More Than A Magazine, A Movement
Sir Ian McKellen, 82, is playing a young Danish prince in what is being advertised as “age-blind casting.” Let’s call the “age-blind” casting what it is—a gimmick that reinforces male privilege.
We are conditioned by popular culture to accept men in any narrative, regardless of age. This casting courtesy is not extended to women.
In Céline Sciamma’s newest feature, “Petite Maman,” for the first time, mother and daughter speak the same language and play the same games—perhaps discovering that they understood each other all along.
[This is one in a series of reviews from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), during which I focused on films directed by women.]
The Spirit Aligned Leadership Program (SALP)—the only Indigenous elder women-run nonprofit program in existence—aims to pair Native women elders with younger mentees with the goal of passing on knowledge for the continued improvement of their tribes and larger communities.
Ms. Money Editor Martha Burk recently talked with former Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania about successes and challenges in a most storied record of accomplishment.
“The men in the Pennsylvania delegation were sometimes polite to me and sometimes not, but they certainly weren’t pleased that I was there, and they let me know it.”
For older adults, experiences of ageism and ageist microaggressions—which have been shown to be acutely stressful for women, perhaps in connection with ageist beauty standards—can trigger a cascade effect of stress responses that can have an ongoing, negative impact on health, including inflammatory effects, depression and heart disease.
The pandemic reminded everyone that women will sacrifice their own professional future and emotional well-being to take care of their loved ones. Put aging in the mix, and it’s a double-whammy for women who want to earn.
“I Care a Lot” takes the Girlboss to her logical conclusion, replete with mayhem, murder and little moral ambiguity.
What happens when the Girlboss is in the wrong? Who do we root for then?
“Losing Alice”‘s implicit message is that younger women are intrinsically freer, more uninhibited, than older ones. But today, as a middle-aged wife and mother, I feel much freer in every way that matters.
Among other things, I no longer feel I have to perform for a male gaze: Only now do I understand how exhausting such performance was.
“CODA” marks an important step in the right direction for diversity and inclusion in film: a crowd-pleaser that faithfully and respectfully represents a marginalized community often lacking in representation.
“Marvelous and the Black Hole” manages to be both playful and meditative by turns, navigating Sammy’s deep and real grief while recognizing that sometimes the ways teenagers express themselves is simultaneously unproductive and wholly outside their control.
Residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities make up 41 percent of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S.
This ongoing crisis at care facilities across the country has had a troubling hidden effect: the looming mass disenfranchisement of America’s elderly and disabled.
