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Ashton Applewhite

Ashton Applewhite was Next Avenue's Influencer in Aging of the Year in 2016. She is the author of "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism," blogs at ThisChairRocks.com, and is a leading spokesperson for a movement to make ageism as unacceptable as any other prejudice.

A boomer adult and a millennial young adult. Generation gap, multigenerational, Next Avenue
Opinion

Let's Climb Out of The Generation Trap

Why this ageism authority wants us to use "generation" less. A lot less.
June 29, 2021
Older woman walking with walker wearing facemask on porch, ageism, ableism, Next Avenue

Reflections on the Plague Year From an Anti-Ageism Activist

The pandemic didn't make ageism worse, it exposed what's been there all along
March 15, 2021
An image suggestive of ableism and ageism.

OPINION: Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism

Ashton Applewhite, an Influencer in Aging, speaks out against social bias
March 26, 2020
Ageism

Ageism Is Everywhere: It's Time to Stop It

In this book excerpt, Ashton Applewhite takes on language and discrimination
July 11, 2019
Ashton Applewhite

Building an Anti-Ageism Movement: The Time Is Now

The 2016 Influencer of the Year urges solidarity among the old and 'future old'
January 18, 2017
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