Simon(e) van Saarloos’s Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto, offers a radical critique of conventional arguments against ageism, drawing from personal experience and considering the ways in which ageism overlaps with structures of white supremacy and patriarchy. Secure a copy of this piercing new text, and join Simon(e) van Saarloos and Mira Rojzman in conversation to celebrate the launch in Zurich.
Saturday 12 April
18:00
Paranoia City Bookstore
Ankerstrasse 12, 8004
Zurich
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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