"I always had troubles dealing with authority, but I remember clearly the moment when, a few years ago, an epiphany made an appearance amongst my thoughts while looking at a so-called “adult”—it was proclaiming that adulthood is a fraud. After that my eyes began to see things differently, and I started to feel uncomfortable when hearing certain expressions such as “middle-life crisis” or “behaving like a child,” or someone being called “immature.” How limiting and inaccurate were these markers, as if our lives could seriously be a collection of steady introvertible successes, with no hesitation, sentiment, nor way back. How calcifying and depressing it is to think that one becomes only forward, until they begin to wither, and thus become of less use. And how patronizing toward the “old” and the “young” is the usual understanding of care, more intended as guidance than nourishment. All is read through the lens of efficiency, success, productivity, and physical prowess." ~ AGE IS A FRAUD. Giulia Crispiani (DAI, 2017) reviews the book “Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto” by Simon(e) van Saarloos (DAI, 2020). Read the full review, published by NERO, here.