Generation X stereotypes are fleshed out in recent media reports. Generation X exhibits dizzying complexity when presented as a brand. What do you think is the prevailing Gen X brand? Be sure to check out my article, Who Is Generation X, for a comprehensive look at Gen-Xers.
From the Herald Sun on Julian Assange:
“Assange represents a peculiarly Generation X brand of egocentric moral anarchist — simultaneously altruistic, idealistic and cynical.”
And, this, from a scathing New York Press review of the movie The Company Men starring Ben Affleck:
“What goes unsaid is the upward mobility of class privilege—the advantages Wells never countenances. He avoids the obvious fact that no masculine skills or training have been passed on or handed down, or that the working class has any thoughts on fat cats or drudgery (the secrets Bruce Springsteen frequently voices). Instead, Wells offers the sentimental, Gen-X narcissism of Affleck playing b-ball with his own son. Critics who praise this politically false economic fairytale can only be part of the system—and part of the problem.”
The following are a few Generation X stereotypes:
- Slacker
- Narcissist
- Skeptic
- Risk-Taker
- Middle Child
- Neglected Child
- Latchkey Kid
- Pessismist
- Helicopter Parent
- Rebellious, Rules-Breaker
- Independent, Self-Reliant
- Alientated
- Depressed
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