Amplify
Potential topics:
- Ageism in the Workplace for Women
- Age Appropriate Fashion
- Ageism on the Runway
Cartoon about a middle aged woman seeing a sign accepting mature scorned women for an ageism lawsuit.
Week 1:
Rikleen, Lauren Stiller. “Older Women Are Being Forced Out of the Workforce.” Harvard Business Review. March 10, 2016. Accessed January 28, 2018. https://hbr.org/2016/03/older-women-are-being-forced-out-of-the-workforce.
Ghilarducci, Teresa. “The unique disadvantage older women face in the workforce.” PBS. March 25, 2016. Accessed January 28, 2018. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/the-unique-disadvantage-older-women-face-in-the-workforce.
Week 2:
Miller, Julie. “Read a Nauseating New Story of Hollywood Ageism.” HWD. May 09, 2017. Accessed February 08, 2018. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/hollywood-ageism-women.
Friend, Tad. “Why Ageism Never Gets Old.” The New Yorker. November 13, 2017. Accessed February 08, 2018. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/why-ageism-never-gets-old.
Week 3:
Applewhite, Ashton. “Working to Disarm Women’s Anti-Aging Demon.” The New York Times. October 10, 2017. Accessed February 13, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/style/women-looks-ageism.html.
Week 4:
Magliano, Joseph. “The Ins and Outs of Ageism.” Psychology Today. July 10, 2017. Accessed February 20, 2018. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-wide-wide-world-psychology/201707/the-ins-and-outs-ageism.
Week 5:
Okwodu, Janelle. “We Need to Talk About Fashion’s Ageism Problem.” Vogue. May 25, 2017. Accessed March 06, 2018. https://www.vogue.com/article/ageism-on-fashion-runways-fall-2016.
Week 6:
“Balenciaga red suit with scarf.” SPARC Digital. Accessed March 07, 2018. https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/1395.
Week 7:
Video 1. Skynews. “The ‘Enormous Pressue’ Of Working At Amazon.” YouTube. August 18, 2015. Accessed April 04, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmc1KPD44Sg.
Week 8:
Video 2. SBS2Australia. “Amazon’s Tips to Create a Workplace from Hell I The Feed.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 Aug. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6U1bKPi62w.
Week 9:
Sun, The. “Amazon Workers Pee into Bottles to Save Time: Investigator.” New York Post, New York Post, 16 Apr. 2018, nypost.com/2018/04/16/amazon-warehouse-workers-pee-into-bottles-to-avoid-wasting-time-undercover-investigator/.
FIT Archives Inspiration:
“Lakme” Suit Inspired by Lily Pons by Daren Pierce, 1944, Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper
Balenciaga red suit with scarf, Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972, Three piece red suit with double-breasted jacket, straight skirt with slash pockets, scoop neck blouse and coordinating rectangular scarf. Includes front and back views in pencil #53, 1962 (Spring), Pencil, Watercolor.
“Balenciaga red suit with scarf.” SPARC Digital. Accessed March 07, 2018. https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/1395.
Week 8:
“Elder Stereotypes in Media & Popular Culture.” :: AGING WATCH ::. Accessed March 29, 2018. http://www.agingwatch.com/?p=439.
