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Can we lose the "over the hill" jokes already?
In 1974, I cut my hair which had been hippie-style long, parted in the middle, and sometimes embellished with a tie-dyed scarf hovering over my eyebrows. I was going on a job interview to be the Executive Director for a non-profit. It didn't bother me that I lacked any experience whatsoever.
Chivalry is apparently dead.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
News travels fast on social media, no doubt. It's where we pick up headlines on traffic and weather, events, crowdfunding, and everything in between. If you want to stay in the know, head to Twitter and Facebook. What about ageism? Can social activism help put an end to the discrimination?
We're growing a little tired of well-intended comments that actually insult older people.
There are subtle things younger people say and do that demean older people.
Madonna gets ageist sex shaming for being an over-50 turned-on sexy woman and George Clooney gets to be the sexiest man alive over 50. I call 'Foul Ball' and 'Screw That.'
