The Radiant Rebellion is coming. Can you hear it?

It’s in the way Sheryl Lee Ralph strode onto the stage to accept her Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress, and defiantly sang “I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim’s song. I am a woman, oh, I am noticed, and I know where my voice belongs.”

It’s in the way Michelle Yeoh declared with a shaking but determined voice: “Dream big. Dreams do come true. And don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re past your prime. Never give up.”

It’s in the way the late, great David Bowie asserted: “Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.”

And it’s in you.

It just takes you noticing that there are thousands and thousands of folks your age and older who are leading and creating and thriving, and you daring to believe that the same could be true for you.

It just takes you recognizing that the anti-aging industry is a largely unregulated *trillion*-dollar industry that targets *24-year-olds* to buy their products — and you realizing that once they convince you that you need to “anti-age,” they count on your being a customer for life.

And it just takes you making a commitment to yourself to create and curate your years ahead in the best way you know how, and in defiance of ageist stereotypes.

So, my friends, let’s do this: THERE ARE ONLY SIX WEEKS LEFT TO PREORDER Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy & Raise a Little Hell from your favourite bookseller. G’on and get you one.

And join the radiant rebellion. I really, truly, deeply believe that together we can change the world.