Ashton Applewhite
Writer & public speaker. she/her/hers. Let's end #ageism — and all the rest, while we're at it. ThisChairRocks + Yo Is This Ageist? + the Old School Hub
- "Bill Maher’s comments tap into a growing frustration among veteran creatives who feel sidelined... If someone with Rob Reiner’s track record can’t get a project off the ground, it raises uncomfortable questions about who the system is really built to serve." #ageism www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
- some big and small ways that "ordinary" Americans are fighting back against ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Science Fact of the Day: At more than five thousand degrees Celsius, the Earth’s core is roughly as hot as the surface of the sun. Source: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
- "“This verdict is a resounding message to corporations nationwide: age discrimination is illegal, it is harmful, and juries will hold employers accountable." www.einnews.com/pr_news/8735...
- Well THAT'S a relief. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Wonder what native families learned from their elders? #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUd1...
- Sick of hearing the boomers ruined everything? Or think the boomers *did* ruin everything? Here's a better way to think about who actually benefits from the generational blame game. Hint: it's about class, not age. thischairrocks.com/2025/11/19/t...
- A skincare line for CHILDREN? Shame on @shaymitchell3.bsky.social for feeding and profiting off children's fears.
- "I like being done with figuring my life out—with figuring out where I should live, what I should focus on, what sort of people I like, how I like to spend my days. I know what’s important to me." novelist Gish Gen on @oldstermag.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/1...
- Reposted by Ashton ApplewhitePeter Coviello with another dynamite piece. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
- It's not in their 30s, 40s, or 50s either. www.good.is/age-of-funct...
- Both the 1% and the 99% are made up of all ages. The story we need to tell isn’t about boomers vs. millennials. It’s about the rich and powerful vs. the rest of us. yoisthisageist.com
- "#Ageism, especially against #women, discriminates against us in every area. But I'm shocked by the act of hiding one's age. I've spent the last few years championing maturity, and it pisses me off to see age become another kind of closet." 🙌 @annamanso.bsky.social en.ara.cat/sunday/for-w...
- Reader asks, "This article in Greater Good magazine asks, not very grammatically, Are Older People Dating Younger Ageist—or Just Practical? What do you think? My answer here: yoisthisageist.com/post/7990344...
- A reminder that @aarp.org "is in fact functioning as a multimillion-dollar marketing arm for an insurer [UnitedHealthcare] whose business model increasingly depends on enrolling seniors in private Medicare plans." healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/unitedheal...
- What could possibly go wrong? 🥶https://palisaderesearch.org/blog/shutdown-resistance
- “Why would [gendered #ageism] be showing up in billions of words where there’s no visual presentation of people? That is really suggesting it’s woven into the fabric of how we categorize and interpret people in the social world.” news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
- Reposted by Ashton ApplewhiteWhenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
- I recommend saying brightly, "You look good for your age too!" www.womanandhome.com/life/news-en...
- How a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening 😨https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
- What would a world without ageism look like? Here's an answer from Jeanette Leardi @jeanetteleardi.bsky.social
- Today is #AgeismAwarenessDay. Two years ago, Changing the Narrative, a leading anti-ageism initiative ran brief videos asking pro-aging advocates the question "What if aging was unbound by ageism?" Here was my answer, which still applies today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0QX...
- Happy #Ageism Awareness Day! Watch this two-minute animation. Take a deep breath. Choose an ageist thought or behavior to challenge—gently—today and going forward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs28...
- Go Catalonia! #ageism www.catalannews.com/society-scie...
- "Much like the resource curse entrenches autocracy in oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia, a US economy that no longer needs as many people to generate wealth will have much less incentive to take care of their needs." @jasmine.bsky.social conducts some internet anthropology jasmi.news/p/dictionary
- This @ilcuk.bsky.social report highlights that older people are more likely to benefit from talk therapy than younger patients. Surprised? Ask yourself why. www.msn.com/en-ca/health...
- This one is fun. www.thepoke.com/2025/09/04/f...
- As Trump's numbers fall, the ageist rhetoric is predictably ramping up. A reminder: #aging didn't turn Trump into a bully and tyrant. He was *always* a bully and tyrant.
- #Ageism hits educated white men in their forties. It's worse for everyone further down the food chain. www.financialexpress.com/trending/is-...
- A friend spotted in Berlin spotted “The Fountain of Youth” by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1547). yoisthisageist.com
- "Ultimately, the art world’s obsession with categorization, particularly the rigid 'emerging,' 'mid-career, and 'established' framework, serves more as a gatekeeping mechanism than a meaningful metric of artistic merit or impact. 1/2 www.blackartinamerica.com/blogs/news/t...
- 2/2 "For Black artists, and especially those who are older, self-taught, or working outside dominant art world centers, these labels...erase years of labor, marginalize lived experiences, and obscure vital contributions to cultural narratives." Chenoa Baker www.blackartinamerica.com/blogs/news/t...
- Reposted by Ashton ApplewhiteWashington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
- A thoughtful take on the insidious nature of internalized ageism. "Many of my personal heroes are over 65," Frampton writes. "It’s the adults flying under the radar we need to worry about, and we need to be calling out systemic discrimination and condescension when we see it." #ageism
- One for the snappy-answer department. #ageism www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
- Guess what age group is most vulnerable to scams? What assumptions underlie your guess? www.experian.com/blogs/ask-ex...
- What's the "real doom loop"? San Franciscans are growing older.Think the failure of governance or absence of affordable housing or lack of family leave have anything to do with it? Blaming olders is like blaming immigrants for "taking jobs away" or "crime surges." www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
- "I’ve discovered as a therapist and as a patient in psychoanalysis that the capacity to anchor yourself in the reality of time passing,and to the potential for life to get better, is fundamental to good mental health." 🙌 Huzzah! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- 'I’m beginning to think it’s the very act of becoming “women of a certain age” that inclines us toward autonomous and radical thinking — and demanding our pleasure be taken seriously." www.thecut.com/article/how-...
- "Age inclusivity isn’t charity; it’s smart, responsible leadership.” #ageism www.forbes.com/sites/danpon...
- Benevolent #ageism is nevertheless insulting and unwelcome. “Ask them to change the way they are speaking with you,” counsels my wise friend and Aussie age advocate. Easier said than done, but necessary. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- "The same #ageism that makes aqua aerobics a joke also makes space for its liberation." Fat positive + anti-diet activist Virginia Sole-Smith virginiasolesmith.substack.com/p/the-untapp...
- The Guardian asked me to write something on a very juicy topic: "aging gracefully." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
- "There’s no style or cohesion besides the slenderness of one feature & a certain dull sleaze. She manages to convey both skank and frump at once; the mistress you leave your wife for and the wife you’re sick of at the same time." 🙌😂https://lytagold.substack.com/p/its-okay-to-notice-when-rich-people
- Just launched: a toolkit for storytellers who want to confront the encroachment of fascist AI surveillance tech. 👏
- For the past year, I've been working with dozens of my most admired humans on the planet to put some new thoughts to think with out in the world. Storytellers, may I present the uncensorable, decentralized Stop Surveillance Tech Copaganda Toolkit: stopcopaganda.compost.digital
- "Chuck D tells SPIN that Black Sky songs such as “Siick” and “Ageism” focus on the pitfalls of a technology-obsessed society and discrimination against our aging hip-hop elders. " 🙌 www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
- "Today in 'capitalism ruins everything,' the New York Liberty announced a new partnership with Vagisil" @thefrankiedlc.news Vagisil makes 'feminine hygiene' products that claim to protect against itching, dryness, and odor. In fact they're harmful. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/haterade-t...
