Wednesday was very eventful because we had our oral history project presentations and a group book review. I found the oral history presentations to be very inspiring because I got a chance to listen to my classmates discuss stories about their exceptional person and some of the reasons as to why they chose them. It was also nice to see the many physical elements that the presenters created such as origami flowers, intricate jewelry boxes, and even a hand molded model airplane. Overall I thought the presentations were nicely done and I could see the joy my classmates had in presenting their family members. After the presentations, we began to discuss the book Selling the Fountain of Youth. I feel we could have discussed this book for days because there was so much to talk about within the ideas of intervening with the aging process by creating so many untested products that claim it can reverse the aging process. This ideology is further compounded by the fact you have celebrities endorsing these untested products. I believe that this book further strengthens my belief that marketing and advertising play a large negative role in promoting this “idea of what youth is” and “what youth should look like,” while at the same time making older people feel less confident about aging naturally which leads them to purchasing a plethora of anti-aging products which can be harmful. In the end I feel there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way society views aging and only then as a collective whole we can truly see the beauty in aging naturally.
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June 2019
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