Dish it Up: Generation X News

"When you see such photos, you can't help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rendered by the tripping of a camera's shutter, for at that point the future is still unknown and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest." -- Douglas Copeland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

PR Newswire (great resource if you need someone to distribute a major new release) has distributed, and The Earth Times picked up, Northern Trust Survey 'Wealth in Black America' Finds Generational Differences. This article highlights Northern Trust's first ever survey of affluent Black households in the United States, including African-Americans and Blacks of other origins. Three in four Generations X & Y wealthy respondents (ages18-42) said they are concerned about preserving their wealth, while less than half of respondents in the Boomer and Silent Generations (ages 43 and above) shared this concern. The finding I found most interesting was that 71 percent of Black Gen Xers and Gen Y members feel it is extremely important to leave an inheritance to their children (the older affluent generations, not so much).


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This next piece I found on the Web site, "The Modern Voice." It makes an interesting point in that the word "liberal" is no longer a "dirty" word - at least not to Generation X and Generation Y. This is pretty short. If you're a liberal, be sure to read the small text. Also, the writer asserts that the new dirty word is NEOCONSERVATIVE.

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Speaking dirty words, here is a blog post by Kylie Welsh from Brisbane (that's in Australia). In her post, What Went Wrong? she writes that feminism is a dirty word. Conservative columnist Leonard Pitts wrote a fantastic commentary earlier this year on the the F word. This an important read for all women who can't fully appreciate

how far women have come in American politics.

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This commentary in the Decaturian (published by Millikan University, Decatur, Illinois) opines about Generation X picking up the pieces of a crumbling economy based on the recent bailout.



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I wish I understood this next commentary a little better. It's about Ken Dahl, a comic artist, and the recent publication of Welcome to Dahl House. I'm not much of a comic book fan, so I don't even know what to say about it. I've never heard of Dahl. This collection spans 10 years of his work. The commentator says it's filled to the brim with "...Gen-X fallout." (What is that?)

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Canada's Christian Online Community has another article posted that mentions Generation X. It compares the state of the church in Canada to the hope the 16 Fathers of the Confederation had for it over two centuries ago. Check it out.

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I don't know why this surprises me, but it does. The Church/Parish/Temple/Synagogue/Mosque/Etc. are more aware of Generation X and more concerned about connecting with it, than local/state/ federal government. Here is a blog post by Presbyterian minister, Gen x, Culture wars and the hyphenated movements. He mentions a conference that is taking place this weekend that is headed by Gen Xers and focused on shaping future leaders in the church.

Here is another post by a Quaker minister. He writes about the notion that Gen X is "fine with the Gospel" but not happy with the institution of the church.
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Check it out.

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This next blog post - I DUNNO. For me, it's a little off base, and it's not because he's a self-proclaimed Conservative. He makes some interesting contrasts, which I like, (between Gen X and the Lost Generation); however, I think he goes off-roading when he blames Baby Boomers' "free love paradise for the wasteland of AIDS." (I nearly stopped reading, and ridiculous comments like that make me not want even link to his site.) See what you think for yourself. What I do like about what he writes is the optimism he expresses in Generation X. He writes: "...despite our downfalls and slacker ways, we are good. And this economic crisis will bring out the best in us. And the best of ourselves is what we will leave to out children." I don't like the fact he doesn't think we will be remembered as a great generation. I do like the fact that he points to the harmony between Gen X and Gen Y.

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Remember Happy Bunny with his paw to his mouth, "You made me throw up a little"? Well, before you throw up a little, read the whole post: Baby Boomers - We Rule!!!. This writer (I can't believe I'm saying this about someone who would write SUCH an obnoxious headline) actually attempts to intelligently explain why Boomers think Xers are lazy. (He points to our desire for work/family balance.)

Here's another one the happy bunny would like. Over at the Imperfect Parent blog, this writer (a Gen Xer) basically think Gen Xers are pigs known for our sense of self-entitlement. She claims we all want fancy cars, new houses and fancy vacations. That's why all my Gen X friends vacation in - in - in - OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE THEY LIVE! Click here to feel worse about yourself.

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Um. This is all wrong. The conclusions this blogger draws are quite a leap. He thinks the reason older generations support building more nuclear power plants is because of Three-Mile Island. Huh? He links to this poll that reveals that less than 50 percent Xers support building more nuclear power plants.

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There was much more that Google delivered on today, but this will have to do.