why's everyone afraid of aging? | new year resolutions, the met gala, & more! babblings pod
Hello babblers! I’m so excited to finally get this aging episode out to you all. Despite sickness delays and the holidays I felt this needed to come out before the 1st of the year. I hope you enjoy and may it be the start of healing for us all the fear of aging!
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 HELLO! Happy Holidays 🙂
- 5:35 NO NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
- 8:23 Current Events Corner
- 9:04 Pantone Color of the Year????
- 13:05 The Met Gala Theme
- 17:47 Met Employees Move to Unionize
- 22:09 Recommended Article: Centering Sundanese Voices
- 23:28 WHY’S EVERYONE AFRAID OF AGING??
- 25:12 I like getting older! Experiencing death young, not being afraid of dying
- 31:57 We take aging for granted
- 34:55 Fear of loosing attractiveness & the beauty industry
- 39:19 Subliminal Messaging In Media
- 40:34 The real underlying fears of aging
- 42:12 Our fear and view of death
- 44:08 AGING IS NOT A DISEASE
GO DEEPER:
Met Union
Staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Petition NLRB for a Union Vote: https://uaw.org/staff-of-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-petition-nlrb-for-a-union-vote/
Sudan
Urgent Appeal for Sudanese refugees in Kiryandongo Camp: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-appeal-for-sudanese-refugees-in-kiryandongo-camp?attribution_id=sl:7454f7bf-1364-4e8f-8a49-4a118b203bcc&ts=1763580430&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp17_te&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
An existential battle of interests: what the Sudanese war is actually about: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/19/an-existential-battle-of-interests-what-the-sudanese-war-is-actually-about
Drone footage reveals Sudan’s el-Fasher in ruins as RSF attacks force mass displacement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZ3gxO6oOs
Aging
Cosmetic Surgery Market Size worth US$ 73.09 billion by 2033 with 7.9% CAGR, Report by DataM Intelligence: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cosmetic-surgery-market-size-worth-143400255.html
Are You Afraid of Getting Older?: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-couch/202209/are-you-afraid-getting-older
Aging-related fears and their associations with ideal life expectancy: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8607224/
Fear of aging is really a fear of the unknown – and modern society is making things worse: https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/02/01/fear-of-ageing-is-really-a-fear-of-the-unknown-and-modern-society-is-making-things-worse/
Young Adults Are More Afraid Of Aging Than Older Adults: https://worldhealth.net/news/young-adults-are-more-afraid-aging-older-adults/
The fear of old age: a survey of adults in the UK: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03601277.2024.2402056#abstract
The Evolution of the Fear of Aging Among Women Aged 18 to 35 in the United States Since the Emergence of Social Media: https://laborecherche.lycee-descartes.ac.ma/2024/05/15/the-evolution-of-the-fear-of-aging-among-women-aged-18-to-35-in-the-united-states-since-the-emergence-of-social-media/
Ageism is one of the last socially acceptable prejudices. Psychologists are working to change that: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/03/cover-new-concept-of-aging
