Aging to Perfection
Exploring the intersections of aging, justice, and narrative through scholarly inquiry and personal reflection.
Scamming the Scammer:Revenge was sweet until . . . it wasn’t
I string along Medicare scammers for sport—playing the fumbling old woman, hiding the phone in a kitchen drawer, feeding fake numbers to men who think they've found an easy mark. It's satisfying, even funny, until a woman named Melissa picks up the phone. She's good—too good—and something about her voice makes the game feel different. What starts as a story about outsmarting con artists turns into something harder to laugh off
Justice Wears Red Boots: Dorothy Van Soest's Until It's Over
Dorothy Van Soest is nearly 84, and she has things to say about sexual violence, Indigenous land rights, corrupt politicians, and what it finally means to be enough. Her fourth Sylvia Jensen mystery is the most personal — and the most satisfying — book she's written. Read the full post here.
Authenticity and Masquerade in Late-Life Identity Development
Explore the interplay between authenticity and masquerade in late-life identity, reflecting on how social environments shape and sometimes constrain our true selves.
Insidious Ageism: Why are Old People Disappearing?
I didn’t take ageism seriously until I started to disappear. . .
A dose of gorgeosity for those of us getting on in years
A poem by Louise Glück.
Another Wild Old Lady!
"All were veteran activists," she said, and "all had energy to spare."
Feel like a dried out husk?
Walking in the yard I noticed an oddly shaped twig.
Auto-ethnography: Life at the Boundary Between Self and Society
Standing before the full-length mirror in my bedroom I am confused.
“Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.”