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 Saarlooss defiant perspective.

Format: Small paperback
Published: UK, 2025
Publisher: MACK
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1915743850
ISBN 13: 9781915743855