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Welcome to Elli

Welcome to Elli

Hello and welcome to Elli, we’re so happy you’re here. For the last few years we have been exploring the world of women & ageing, and its culminated in the launch of our Audible Original audio documentary, Age Against the Machine. more about age against the machine We’ve learned some really great things: that most of us don’t worry as much about what other people think of us, that many [...]

April 12, 2021|

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Are you Ageing Against the Machine? 🔥 Looking

Are you Ageing Against the Machine?
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Looking for ways to age with purpose & meaning?
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Join the conversation at @elliwomen - we’re waiting for you 💋

Ok…so @melissadoyleofficial & @nai_nai_brown pro

Ok…so @melissadoyleofficial & @nai_nai_brown probably won’t be getting any calls to be backup dancers for @beyonce anytime soon (tho…never say never?) – but that wasn’t the point of this beautiful, sundrenched morning of line-dancing in a Sydney boathouse.

Rather, they wanted to throw themselves into the deep-end of something they’d never done before, to be playful and silly and not take themselves too seriously. To…dare we say it: dance like no one was watching.

The story of the women who run this class is the essence of Age Against the Machine…have a listen, episode 6, link in bio.

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#age #aatm #ageagainstthemachine #ageisjustanumber #ageless #ageism #ageismisneverinstyle #women #womensupportingwomen #ageinggracefully #ageingwithstyle #ageless #agelesswoman #agepositivity #womeninmedia #womeninbusiness #womeninbusinessaustralia #womenofanuncertainage #homelessness #womensshelter #womensrefuge #wagegap #equalpay #money #finance #globalwomen #womeninfilm #womeninmedia #dance #linedancing

This is us … Mel and Nai, the women behind Elli

This is us … Mel and Nai, the women behind Elli 😎
How powerful and wonderful is female friendship!
Be it creating fabulous things together ( #AATM) building an empire (@elliwomen) exploring the world (when we could!) or propping each other up when we need it most (heartbreak, life etc) there is nothing more precious than having a “sister” by your side.
Here’s to our girlfriends!
Tag yours… ❤️

@melissadoyleofficial @nai_nai_brown

Elli was lucky enough to spend some time experienc

Elli was lucky enough to spend some time experiencing the magic of @sallyr art installation, Crone, at @monamuseum
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One of the driving questions here at Elli (and in our series Age Against the Machine) is how can we become an elder, instead of becoming elderly. Entering the CRONE exhibit felt like an answer to that question.
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MONA describes it best: With CRONE, Rees embraces the folklore character of the crone as an ideal incarnation of the older woman: unruly, wise, fearsome. She’s reversing the forced retreat into invisibility and diminished social capital as women get older; by saying ‘I am a crone’, Rees flips a derogatory term—a fairy tale caricature of hook-nosed terror and cantankerous truth-telling—into a different kind of statement altogether.
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For @nai_nai_brown - whilst every element of the exhibit was powerful, one in particular resonated the most: the women in the video-portraits make periodic bird-calls across the void of the room to each other, calling out and checking in, seeing who else is out there and making sure they’re all ok. This is what we need to do for each other as women, especially as we grow older.
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You can catch CRONE at MONA through to November 2021, and we simply couldn’t recommend it enough. In fact, we really want to go back just to see it and spend time with it again.
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So...if ageing is unstoppable, how do we do it wel

So...if ageing is unstoppable, how do we do it well? That’s what #Elli is all about. Want some tips & inspiring stories about #women and ageing? Listen to Age Against the Machine, only on @audible_au - link in bio.
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Posted @withregram • @guardianaustralia Immortality and everlasting youth are the stuff of myths, according to new research which may finally end the eternal debate about whether we can live for ever.

An unprecedented study has now confirmed that we probably cannot slow the rate at which we get older because of biological constraints.

The study, by an international collaboration of scientists from 14 countries and including experts from @oxford_uni set out to test the “invariant rate of ageing” hypothesis, which says that a species has a relatively fixed rate of ageing from adulthood.

“Our findings support the theory that, rather than slowing down death, more people are living much longer due to a reduction in mortality at younger ages,” said José Manuel Aburto from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, who analysed age-specific birth and death data spanning centuries and continents.

“More and more people get to live much longer now. However, the trajectory towards death in old age has not changed,” he added. “This study suggests evolutionary biology trumps everything and, so far, medical advances have been unable to beat these biological constraints.”

#science #ageing #aging #aginggracefully #biology

How do we hang on to our spontaneity and tap into

How do we hang on to our spontaneity and tap into the same confidence we had when we were younger?
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@melissadoyleofficial and @nai_nai_brown decided the best way to try to regain that bravery of childhood is to do something that they haven’t done *since* childhood…enter: rollerskating. Turns out, you’re never too old to learn or try something new. And if you need knee pads and roller-skates, make sure they’re hot pink and covered in glitter.

