Meaning-making is…

Caracciolo, M., & Kukkonen, K. (2021). With bodies: Narrative theory and embodied cognition. The Ohio State University Press.

Johnson, M. (2008). What makes a body? The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 22(3), 159-169. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25670709.

Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M. (1999). Philosophy in the flesh: the embodied mind and its challenge to Western thought. Basic Books.

Positive Marginality…

Bower, K. L., Lewis, D. C., Bermúdez, J. M., & Singh, A. A. (2021). Narratives of generativity and resilience among LGBT older adults: Leaving positive legacies despite social stigma and collective trauma. Journal of Homosexuality68(2), 230-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2019.1648082.

De Vries, B. (2015). Stigma and LGBT aging: Negative and positive marginality. In N. A. Orel & C. A. Fruhauf (Eds.), The lives of LGBT older adults: Understanding challenges and resilience (pp. 55–71). American Psychological Association. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/14436-003.

Unger, R. K. (2000). The 1999 SPSSI Presidential Address: Outsiders inside: Positive marginality and social change. Journal of Social Issues. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/0022-4537.00158.

LGBT+ = Stigma…

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K. I. (2016). The future of LGBT+ aging: A blueprint for action in services, policies, and research. Generations, 40 (2), 6-15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5375167/.

Meyer, I. H., & Frost, D. M. (2013). Minority stress and the health of sexual minorities. In C. J. Patterson & A. R. D’Augelli (Eds.), Handbook of psychology and sexual orientation (pp. 252–266). Oxford University Press.

An individual’s embodied matrix…

Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Houck, M. M., & Olatosi, B. A. (2011). Not quite color blind: Ethnic and gender differences in attitudes toward older people among college students. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development73(1), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.2190/AG.73.1.c.

Levy, B. R., & Myers, L. M. (2004). Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging. Preventive medicine39(3), 625-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.029.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., & Gill, T. M. (2006). Hearing decline predicted by elders’ stereotypes. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences61(2), P82-P87. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/61.2.P82.

Kang, S. K., & Chasteen, A. L. (2009). The moderating role of age-group identification and perceived threat on stereotype threat among older adults. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development69(3), 201-220. https://doi.org/10.2190/AG.69.3.c.

Overall gender + racial/ethnic…

Simone, M., Telke, S., Anderson, L. M., Eisenberg, M., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2022). Ethnic/racial and gender differences in disordered eating behavior prevalence trajectories among women and men from adolescence into adulthood. Social Science & Medicine, 294, 114720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114720.

Black females are less dissatisfied…

Simone, M., Telke, S., Anderson, L. M., Eisenberg, M., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2022). Ethnic/racial and gender differences in disordered eating behavior prevalence trajectories among women and men from adolescence into adulthood. Social Science & Medicine, 294, 114720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114720.

Quick, V. M., & Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2014). Disordered eating, socio-cultural media influencers, body image, and psychological factors among a racially/racialally diverse population of college women. Eating Behaviors, 15, 37-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.10.005.

Personal well-being…

Cole, E. R. (2009). Intersectionality and research in psychology. American Psychologist, 64(2), 170-180. DOI: 10.1037/a0014564.

Collins, P. H. (1990). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. Routledge.

May, V. M. (2015). Pursuing Intersectionality, unsettling dominant imaginaries. Routledge.

McCall, L. (2005). The complexity of intersectionality. Signs, 30, 1771-1800.

Romero, M. (2018). Introducing Intersectionality. Polity Press.

Old people = reflection of future self

Chonody, J. M., & Teater, B. (2016). Why do I dread looking older?: a test of social identity theory, terror management, and the double standard of aging. Journal of Women & Aging, 28(2), 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2014.950533

Greenberg, J., Schimel, J., & Martens, A. (2002). Ageism: denying the face of the future. In T. D. Nelson (Ed.), Ageism: stereotyping and prejudice against older persons (pp. 27-48). The MIT Press.

Martens, A., Greenberg, J., Schimel, J., & Landeau, M. J. (2004). Ageism and death: effects of mortality salience and perceived similarity to elders on reactions to elderly people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(12), 1524-1536. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167204271185.

Martens, A., Goldenberg, J. L., & Greenberg, J. (2005). A terror management perspective on ageism. Journal of Social Issues, 61(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00403.x.

Wiseman, A., Heflick, N., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2015). The great escape: the role of self-esteem and self-regulation cognition in terror management. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.05.006.