How can you mend this broken man?How can a loser ever win?Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again...(The Bee Gees, 1971)More and more, the data is pointing to something many of us have felt for years: Generation X is dying way too young. Of the...
Proprietor’s Note Note: This post first appeared on the Generation X Newsletter on Subtack. What I loved about Elizabeth Wurtzel’s writing, especially Prozac Nation (1994), was her electric ability to write what was happening as it was happening. She didn’t wait for...
This collection of 25 cultural artifacts isn’t just a catalog of things Generation X once owned. It’s a reflection of who we were and how we lived, primarily through music and communication. There are hundreds of other artifacts I didn't list including movies and...
Remember when Generation X was drafted into the Revolutionary War? Note: This post first appeared on the Generation X Newsletter on Subtack. In 1976, the United States commemorated its 200th anniversary with a nationwide celebration of unprecedented scale. Cities...
David Abercrombie was born in 1965 and died in 1994. You can read a two-part tribute to him on Instagram. Click here and here.To Tommy, With Love By the time Tommy died of AIDS-related complications, he'd been estranged from most of the community we once shared for...
United States Information Agency and the Fall of the Berlin Wall The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the symbolic end of the Cold War and a turning point in U.S. public diplomacy. For Generation X, who came of age in the shadow of nuclear anxiety, that moment...
The Impact of Vietnam on Generation X Carry on, my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more... Kansas, 1976 The 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon was April 30. To mark the occassion, Netflix released...
I have so much fun with the sort-of-daily photo on Facebook, but I often forget to cross-post them here! Earlier this morning I posted a picture of Field Day 1979 and someone cleaned the photo up a bit. I am not a fan of editing vernacular photos but I love what Chase...
I am part of a private online group of writers publishing journal entries every day during the month of June. [A Journal Entry, 6.3.21] Happiest Days During the pandemic, I had some of the happiest days of my life. Starting in March 2020, Robert and the kids were...
This 1990s prom dress is too 1990s for the 1990s. I purchased the original recently for my collection. I paid around $15, so if you swipe it and put in on your wildly famous 1980s Instagram account, please cite the photographer and this blog,...
The Holderness Family has created a new Gen-X anthem. The part at the end about collect calling? All true. LOL.
It was such a long winter. One that began on March 13, 2020, and ended just the other day. I spent two springs, a summer, fall, and winter basically indoors. I wonder if I look younger than I would have had there not been a pandemic. I've missed the sun. Here are some...