Generation X And The Politics of Individualism, Independence, Distinction and Resilience!
Recently, I was a part of an NPR podcast that focuses on https://www.wxxinews.org/show/connections/2023-12-18/how-did-generation-x-shape-our-world Generation X. The episode was lively, passionate and spirited. The reason I was invited to participate as a member of the panel is due to the fact that I am an expert on the topic of generation X. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term or subject matter. The term Generation X refers to the 46 million Americans born between 1965 and 1980 like myself.
The men and women who were referred to as latchkey kids, slackers, caffeine lovers, grunge, rap, hip hop, indie, or anything that bordered on the avant-garde in some form or fashion at the time. We supposedly had eclectic tastes in fashion music and popular culture. Let’s not forget our fascination https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/10/27/tony-bennett-sways-the-hip/17aa7a5e-0590-4c00-8ba3-49ce70d2c296/?tid=ss_tw with the smooth, silent generation crooner, Tony Bennett (1926) whose romantic ballads seduced us to musical ecstasy.
We were a generation that has been perennially pegged as cynical, self-indulgent, aimless, contrarian, and often peripheral when it comes to life and other everyday matters; thus, an unpredictable, motley crew of humans. Truth…
