Who Is Generation Jones? Before Generation X came Generation Jones. This is the micro-generation between Baby Boomers and Generation X that was born during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Read on to learn more about this important generation in American life and politics. Origin of the Term Generation Jones If not for Jonathan Pontell […]
1970 Dolls: The Dawn Doll by Topper
Meeting Dawn In 1974, we moved from Sigman Street in Southern California to London Lane in Colorado Springs. A year or so later, a little girl with a case full of Topper Dawn Dolls appeared in the house next door. Her parents were divorced and she’d come to visit her dad for the summer. […]
Young Gen X is Generation Catalano
I am really enjoying the ongoing Generation Catalano meme, which is about younger members of Gen X who identify more with Cabbage Patch Kids than Reality Bites; Kanye West than Kurt Cobain. The conversation essentially began with an October 16, New Yorker article, The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright. It’s about Generation Y, the […]
Generation Jones and Mixed Messages
by Cari Okie Contributor Blog: Cari Okie – Empty Nest, Full Life I’m part of Generation Jones, the tiny subset of Generation X that was born between 1954 and 1965. Sandwiched between the Boomers and Gen X proper, we have never felt at home with either side. Sometimes I think my best characteristic is also […]