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Why is getting old a bad thing?

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With any luck, getting old is something that happens to all of us. So why does aging sometimes seem like a dirty word? This week on WRVO's health and wellness show "Take Care," Hosts Lorraine Rapp and Linda Lowen speak with Gina Barreca, a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut and a columnist with The Hartford Courant, about society's views on aging.

More of this interview can be heard on "Take Care," WRVO's health and wellness show Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Support for this story comes from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.