Let’s Get Real About Aging: COVID-19 and Ageism
By Gail Evans “The pandemic has amplified ageism,” read the headline in the May 1st Los Angeles Times. “It’s open season for discrimination against older […]
By Gail Evans “The pandemic has amplified ageism,” read the headline in the May 1st Los Angeles Times. “It’s open season for discrimination against older […]
By Gail Evans Sure, New York’s galleries happily show your work if you’re an older big-name visual artist who can command through-the-roof prices. But thousands […]
By Gail Evans Some stereotypes die hard. It’s time to bury the stereotype of senior centers as dreary places where old people sit around waiting […]
By Gail Evans I met with 85-year-old George Held in his West Village apartment to interview him about aging. Held taught in the English Department […]
By Gail Evans On December 3rd I met with 85-year-old George Held in his West Village apartment to interview him about aging. He taught in […]
By Gail Evans My husband and I are in our eighties and, yes, we’re slowing down. We tire more easily, take longer for daily chores, […]
By Gail Evans Some of us are 80 but feel 50. Our health is good, our income comfortable. We have family and friends, we’re active […]