JIGSAW GENS
Baby Boomers — A Legacy of Endurance & Intensity
The Baby Boomer cohort (“Leapers” or “JonesGens”) has built a massive political, social, and economic showcase
By exploring the complexities of each named generation within American culture, I hope to foster empathy and insight. “Jigsaw Gens” is my Medium series intended to give readers an age-savvy historical education on why such age-based conflicts persist.
My first three installments focused on:
Hemingrebels (aka “the Lost Generation”)
GI-Gens (aka “the Greatest Generation”)
Traditionalists (aka “the Silent Generation”)
Next up: the “Baby Boomers” (aka “Leapers” or “Generation Jones”).
Who They Are
Baby Boomers were born approximately between 1949 to 1960 — give or take a few years on either end. In his 2023 book The Aftermath, Philip Bump attributes popularization of the “Baby Boomer” nickname to the 1980 book Great Expectations by Landon Jones. According to Bump, the Boomer generation encompasses the years of 1946 through 1964 based on increasing birthrates during that timeframe. However, there are clearly historical and cultural divides between older…
