Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters, Chained like a slave I struggled in vain; But I received a glorious freedom, When Jesus broke my fetters in twain. --Haldor Lillenas (1885-1959) Bettina Di Fiore came into my life through answered prayer and divine...
The level of well-being of young American women rose significantly for members of the Baby Boomer generation but hit a wall in generations that followed, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) concludes in a landmark new report. In a PRB Population Bulletin, "Losing...
The Pasadena Star News has published an article on Generation X as the Sandwich Generation. It features a 42-year-old single mom who is raising two kids while living with her mom. The most Gen X thing about this video interview with Aimee Wyatt is that she is wearing...
According to an online archive citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, 12,517,320 abortions occurred in the United States during the birth years of Generation X (1961-1981). There was a sharp rise in 1973, following Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court...
The following is a guest post from Joelle Casteix, author of The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse, due out September 15. I've written about childhood sexual assault many times on this blog, particularly as it relates to Generation X, so...
The Bravo TV network recently announced that they are adapting the 1988 Generation X cult classic Heathers as a scripted series. In case you didn't see it, Heathers was a movie about four girls - three of whom were named Heather. They ruled the roost at Westerburg...
A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Generation X women looking younger longer. It was re-tweeted about a million times. Here is an excerpt: The first wave of Gen-Xers has rounded 40, and they are changing the face of what it means to be...
I am not a fan of Erica Jong (b. 1942) or her new book, Sugar In My Bowl: Real Women Write About Sex. Her arguments run counter to what I believe but given her cultural status I wanted to write about her new book. Jong is best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying,...
According to the 2011 Community Voices for the Economy survey of 1,515 adults nationwide, which was conducted in mid-March, American women are profoundly affected by the recession. The impact of the recession, which began in September 2008, continues virtually...
In the late 1980s, my father bought me the premiere issues of two magazines - Mirabella (1989) and Sassy (1988). While I never fully connected with either of them -- Mirabella was too mature, Sassy too young -- I would later develop an appreciation for how much of an...
"Jo, how could you, your one beauty!" --Louisa May Alcott, Little Women *** Dominique Browning wrote a column last week for the New York Times Fashion and Style section, Why Can't Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair? Here is her opener: "MY mother hates it. My sister...