Give and Take: Politics, Culture, and Ageism
An 81-year-old presidential candidate is mocked on cable news channels for being too old. Only 22% of workers in the tech industry are over 50. In Hollywood, female stars reach their peak earning point at age 34. Ageism, sometimes called “the invisible bias,” is alive and well in 21st century America. Join Kathleen Woodward, director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and Sarah McKiddy, pre-doctoral scholar at the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging, for a discussion on ageism in culture and politics–and what can be done about it.
PLEASE NOTE: Give and Take is structured as a discussion, not a lecture with a Q&A. Please come with ideas and opinions as well as questions, and be prepared to dive in with expert facilitators. This program will not be streamed on Zoom, and it will not be recorded.
OUR MODERATORS
Kathleen Woodward, Lockwood Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English, is the author or editor of five books on aging from the perspective of the humanities. Her interests include autobiography and aging, the reevaluation of wisdom, care, gender, and multispecies and aging.
Sarah McKiddy is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Her interests include cognitive health, the intersectionality of ageism, and music-based interventions for individuals living with dementia and their care partners.