Out of Time: The Pleasures and the Perils of Ageing

A leading feminist thinker reflects on her own life and the lives of other artists to explore the ups and downs of growing old.

This “thoughtful, reflective book” on aging “encourages people to keep dreaming, keep fighting, and perhaps most of all keep living” (Pop Matters).

How old am I? Don’t ask, don’t tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are faced with new challenges and questions of politics and identity.

In the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir,...