What is we refused numerical age and distrusted linear time? What if we were able to enjoy more intergenerational living? Simon(e) van Saarloss’ new book Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto starts with what it is not: it is not a socioeconomic argument against ageism, but instead a radical critique of conventional arthuments against ageism, through the lens of crip, queer theory, and anti-carceral and anti-colonial perspectives. van Saarloos will be discussing Against Ageism with poet and essayist Claudia Rankine for the Berlin launch of the book.
Wednesday 7 May
20:00
She Said Books
Kottbusser Damm 79,
10967 Berlin
About Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto
Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto starts with what it is not: a socio-economic argument against ageism, celebrating the ‘elderly’ as economically viable. Instead, Simon(e) van Saarloos presents a radical critique of conventional arguments against ageism, rejecting constructs of ‘age’ and ‘youth’ and assumptions of their inherent qualities.
Drawing from personal experience, the manifesto offers a reckoning with how ageism overlaps with structures of white supremacy and patriarchy. Through the lens of crip and queer theory, as well as anti-carceral and anti-colonial perspectives on time, this piercing text provocatively calls for the abolition of age-related laws, reframing commonly held understandings about age from van Saarloos’s defiant perspective.
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