Latest Generation X Information, Links, Tweets and Stories (June 5, 2015)
Welcome to the latest round of Generation X information links, tweets and stories. If you’re new here, be sure to read Who Is Generation X? So, this is the June 5, 2015 edition of the old Blue Plate...
View ArticleMy Yellow Balloon With Hope For The Fatherless
I remember those days, when I was six and eight and 10. The world was not so cruel, even if I was young and full of worry. Days when I was easily lost in stories and films. Nothing compares to those...
View Article20 Bicentennial Photos That Will Give You Intense Flashbacks to 1976
Happy Fourth of July, everybody! I’ve scoured Pinterest, Flickr and a bunch of blogs for these Bicentennial photos. Big props to the moms who made matching outfits for the entire family! Where were you...
View ArticleThe Possibly True, Real Inspiration Behind Cyndi Lauper’s Hair (Daily Photo)...
If you’re lost you can look and you will find me, time after time. — Cyndi Lauper, 1984 This is my first Crissy Doll. It’s only been about 40 years since I first asked Santa to bring me one. Oh,...
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 ArticleLife in the Middle Ages | Guest Post by Dina Honour
Much like gaining weight, middle age seems to have snuck up on me. Sure, somewhere in the back of my mind I knew all those nights spent in front of the television with bowls of salty snacks would...
View ArticleFun Gen X News Links | Loughlin, Crawford, Wurtzel, Jaws Edition
We’ve got lots of wonderful dishes (a.k.a. links) on today’s Blue Plate Special, a round-up of the best and most recent Gen X news links on the web. Best of all, we have some birthday cake because...
View ArticleGeneration X and the Pro-Life Generation
According to an online archive citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, 12,517,320 abortions occurred in the United States during the birth years of Generation X (1961-1981). There was a...
View ArticleChloe
…Now we went walking in the rain talking about the pain from the world we hid Now there ain’t nobody nowhere nohow gonna ever understand me the way you did… –Springsteen and Bobby Jean The best...
View ArticleRemembering the Generation X Magazine Swing by David Lauren
The glossy inaugural issue of SWING, a national Generation X magazine, arrived in November 1994, complete with articles about poetry slams, the growing trend in indoor rock-climbing and coffee shops...
View ArticleAdrian Tomine Sketches Generation X
Adrian Tomine is a cartoonist who has long captured scenes from the life and times of Generation X. A Gen-Xer himself, his latest graphic novel is Killing and Dying. He told Salon it was his least...
View ArticleGeneration X News: Armor and Autumn Vigils
“My cup runneth over.” — Romona played by Gena Rowlands, Hope Floats Greetings, Friends! Autumn has arrived in Oklahoma! This is my favorite time of the year and part of me wishes it could last...
View ArticleThree Generations Explained In One Cartoon
John Atkinson is a Canadian cartoonist who has created a funny cartoon that explains Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers and Millennials in very simple terms. I definitely wore plaid from 1991 to 1995. Heck, I...
View ArticleCanada’s New Prime Minister is Generation X
Canada’s new prime minister is Generation X. Justin Trudeau, 43, was elected on Monday. Here is an excerpt from The Globe and Mail that give context to the historic election: Coming of age in a time...
View ArticleWhy are Generation X Men Dying?
I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted to one time to see you laughing …in the purple rain –Prince, 1984 A new study reveals that white, middle aged men...
View ArticleX Was Here | An Indie Film About Generation X
There’s a film coming out about Generation X called X Was Here. I caught wind of it on Twitter. So excited about our #film #music team #CharltonHill #HelenaCzajka #sounddesign #filmmaking #XWasHere...
View ArticleThe Red Balloon (With Thoughts on the Terrorist Attack in Paris)
After hearing about the terrorist attack in France on November 13, all I could think about was what Pope Francis said about our piecemeal World War III. It was September 13, 2014, and he said this...
View ArticleSome Good Financial News for Generation X
The financial news for Generation X is pretty good for a change. Gen Xers will own nearly half of America’s wealth by 2030, according to a recent study from Deloitte Center for Financial Services. The...
View ArticleJanet Delaney Photos of San Francisco, NYC in the 70s, 80s
Photographer Janet Delaney, 63, is fascinated by cities. She wanted to be an urban planner and has photographed American cities for four decades. From Newsweek, November 25, 2015 Delaney chronicled...
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