Old not Other
Kate Kirkpatrick, tutorial fellow in philosophy and Christian ethics at Regent’s Park College of the University of Oxford, and Sonia Kruks, Danforth Professor of Politics Emerita at Oberlin College in Ohio, write “In Western societies, the shocked realisation that we are growing old often fills us with alarm and even terror.”
The two scholars examine Simone de Beauvoir’s “magisterial study of the topic [old age], La vieillesse (1970) – translated in the UK as Old Age, and in the US as The Coming of Age (1972)” for answers to the question:
What, then, should a society be like, so that all may flourish in their last years of life?
Creating an Aging-Friendly Space
We hear a lot about “aging in place,” a movement to help older adults remain in their homes as long as possible. Here AARP offers offers some advice on how to prepare your home “for your senior years.”
What Good Are Our Memories If We Never Share Them?
“Esther Cohen considers the importance of preserving the experiences we recall, by writing them down and sharing them.”
Scholar and activist ANGELA DAVIS has spent more than 50 years working for social justice. This summer, society started to catch up
This moment is a conjuncture between the COVID-19 crisis and the increasing awareness of the structural nature of racism. Moments like this do arise. They’re totally unpredictable, and we cannot base our organizing on the idea that we can usher in such a moment. What we can do is take advantage of the moment.
Angela Davis
Paul McCartney turns 80: a look back
A pictorial review of the musical career of Sir Paul McCartney in celebration of his 80th birthday.
Dorothy E. Smith, Groundbreaker in Feminist Sociology, Dies at 95
“Starting in the 1960s, she sought to re-center her discipline on the experiences of women, people of color and other marginalized groups.”
I had not heard of Dorothy E. Smith, “a feminist scholar and sociologist whose extensive criticism of her own field led her to establish groundbreaking theories and sub-disciplines that pushed sociology away from its foundations as a male-dominated, male-centered endeavor.”
11 Romances Featuring Older Couples
I haven’t read any of these novels, but I appreciate the fact that someone—anyone—is interested in focusing on the topic of Older Adults in Literature.
© 2022 by Mary Daniels Brown
Retreading for Retirement 