{"product_id":"against-ageism-a-queer-manifesto-by-simone-van-saarloos","title":"Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto by Simon(e) van Saarloos","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher: MACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAgainst Ageism: A Queer Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e starts with what it is not: a socio-economic argument against ageism, celebrating the ‘elderly’ as economically viable. Instead, Simon(e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evan Saarloos presents a radical critique of conventional arguments against ageism, rejecting constructs of ‘age’ and ‘youth’ and assumptions of their inherent qualities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donlon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58262575776118,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/7340\/files\/81xbo4s3MwL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783950486","url":"https:\/\/donlonbooks.com\/products\/against-ageism-a-queer-manifesto-by-simone-van-saarloos","provider":"Donlon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}