Author and activist Ashton Applewhite is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. Ashton has been recognized by the New York Times, the New Yorker, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She blogs at This Chair Rocks, has written for Harper’s, the Guardian, and the New York Times, and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist? In 2016, she joined PBS site Next Avenue’s annual list of 50 Influencers in Aging as their Influencer of the Year. Ashton speaks widely, at venues that have included the United Nations and the TED mainstage. She is a leading spokesperson for the emerging global movement to dismantle ageism.
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