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anthro_age-277	Verbruggen, Christine; Howell, Britteny M.; Simmons, Kaylee	How We Talk About Aging During a Global Pandemic Matters: On Ageist Othering and Aging ‘Others’ Talking Back	2020	17	.pdf	application/pdf	8633	532	57	How We Talk About Aging During a Global Pandemic Matters: On Ageist Othering and Aging ‘Others’ Talking Back Christine Verbruggen KU Leuven, Belgium christine.verbruggen@kuleuven.be Britteny M. Howell University of Alaska Anchorage bmhowell2@alaska.edu Kaylee Simmons North Greenville University simmons4855@ngu.edu Introduction As gerontologists, anthropologists of aging, advocates, and older adults have over the last months demonstrated, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a parallel viral spread of ageism and the ‘othering’ of ‘the elderly.’ The effects of a discourse of protection of a homogenized group of older adults have been widely discussed (e.g., Morrow-Howell and Gonzales 2020).	cache/anthro_age-277.pdf	txt/anthro_age-277.txt