Against Ageism
A Queer Manifesto
by Simon(e) Van Saarloos

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Author(s)

Simon(e) Van Saarloos

Publication, year

London : Mack, 2025

Scope

176 Pages, 23 cm.

ISBN

978-1915743855

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Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto is not a socio-economic argument against ageism, celebrating the ‘elderly’ as economically viable. Instead, 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, Van Saarloos calls for the abolition of age-related laws, and reframing commonly held understandings about age.

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Keywords

queerness , queer theory

Location

Cabinet 30 - 5: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte