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James Chappel

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End the Generation Wars

Lazy assumptions about young and old cloud our politics.

by James Chappel via The New Republic on November 15, 2021

Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age

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An older man standing outside a restaurant.

Aging Out

Many of us do not go gentle into that good night.

by Anne Matthews via The American Scholar on December 5, 2024

Collage of The Golden Girls, a suitcase, a golf ball, viagra pills, and a Welcome to Florida sign.

How Old Age Was Reborn

“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth go too far?

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on November 25, 2024

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