The first Gen X Comic Strip was created by Douglas Coupland and Paul Rivoche in the late 1980s. Read on to learn more. In September 1987, two-and-a-half years before the publication of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Douglas Coupland wrote about Generation X for the Vancouver Sun....
Inspired by overwhelming fan demand, Pepsi announced today that Crystal Pepsi – the iconic 90s clear cola – will be available for a limited time across retail and food service locations in Canada and the U.S. this summer. Play Crystal Pepsi Trail on July 7, but please don’t die from...
And love is not a victory march It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah… Car maker Fiat recently commissioned a study through the University of London to determine the most iconic songs of all time. Topping the list is the Generation X angst-filled anthem, Smells Like Teen...
Yesterday, was the 30th anniversary of the death of Samantha Smith. In 1983, Smith, an American schoolgirl, wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Prime Minister. Dear Mr. Andropov, My name is Samantha Smith. I am ten years old. Congratulations on your new job. I have been worrying about...
I pray here, there and everywhere. I pray in bed staring up at the ceiling. I pray at 2 a.m., looking at the blue numbers on the digital clock. I pray in the carpool lane, especially on rainy days. Tears on my windshield washing it clean away. The cobwebs, the disappointments, the fears. Thank God...
1980s Infographic This infographic features some of the top music moments in 1980s movies. These are definitely some iconic songs for Generation X including Eye of the Tiger, Maniac and Don’t You Forget About Me. Which one was your favorite? I think I liked Karate Kid the best. Millennials...
Twenty years ago this month, Oklahoma teenager Monique Daniels was reported missing. About a year ago, someone who knew Monique wrote to me about her disappearance. A few months later I wrote this commentary for KOSU Radio, the text of which I’m publishing for the first time today on this...
by Tara Street, Brand Creator/Consultant Blog: Kind of a Sideshow Biz: Braid Creative Remembering Steve Jobs and Jim Henson On a Wednesday night that I can’t believe was already one whole month ago, I was watching TV in the living room with my two young boys and my husband, and he looked up from...
I’ve been avoiding acknowledging a small feat in my career as a mommy Generation X blogger, because the second I draw attention to it, the doers are probably going to go all Gen-X isolationist-disaffected on me and delete me. Like they say, no good deed goes unpunished....
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