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The Age Buster 🇺🇦 @TheAgeBuster

A bunch of ideas to upgrade the perspective on aging and disobey the stereotypes, compiled by Stefania Medetti, journalist, sociologist, and author

Joined November 2018
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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
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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
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By framing our view on aging, we shape our future theagebuster.com/blog/own-yo…
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Welcome the transformative superpowers of aging theagebuster.com/blog/reclai… @MarilynSchlitz @MervChangeAGEnt @alexrotas @OldSchool_Info @NYCSeniors @look4thewoman @gatewaywomen @HydeM1976 @Aging2Boston
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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At the end of the day, aging is nothing more than living @look4thewoman @HydeM1976 @OldSchool_Info @CarolineEdAG @MervChangeAGEnt bit.ly/DK_codeaging
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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