
Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto presents a radical critique of conventional arguments against ageism, rejecting constructs of ‘age’ and ‘youth’ and assumptions of their inherent qualities. Join us in Athens to mark the launch of this piercing new text, where author Simon(e) van Saarloos will be speaking to curator and performer Vassilia Kaga, and artist Andreas Angelidakis.
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Drawing from personal experience, Against Ageism: A Queer 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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