Other Writing by
Ashton Applewhite

Ageist? Ableist? Who, me?

Ageist? Ableist? Who, me?

January 18, 2023

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Let’s Climb Out of The Generation Trap

Let’s Climb Out of The Generation Trap

June 29, 2021

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Reflections on the Plague Year From an Anti-Ageism Activist

Reflections on the Plague Year From an Anti-Ageism Activist

March 15, 2021

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Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism

Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism

March 26, 2020

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Beating age discrimination

Beating age discrimination

May 1, 2019

Article in The Big Issue

An Essay by Ashton Applewhite

An Essay by Ashton Applewhite

March 14, 2019

Article on Books Inc.

Eight surprising facts about getting old in America

Eight surprising facts about getting old in America

March 10, 2019

Article in the New York Post

If you care about equality, fight ageism – just as you fight sexism and racism

If you care about equality, fight ageism – just as you fight sexism and racism

March 4, 2019

Article in the Independent

Age of distinction: Don’t believe the ageist myths. We only get better in our golden years.

Age of distinction: Don’t believe the ageist myths. We only get better in our golden years.

March 3, 2019

Article in The Globe and Mail

How did old people become political enemies of the young?

How did old people become political enemies of the young?

December 23, 2018

Article In The Guardian

As I Am Now, So You Will Be; Your Ageism Is Hypocrisy

As I Am Now, So You Will Be; Your Ageism Is Hypocrisy

December 27, 2018

Article In Flaunt magazine

A Stigma Rooted in Denial: On Ageism and “Aging Thoughtfully”

A Stigma Rooted in Denial: On Ageism and “Aging Thoughtfully”

November 2, 2017

Article In the Los Angeles Review of Books

Working to Disarm Women’s Anti-Aging Demon

Working to Disarm Women’s Anti-Aging Demon

October 12, 2017

Article in the New York Times

I Hope I Get Old Before I Die

I Hope I Get Old Before I Die

July 13, 2017

Article in Neo.life

Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well

Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well

June 15, 2017

Book published by HarperCollins, 1997. Reissued in 2017 with new preface by the author.

You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch

You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch

September 3, 2016

Article in the New York Times

Time for the “Gray Tsunami” Metaphor to Go

Time for the “Gray Tsunami” Metaphor to Go

May 24, 2016

Article in Midcentury Modern

Why I’m Not Ray, or How I Came to Write a Manifesto Against Ageism

Why I’m Not Ray, or How I Came to Write a Manifesto Against Ageism

March 12, 2016

Article in Midcentury Modern

How I Became an Old Person in Training

How I Became an Old Person in Training

October 22, 2015

Article in Generations, the journal of the American Society on Aging

Of Course Tech Companies Should Strive for Age Diversity

Of Course Tech Companies Should Strive for Age Diversity

October 19, 2015

Invited comment on an article on Backchannel

Is Ageism the Last Bias?

Is Ageism the Last Bias?

September 1, 2015

Article in Playboy

Age as true advantage? Not in the Atlantic.

Age as true advantage? Not in the Atlantic.

June 4, 2015

Post on Medium

How should we think about longer lives—and why?

How should we think about longer lives—and why?

July 7, 2014

Article in The Society Pages