Back In My Day
Speaking as a proud GenXer, I get really irritated when I see GenXers online talking like conservative Boomers.
“We didn’t used to have all this trans, non-binary queer shit back in my day!”
Nope. We just had gender-bending androgyny that triggered our parents. Remember that?
I sure do.
It’s one of the things I loved, and still love, about Eighties music and fashion. It was brash, irreverent, fun, in-your-face, and best of all, it upset the older generation.
Now, our kids are simply taking it a step further, and asking, “Why is gender such a big deal, anyway? Must we all confine ourselves to such tight gender norms?” In response, it seems as though half my GenXers have their panties in a hot, tight wad over it. (I hope it’s not that many, but some days it seems like it.)
A couple of years ago, I observed a GenX Karen bawl out the Nike corporation on Facebook for their new gender-neutral advertising. How do I know she was a GenXer? Because Karen was using…
