Despite its ongoing prevalence, ageism is something that society still very much needs to openly discuss and tackle.

Just last week, Chicken Run actor Julia Sawalha revealed she’d been told she was “too old” for the animated film’s confirmed sequel. It came a few weeks after Kate Beckinsale responded to ageist criticism saying she dated men young enough to be her “children”. And let’s not forget how, earlier in the year, the internet could not cope with Alexandra Grant having grey hair when she appeared on the red carpet with her boyfriend Keanu Reeves.

Yep, ageism is still targeting women in 2020, and award-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has just given her honest views on how this creates pressures for women.

Bernardine Evaristo gets real about the ageism pressures women face