ageism

This article highlights the personal stories of young people–including the author–navigating the barriers to choosing sterilization as a birth control method.

This resource provides tips and includes a “perimenopause snapshot” tool, which helps you track and summarize your specific symptoms. Sharing the snapshot with your healthcare provider can help you get what you want from your appointment.

Women and gender-expansive people are especially subject to ageism in social institutions like the healthcare system and the workplace.

Find groups and organizations that are fighting back against ageism and working to support dignity and equality for old and aging people.

This article by Margaret Morganroth Gullette addresses the harm caused by ageism and “age shaming,” especially as it relates to assumptions about competence.

A plethora of resources to help us understand, and overcome, social isolation. Includes an assessment tool and an interactive map.

Omisade Burney-Scott, the founder of Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause, argues for a shift in the narrative and culture around aging and menopause.

Ruth Ray Karpen shares recent research and her own experience of what makes a “good retirement,” especially for baby boomers.

Two authors, Heather Corinna and Kimberly Dark, talk with one another about menopause, trauma, body positivity, and vulnerability.

A positive attitude about aging can lead to a longer, healthier life, but many older people face real obstacles to happiness, as this source notes.

How do we define ageism? One professor argues we can do better than the standard definition of ageism as “stereotyping, prejudice and/or discrimination based on age.”

Ashton Applewhite reflects on the ways that thinking in terms of "generations" can cause harm by creating division, feeding stereotypes, and igniting conflict.