an Older Entrepreneur

John Dearborn | Posted 10.06.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Older Entrepreneurs, Business Experience, Startups, Agism, Small Business News
John Dearborn

When it comes to a startup's success, being able to contribute experience and insight is almost as valuable as a unique idea or substantive funding.

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Older And More Diverse: America's Multicultural Future Is Approaching Fast, But Are We Ready?

David E. Thigpen | Posted 09.24.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Diverse Elders Coalition, Agism, Diverse Elders, Aging, Insight Center for Community Economic Development, Social Security, Elders, San Francisco News
David E. Thigpen

Elders are revered for their experience and wisdom in many cultures around the globe, but here in America where our civic, media and business cultures worship at the fountain of youth, elders are seen in quite a different light.

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Ageism and Heterosexism in Hollywood

Brooke Lewis | Posted 07.21.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Hollywood, Ageism, Agism, Casting Heterosexism, Casting Agism, Hollywood Heterosexism, Heterosexism, Hollywood Ageism, Hollywood Agism, Casting Ageism, Gay Voices News
Brooke Lewis

Steven shared a few stories with me, and I was surprised by how often he actually deals with heterosexism in the entertainment industry. It seems as though he deals with it almost as much as I and my actress friends deal with ageism and sexism on the casting couch!

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Why We Lie About Our Age

Robert Levithan | Posted 04.23.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Ageism, Aging, Lying About Our Age, Agism, Lying About Your Age, Age Lying, Lying About Age, Gay Voices News
Robert Levithan

Most of us will not suffer harm if we are honest about our sexuality or our age. We do, however, suffer psychically, from constant denial of the truth about who or what we.

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Is 50 Really the New 15?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.02.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Adolescents, Mid-Life, Hormonal-Changes, Middle-Age, Fifty, Empty Nest, Teenagers, Agism, Fifty News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

As someone well into my fifties, the popular aphorism "50 is the new 15" makes me laugh. Who are we kidding? Sure, being 50 today means something different than it did for our parents. But 50 is simply the "new 50!"

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Treat the Patient, Not the Age

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Ageism, Age-Related Injuriy, Ageism Medicine, Healthy Aging, Physical Therapy and Age, Agism, Personal Health, Agism Medicine, Agist Doctors, Doctors Agism, Ageist Doctors, Doctors Ageism, Healthy Living News
Kristen Houghton

Respect should always be part of the any treatment, and when a person is treated solely on the basis of antiquated "age-thinking," there is a problem.

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Age: Truth In Numbers

Renata Helfman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Aging, Youth, Modern Woman, Beauty, Anti-Aging, Beauty Serum, Agism, Youth Obsession, Ageism, Age Acceptance, Obsession With Youth, Age Obsession, Healthy Living News
Renata Helfman

So is this where cougars, short term marriages, early mid-llfe crises and, most of all, an illusion that the years are something to be ashamed of come into play?

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Gender And Aging: Challenging The Double Standard

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women, Susan Sarandon, Dating, Cougar, Men, Cosmetic Surgery, Helen Mirren, Celebrities, Agism, Aging, Aging Women, Women Aging, Women Over 40, Aging Dating, Healthy Living News
Kristen Houghton

Where does this leave the woman "of a certain age?" In a bit of a quandary, to be sure; society has two attitudes on aging: one for men and one for women. Men are "allowed" to age and women are not.

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