Gen X Strong: An Ode To The “Lost Generation” In A Global Pandemic

A moment of ironic notoriety, amid COVID-19

Martie Sirois
ILLUMINATION
Published in
8 min readApr 17, 2020

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My fellow Gen Xers… hello there! Circa ’74 here; it was a vintage year. Full bodied. Oaky, strong yet light… top notes of vanilla. Granted, it’s more palatable once you look past the oil crisis, the trend of college campus streaking, and the culmination of Watergate — Nixon’s

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Martie Sirois
ILLUMINATION

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