Whatever it takes, give it a go. Just have no regrets.

Thanks to the team at Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby for the tips & patience! #WIRD

Listen to all the laughs & falls on Age Against the Machine - only on @audible_au - link in bio
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There is so much to admire about @laynebeachley -

There is so much to admire about @laynebeachley - her focus, her work ethic, her positivity & the value she puts on self care. ❤️
#elliwomen

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Life is full of important lessons and the earlier they are learned, the better! Here are 4 lessons/mediations from my life. @awake_academy

In Age Against the Machine we spent a lot of time

In Age Against the Machine we spent a lot of time looking at women & money - and the vulnerable financial position so many Australian women end up in as they age. As we said in the series: old women start out as young girls. We need to close the wage gap we earn throughout our careers to ensure a safe & stable retirement and end of life.

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Posted @withregram • @guardianaustralia From Greg Jericho, our economics writer:

I know what people will say – that this is because they mostly work part-time.

And yes, of course women are more likely to work part-time, but the issue is about much more than hours worked.

Because it really doesn’t matter what occupation you look at, women are almost certainly going to earn less than the men doing that same job.

In 93% of occupations where either men or women have a median total income below $200,000, the male median income is higher ...

The reality is across almost all occupations that men earn more than women, even if more women than men do that job.

My favourite example is that of gynaecologists. Women make up 54% of all people in that occupation and yet their median income is 33% lower than that of their male colleagues.

It occurs everywhere. Take my own occupation of journalism.

In 2018-19, 57% of the 16,659 journalists were women, and yet they made up just 43% of those who earned more than $90,000 and a mere 35% of those who earned more than $180,000.

Read Greg's full column via link in bio.

Religious institutions play a significant role in

Religious institutions play a significant role in the lives of so many people across the globe. And while women are often sitting in the pews, they’re very rarely in the pulpit.

This is not to say that women in all faiths don’t usually play an integral role as spiritual leaders and teachers, but religion is a male-dominated space when it comes to the actual seats in power.
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Through this lens, our next guest is remarkable and rare.
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In episode five on #AATM, we talk to 58-year-old, “Ida” Sinoohoon Siwa Putroo Parama Daksa Manuabam, an Indonesian High Priestess.
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Priests and priestesses conduct weddings, cremations, and baby blessings and deal with universal community issues that are experienced right around the world.

16-years ago, Ida left her government office job to step into her robes.
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"Whether you are male or female, we are both respected.

I serve the community based on what [people] ask me. It’s based on their request. I help them lead ceremonies, help the sick people, help direct people who are confused. It’s based on trust. If they trust me, then they come here to see me.”
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While many of the women we have interviewed say they never gave ageing much thought earlier in life, Ida is the opposite.

“I have been thinking about getting older since I was a kid. I just think about who will continue doing what I’m doing now, or who will continue passing on the knowledge and the teachings from the ancestors. It’s very important for me to pass on knowledge to others.”
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Listen to the full episode on @audible_au link in bo.
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Profound & grounding words from the deeply wise @o

Profound & grounding words from the deeply wise @oprah
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#oprah #wisewords #ageisjustanumber #aging

In episode five of #ageagainstthemachine @melissad

In episode five of #ageagainstthemachine @melissadoyleofficial talks to Rev Tim Costello about the challenges women face in developing countries, particularly as they age. Tim is one of Australia's most respected community leaders and former CEO of the humanitarian organisation @worldvisionaus He remains a vocal social justice advocate.
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“In poor countries you don’t have age pensions, unemployment benefits, what we call, a safety net. Your worth is being able to work [and] when you’re young, produce children.

But as you get older and can’t work, which is particularly true of women who’ve done the hard work and in the heat of the day ... [it] means they’re on the scrap heap. And if they’re blessed to have children, that’s their real safety net."
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This disposable attitude is hugely concerning, particularly for women in developing countries. So, what happens to these women later in life?
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“If they do not have an education, and therefore some independent way to manage, they literally are utterly dependent on the husband and are often trapped.

If their husband dies, and they're a second or third wife, they don’t have rights. If they are a first wife, [the husband’s] relatives will, legally and culturally, come in and grab the land and leave them in poverty.

Those very patriarchal male stereotypes embodied in law and culture leaves so many older women dreadfully at risk.”
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Listen to the episode on @audible_au
link in bio.
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#elliwomen #age #aatm #ageisjustanumber #ageless #ageism #womensupportingwomen #ageinggracefully #ageingwithstyle #finance #globalwomen #equality #audibleau #womeininpoverty
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