Influencers

Voices worth following on social media.

Ashton Applewhite

Ashton Applewhite

@ashtonapplewhite · New York, USA

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…
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Carole Montgomery

@carolemontgomerycomic · USA

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.…
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Jocelyn Lee

@ · Maine, USA

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…
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Lyn Slater

@iconaccidental · New York, USA

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,…
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Melissa Davey

@melissadavy · Phoenixville, PA, USA

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…
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Teri M. Brown

@ · USA

Author, podcaster, and late-blooming adventurer. At 58, after leaving an abusive relationship and healing during a 3,102-mile tandem bicycle ride across the United States, Teri…
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