Influencers

Deb Benfield is a body liberation advocate for older adults, sharing content and resources that challenge anti-aging culture and promote acceptance, joy, and freedom in…

Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and creator of the Old School anti-ageism clearinghouse. Ashton Applewhite is America’s most visible activist against…

Stand-up comedian and creator of Funny Women of a Certain Age, the first Showtime special dedicated to female comics over 50—now three Showtime specials deep.…

Advertising executive and outspoken anti-ageism advocate who models unapologetic older-woman visibility in business. Active across Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and TikTok, she challenges the advertising industry’s…

Dr. Denise Taylor is a chartered psychologist and writer on later life whose Substack, Ageing Reimagined, explores purpose, identity, and the quieter possibilities of aging…

Two-time Academy Award winner and outspoken advocate for women aging on their own terms. Emma Thompson has spoken frankly about the pressure to alter aging…

Makeda Smith is a Hollywood publicist, pro-aging movement coach, and pole dance performer who launched the FlyingOver50 movement to inspire older women to reclaim their…

Dr. DeLon Canterbury is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and founder of GeriatRx, dedicated to deprescribing—safely reducing or stopping medications that may no longer be…

Gisèle Pelicot became a global advocate for survivors of sexual violence after her harrowing public stand during the 2024 Mazan rape trial in France, in…

Helen Hirsh Spence is the founder and CEO of Top Sixty Over Sixty, an Ottawa-based initiative working to shift the narrative of ageing from decline…

Academy Award–winning actress and one of the most visible champions of older women’s visibility and glamour. Dame Helen Mirren speaks candidly about ageism in film,…

Her Retirement is a retirement education platform and personal brand focused on helping women plan for and thrive in retirement. The brand shares practical guidance…

Founder of the Ageism Is Never In Style® campaign and The Bias Cut, the first age-inclusive independent fashion boutique. Her #ILookMyAge campaign garnered over 45…

Academy Award–winning actress and a vocal opponent of the “anti-aging” industry. Jamie Lee Curtis speaks openly against cosmetic surgery, fillers, and the pressure to erase…

Janine Vanderburg is the founder of Changing the Narrative, a national anti-ageism campaign working to end ageism through culture change, education, and advocacy. Her platform…

Jeanette Leardi is a Portland-based social gerontologist, writer, and public speaker on a mission to change how we think about growing older. Through provocative articles,…

The ‘senior sexpert’ and author of Better Than I Ever Expected, Naked at Our Age, and Sex After… Joan Price writes and speaks candidly about…

A fine-art photographer (Yale, Hunter MFA, Guggenheim Fellow) based in Maine, Jocelyn Lee has spent 40 years making psychological portraits. Her acclaimed 2020 monograph Sovereign…

Sheffield-based writer, award-winning marketer and social entrepreneur who founded Crone Club, a Facebook community turned e-magazine (Tits to the Wind) reclaiming crone as a positive…

Harvard Law graduate turned feminist life coach and host of UnF*ck Your Brain. Kara Loewentheil helps women unlearn the patriarchal beliefs that hold them back…

Social work professor who became a fashion sensation at 64 when a photo of her went viral outside Milan Fashion Week. As the Accidental Icon,…

Philanthropist and founder of Pivotal, Melinda French Gates has made women’s health — and menopause in particular — a signature cause, directing major funding and…

Melissa Davey is a documentary filmmaker who launched her film career at 65 after decades in the corporate world. Her films Beyond Sixty and Climbing…

Michelle Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and has continued to be a powerful public voice on education,…