Ashton Applewhite
@thischairrocks.bsky.social
Writer & public speaker. she/her/hers. Let's end #ageism — and all the rest, while we're at it. ThisChairRocks + Yo Is This Ageist? + the Old School Hub
Sick of hearing the boomers ruined everything? Or think the boomers *did* ruin everything? Here's a better way to think about who actually benefits from the generational blame game. Hint: it's about class, not age.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sick of hearing the boomers ruined everything? Or think the boomers *did* ruin everything? Here's a better way to think about who actually benefits from the generational blame game. Hint: it's about class, not age.
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A skincare line for CHILDREN? Shame on @shaymitchell3.bsky.social for feeding and profiting off children's fears.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A skincare line for CHILDREN? Shame on @shaymitchell3.bsky.social for feeding and profiting off children's fears.
A friend spotted in Berlin spotted “The Fountain of Youth” by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1547).
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August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A friend spotted in Berlin spotted “The Fountain of Youth” by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1547).
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What's the "real doom loop"? San Franciscans are growing older.Think the failure of governance or absence of affordable housing or lack of family leave have anything to do with it? Blaming olders is like blaming immigrants for "taking jobs away" or "crime surges." www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
July 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What's the "real doom loop"? San Franciscans are growing older.Think the failure of governance or absence of affordable housing or lack of family leave have anything to do with it? Blaming olders is like blaming immigrants for "taking jobs away" or "crime surges." www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Over 100 terrific candidates applied to become the Old School Hub's first Executive Director. We're delighted to announce that Alessandro Negrete will step into the position on June 30th. Learn more about him here: mailchi.mp/oldschool/me...
June 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Over 100 terrific candidates applied to become the Old School Hub's first Executive Director. We're delighted to announce that Alessandro Negrete will step into the position on June 30th. Learn more about him here: mailchi.mp/oldschool/me...
A reader asked about job listing that required applicants to answer the question "'What generation are you a part of?' Then it listed each option witht he birth years included, so Baby Boomer 1946-1964, GenX, Millenial, and so on .." My take here: yoisthisageist.com/post/7850734...
June 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A reader asked about job listing that required applicants to answer the question "'What generation are you a part of?' Then it listed each option witht he birth years included, so Baby Boomer 1946-1964, GenX, Millenial, and so on .." My take here: yoisthisageist.com/post/7850734...
What's wrong with this sign in the New York subway? My take here: yoisthisageist.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What's wrong with this sign in the New York subway? My take here: yoisthisageist.com
Fave signs from Hands Off protest in Manhattan yesterday. Mine just said "NO!" A companion sign said, "Literally everything."
April 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Fave signs from Hands Off protest in Manhattan yesterday. Mine just said "NO!" A companion sign said, "Literally everything."
Timothy Chalamet, at almost 30, would have been the youngest Best Actor winner ever. Mikey Madison at 25 isn’t even close to being youngest Best Actress. Reddit user Illustrious_Emu3856 has charted the Academy Awards' clear preference for older men & younger women. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Timothy Chalamet, at almost 30, would have been the youngest Best Actor winner ever. Mikey Madison at 25 isn’t even close to being youngest Best Actress. Reddit user Illustrious_Emu3856 has charted the Academy Awards' clear preference for older men & younger women. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
No retraction. @bsky.app? No comment even? Soooo disappointing that you'd stoop to an ageist + sexist + ableist meme — sure, grandma—that first appeared on Twitter, as @encore-janine.bsky.social pointed out. Can't you do better than Elon?
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February 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
No retraction. @bsky.app? No comment even? Soooo disappointing that you'd stoop to an ageist + sexist + ableist meme — sure, grandma—that first appeared on Twitter, as @encore-janine.bsky.social pointed out. Can't you do better than Elon?
www.forbes.com/sites/sheila...
www.forbes.com/sites/sheila...
Props to the Norwegian Football Association: “None of us can remain indifferent to the disproportionate attacks that Israel has inflicted on the civilian population of Gaza over a long period of time.” - Association President Lise Klaveness
December 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Props to the Norwegian Football Association: “None of us can remain indifferent to the disproportionate attacks that Israel has inflicted on the civilian population of Gaza over a long period of time.” - Association President Lise Klaveness
Just out : "The (Un)Silencing of older women" report, which identifies #ageism as a driving factor behind the invisibility of older women, including their omission in strategies to end violence against women. #Embolden2024 www.emboldenfestival.com/uploads/1/5/...
December 11, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Just out : "The (Un)Silencing of older women" report, which identifies #ageism as a driving factor behind the invisibility of older women, including their omission in strategies to end violence against women. #Embolden2024 www.emboldenfestival.com/uploads/1/5/...
@nytimes.com comment on death of United Healthcare CEO: "Chief executive officers of health care companies often receive threats because the nature of their work." 🤔
December 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
@nytimes.com comment on death of United Healthcare CEO: "Chief executive officers of health care companies often receive threats because the nature of their work." 🤔
Thank you, @diginomica.bsky.social for covering #ageism in #tech. I wish the article showed some of the 30-yr-olds who've aged of the industry instead of a hyper-creepy women halfway to zombiehood.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Thank you, @diginomica.bsky.social for covering #ageism in #tech. I wish the article showed some of the 30-yr-olds who've aged of the industry instead of a hyper-creepy women halfway to zombiehood.
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Apparently New York Times columnist Pamela Paul aspires to grow old. You sure wouldn’t know it from “Grandma Food,” her Thanksgiving-weekend take on what old people eat. My take here: yoisthisageist.com/post/7685883...
November 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Apparently New York Times columnist Pamela Paul aspires to grow old. You sure wouldn’t know it from “Grandma Food,” her Thanksgiving-weekend take on what old people eat. My take here: yoisthisageist.com/post/7685883...
Genius (also bitingly funny) culture critic Jessica DeFino on how the #beauty industry has transformed Audre Lorde's vision of self-care into "the aesthetic arm of trad-wifery .... an act against ourselves, our autonomy, our future, our freedom." jessicadefino.substack.com/p/2024-self-...
November 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Genius (also bitingly funny) culture critic Jessica DeFino on how the #beauty industry has transformed Audre Lorde's vision of self-care into "the aesthetic arm of trad-wifery .... an act against ourselves, our autonomy, our future, our freedom." jessicadefino.substack.com/p/2024-self-...