How We Change (Part 2)
by Chloe Koffas, Light From A Pixel About a year ago, we were on vacation for a few days where cool air was blowing over the ocean, weddings were happening at every sunset in a giant gazebo softly lit...
View ArticleWorld Baton Twirling Day and a New Generation of Twirlers
A few weeks ago, I took my daughter to the Southwest Regionals Baton Twirling Championship in Amarillo. Bridgy is a novice twirler who represents a new generation in the sport. She is fortunate to take...
View ArticleAre you watching the NatGeo special on Generation X?
The second episode of National Geographic’s six-part series on Generation X airs tonight. Here is are two previews. The first is on an episode that talks about Generation X and AIDS. The second one is...
View Article80s Halloween Mixtape Features Echo and the Bunnymen, Killing Moon
In starlit nights I saw you So cruelly you kissed me Your lips a magic world Your sky all hung with jewels The killing moon Will come too soon The Killing Moon, Echo and The Bunnymen, 1984 Kelly, a...
View Article5 Forgotten Protests of Generation X
The Children’s March For Survival, 1972 On March 25, 1972, 30,000 people, most of them African-American school children, gathered on the streets of Washington D.C. to protest welfare reforms. The...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Inspires Supporters With Speech About Legacy, Generations, Sacrifice
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), talked a lot about his generation and leaving a legacy for his children in the most triumphant third-place finish speech ever made. He came away with 23 percent of the...
View ArticleAlligator Candy and Other Gen X Conversations
National Geographic’s Generation X special brought a lot of new traffic to my blog via Google search. Also, a recent BuzzFeed article gave me a nice shout-out. Unfortunately, at precisely the same...
View ArticleNew Report on Screenagers, a.k.a , Generation Z + Gen X Links
Generation Z: Screenagers The Washington Post has published a big story Screenagers — better known as Generation Z or even Homelanders. Here is an excerpt: They are the true “digital natives,” a label...
View ArticleWriter Rips Gen X Leaders After Secret Handshake
Never let anyone accuse me of breaking news. I’m more like — here’s something funny that happened. Two weeks ago. Ha. But, there’s a story in today’s Financial Times about Gen X politicians that I...
View ArticleGen X News Headlines (Luke Perry’s AARP Cover)
Check out the latest Gen X News headlines. CNN Luke Perry’s AARP cover means you’re old Luke Perry recently turned 50. Let that sink in… Dylan McKay from “Beverly Hills 90210” is half a century old....
View ArticleStudy Reveals Gen X Women Are Social Media Addicts
According to a new study by Nielsen Generation X spends more time on social media than any other generation including Millennials. Xers spend nearly 7 hours per week on various networks versus...
View ArticleAging and Gen X: Study Reveals Xers Want To Live Past 90
Slackers Aging: The generation that’s been perpetually too young and old at the same time faces the stress of aging. Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music...
View ArticleTiffanie Dark’s Gen X Memoir: Now We Are 40, Whatever Happened To Generation X?
Tiffanie Darke, a British writer, has penned a new memoir, Now We Are 40: Whatever Happened To Generation X? Published by Harper Collins, the book play mostly to a British audience, highlighting...
View ArticleGreat Indoors Features Gen X Managing Millennials
A funny new comedy series, The Great Indoors, has been picked up by CBS and will air this fall. It’s about a 44-year-old, squarely Generation X reporter who must adapt to the times when becomes the...
View ArticleSneak Peek Pics, Video: Survivor: Gen X vs. Millennials
It’s Generation X vs. Millennials in the 33rd season of Survivor, a reality television series known for exotic locations and tough competitions. Slated to be one of the best Survivor seasons yet, the...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Taps Into Gen X Nostalgia With Father-Daughter Ad
Tonight, while watching the Olympics in Rio, I saw a McDonald’s ad for Chicken McNuggets. The ad features a split-screen drama of a boy about eight to 10-years-old and his future daughter. The...
View ArticleRemembering River Phoenix
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at...
View Article10 Minute Gen X Documentary
Embed from Getty Images Gen X Documentary From Viacom Viacom’s Gen X Today project has revealed a generation that’s freed itself from the weight of expectations and crafted meaningful lives. According...
View ArticleWhere Did The Name Generation X Come From?
December 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Douglas Coupland’s seminal novel Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture. Coupland is widely credited with solidifying the term Generation X in...
View ArticleKellyanne Conway on Generation X
Kellyanne Conway talks about her “operating principle” as a Gen-Xer in a recent Question and Answer in the Washington Post: “My father left when I was very young. I didn’t meet him until I was 12 or...
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