25th Anniversary of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland. Shouldn’t I have written about this before August? Probably. I bought Generation X back in...
View ArticleThe Douglas Coupland Gen X Comic Strip You’ve Probably Never Seen
The first Gen X Comic Strip was created by Douglas Coupland and Paul Rivoche in the late 1980s. Read on to learn more. In September 1987, two-and-a-half years before the publication of Generation X:...
View ArticleGeneration X: Telling Our Story
by Chloe Koffas, Regular Contributor There’s something powerful about storytelling. We reminisce about a humorous memory with a friend we grew up with and our life-long connection becomes that much...
View ArticlePlastic Charm Necklace, Argyle: 6th Graders (b. 1973) Rock 80s Fashion
I’m now the proud owner of this awesome 35 mm slide featuring Gen-Xers in 1985 huddling in a 80s fashion mashup. That plastic charm necklace is superb! So, let’s go through these styles one by one. On...
View Article1970s Chicago: 20 Beautiful Pics of Children
The following pictures of Generation X in 1970s Chicago were part of the Documerica series sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Series. Creative Commons License applies. Which picture do you...
View ArticleMeet the Gen Xers on Survivor
The battle between Gen X and the Millennials will play out in prime time during the 33rd season of Survivor. The first episode aired last night on CBS. Did you watch it? What did you think? Here are...
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 ArticleMy 1977 Girl Scout Membership Card
When I was in high school, I put together a scrapbook of things I’d held onto from childhood. We moved around a lot, so it’s a miracle that I was able to save anything at all, but somehow, I held onto...
View ArticleCheer Bear Kicks Off 31 Days of Vintage Halloween Pics
Here’s Cheer Bear from 1983 to kick off another fun series of vintage Halloween pics from the Gen X childhood. It must have been cold that Trick-or-Treat night because Cheer Bear is wearing a fluffy...
View ArticleLemon Meringue Strawberry Shortcake Halloween Costume
I was about 13 when Strawberry Shortcake made her debut. By the time the Lemon Meringue character came out in 1983, I was full-swing into the teenage years. But, younger Gen-Xers remember these...
View ArticleBlue Lagoon Look-Alikes
Here is my latest Best of Flickr find. A couple of Gen-Xers swimming together in the Swansea Dam. They’re Blue Lagoon look-alikes! The Blue Lagoon came out in 1980 and starred Brooke Shields (b. 1965)...
View Article50 Generation X Movies, 50 States: One Iconic Film For Each State
Our criteria for choosing the movies was pretty simple and straightforward. From Fight Club to The Breakfast Club, we asked ourselves, “Does it include a Gen-X icon and/or bear witness to the...
View ArticleBest of Generation X Blogs | Blue Plate Special
Here’s a round-up of some of the best Generation X blog and micro-blog posts I’ve come across in recent days. I’ve interspersed them with some great vintage summer camp pictures I found here and there....
View ArticleBoyhood Film
There’s a new film out called Boyhood. As I flipped through the pictures of the leading character – a real-life boy filmed over 12 years – I wondered what insane curse has been leveled against humanity...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Ivywild
In the spring of 1974, I attended Ivywild Elementary School in Colorado Springs. My time there was very brief — maybe two weeks at the most — but the building captured my imagination. Ivywild was built...
View ArticleThe Generation Without A Disney Princess
There are so many princess movies I can’t keep up with them all. That’s why it’s hard to believe that Disney did not make a new princess movie for nearly 30 years. It’s a true story, friends....
View Article25 Years Gone: Rebecca Schaeffer of My Sister Sam
I am so wise to think love will prevail. I am so wise. — Rebecca Schaeffer, 1989 Tomorrow, July 18, 2014, is the 25th anniversary of the death of Rebecca Schaeffer. Schaeffer was a 21-year-old...
View ArticlePart 1: Generations in Pursuit of the American Dream
Yesterday, Forbes launched a seven-part series with Neil Howe, Generations In Pursuit of the American Dream. Check out Are You Born To Be Better Off Than Your Parents? Howe is the author of numerous...
View ArticleFriday Blue Plate Special | July 18, 2014
What are you doing this weekend? Tonight, Juliette and I are going to see a film at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. On Saturday, Rob and I are taking all the kids to the Oklahoma Opry (now called the...
View ArticleBlue Plate Special: July 25, 2014
Happy Friday! Another week has come and gone. It’s been an eventful week for our family. After many years of searching and hoping, we found Robert’s brother Guy! We are so grateful. Hopefully, we’ll be...
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