SELF-HELP

Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell

by Karen Walrond
Broadleaf. Oct. 2023. 225p. ISBN 9781506487632. $27.99. SELF-HELP
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Activist, lawyer, and leadership coach Walrond (The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How To Work for Change Without Losing Your Way; The Beauty of Different) offers a new manifesto for aging bravely thatbuilds on poet Audre Lorde’s legacy to suggest that self-care is a radical act when it fuels internal and external social change. Here Walrond uses the lessons she learned while writing her first book (about how advocacy and social justice bring meaning to people’s lives) to argue that it’s possible to fight ageism on both the individual level and the systemic level. She’s divided her approach into four phases—ignite, disrupt, connect, and envision. Each offers readers with ways to better understand ageism while fighting it in ways that are fueled by a sense of purpose and self-compassion.
VERDICT A book designed for advocates and activists (and to make anyone who gets a little older each year into an advocate or activist). Walrond disrupts dominant narratives about age, race, class, gender, and sexuality in ways that will catalyze readers to reflect on how they can live boldly beyond middle age.
Reviewed by Emily Bowles , Jan 01, 2024
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