Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto Simon(e) van Saarloos Installation an American in Paris memoir

an American in Paris memoir like no other

as emotion and intellect grapple and become forged

on themes as varied as the choreographies of cruising

The book contains an afterword by Fred Dewey and a postscript of Jackson MacLow

and sound to reflect on fractured

Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto Simon(e) van Saarloos Installation an American in Paris memoirAgainst 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